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Valproic Acid (VPA) for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Liver Transplant Patients

NCT04531592 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2021-10-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out if a drug called valproic acid (VPA) will protect organs (like the kidneys) from harmful effects caused by the temporary drop and then rise of blood flow and oxygen (called ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury that sometimes happens during liver transplant surgery. VPA is an approved drug for treating conditions such as seizures and migraines for many years. However, it is not approved for use at the higher dose that will be used in this study or for protecting organs from I/R injury. This study will enroll liver transplant patients and randomly assign them to receive either VPA diluted in salt water or salt water without VPA (placebo) and then follow the patients and compare their organ function and overall outcome. This study is masked meaning that the patients, doctors, and nurses will not know which patient received which treatment. The study treatment will be given in addition to the care that liver transplant patients normally receive. The researchers doing this study believe that VPA will lessen organ injury caused by I/R, meaning that patients who receive VPA will experience less kidney injury when compared to patients who receive the placebo.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Valproic acid

Valproate sodium in 5-ml single-dose vials containing 100 mg/ml of VPA. The appropriate dose of 140 mg/kg, based on the subject's weight at study entry, will be diluted in isotonic saline solution to a final volume of 300 ml for administration

DRUG

Isotonic saline solution

Isotonic saline solution consisting of 0.9% sodium chloride in the volume of 300 ml for administration

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • United States Department of Defense

    collaborator FED

  • Clinipace Worldwide

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Westat

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cristina Rabadan-Diehl, PharmD, PhD · Westat

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-01-31
Primary Completion
2023-06-30
Completion
2023-06-30
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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