CPB Prime Fluid Strategies to Preserve Mcirocirculatory Perfusion

Summary

Acute microcirculatory perfusion disturbances is common in critical illness and associated with higher morbidity and mortality. Recent findings by the investigators' group showed that microcirculatory perfusion is disturbed during cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and remain disturbed up to 72 (seventy two) hours after surgery. A cardiopulmonary bypass is a machine which takes over heart and lung function, during the procedure. The disturbed microcirculation is associated with organ dysfunction induced by cardiac surgery using CPB, which is frequently seen (up to 42%, forty two percent) and results in a six-fold increase in mortality rate. The underlying cause of disturbed microcirculation is a higher endothelial permeability and vascular leakage and are a consequence of systemic inflammation, hemodilution (dilution of blood), hypothermia and hemolysis (breakdown of red blood cells). To gain the knowledge regarding disturbed microcirculation the investigators previously showed that hemodilution attributes to this disturbed perfusion. Hemodilution lowers colloid oncotic pressure (COP). Also, COP is affected by free hemoglobin, which increases with hemolysis and attributes to a disturbed microcirculation following CPB. This is interesting, as to the best of our knowledge, the effect of minimizing hemodilution and hemolysis during cardiac surgery on the microcirculatory perfusion has never been investigated, but could be the key factor in reducing organ dysfunction.

Conditions

• Endothelial Dysfunction
• Hemolysis
• Fluid Overload

Interventions

COMBINATION_PRODUCT

A: gelofusine + ringers

750 milliliter (mL) modified fluid gelatin (Braun Melsungen, Germany), 650 mL Ringer's solution (Baxter, Utrecht, Netherlands) and 100 mL mannitol (15%, Baxter, Utrecht, Netherlands)

COMBINATION_PRODUCT

B: albumine + ringers

200 mL human albumin (20%, Sanquin, Amsterdam, Netherlands), 1200 mL Ringer's solution (Baxter, Utrecht, Netherlands) and 100 mL mannitol (15%, Baxter, Utrecht, Netherlands)

COMBINATION_PRODUCT

C: ringers + retrograde autologous priming

1400 mL Ringer's solution (Baxter, Utrecht, Netherlands) and 100 mL mannitol (15%, Baxter, Utrecht, Netherlands) with retrograde autologous priming. Retrograde autologous priming (RAP) is applied using clinical parameters such as Central Venous Pressure, Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP), and intra cardiac filling pressure based on Trans Esophageal Echo as guidance to the amount of fluid displaced. RAP is applied to a maximum volume of 475 mL provided that systolic blood pressure will remain \>90 millimeter of mercury (mmHg). Phenylephrine can be administered up to 200 mcg to keep the system hemodynamics stable during RAP. In case of a body surface area \<1.7m2, a maximum volume of 375 mL is desired. Once the desired amount of prime is displaced, the transfusion bag is clamped and CPB is started. If additional fluids are needed during CPB to maintain optimal perfusion, the displaced prime is used prior to the vasoplegia protocol.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• A.B.A. Vonk, MD, PhD · Cardiothoracic surgeon

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-07-10

Primary Completion

2024-07-08

Completion

2024-08-08

Countries

• Netherlands

Study Locations