Clinical trial NCT01072071: The Influence of Furosemide on Fluid Balance and Intra-abdominal Pressure in Critically Ill Patients
Official title: The Influence of Furosemide on Fluid Balance and Intra-abdominal Pressure in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Patients With Secondary Intra-abdominal Hypertension
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Intra-Abdominal Hypertension
Keywords: abdominal compartment syndrome
intra-abdominal pressure
furosemide
fluid balance
Lead sponsor: Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA)
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2010-02-19
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) is a frequent cause of organ dysfunction in critically ill patients. Secondary IAH is mainly caused by excessive fluid resuscitation.The World Society for the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (WSACS) recommends using diuretics to remove excess fluids and decrease intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). However, critically ill patients may not tolerate negative fluid balance in the acute phase of their disease and the injured kidney may not respond to diuretics. The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of furosemide on fluid balance, IAP and kidney function in critically ill patients.

Detailed description: Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) have been shown to cause organ dysfunction and mortality in different populations of critically ill patients. According to consensus definitions published by the World Society for the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (WSACS), secondary IAH is due to a disease process outside the abdominal cavity. It is mainly caused by massive fluid resuscitation leading to bowel and abdominal wall edema or increased intra-abdominal volume and decreased abdominal wall compliance. Large observational studies have shown that positive fluid balance is an independent risk factor for mortality. The development of secondary IAH may be one of the mechanisms involved in this phenomenon. This has lead to the hypothesis that prognosis may be improved by managing fluid overload and aiming for a negative fluid balance as soon as possible after the resuscitation phase of the disease.

Several authors have shown in case reports and small series that renal replacement therapy with ultrafiltration can be used successfully to remove excess fluid and lower intra-abdominal pressure (IAP), but renal replacement therapy is invasive and clinicians may be reluctant in considering this therapy in patients with preserved diuresis and kidney function. In an effort to achieve the same goal using a less invasive technique, the new medical management algorithm for IAH published by the WSACS recommends the use of judicious diuresis in order to achieve a negative fluid balance and a decrease in IAP.

However, the kidney is especially sensitive to the deleterious effects of IAH and may be unresponsive to diuretics in the presence of IAH. Also, ongoing inflammation and capillary leak may lead to relative hypovolemia and impaired response to diuretics.

We plan a multicenter study to evaluate the influence of furosemide on fluid balance and IAP in critically ill patients with secondary intra-abdominal hypertension and to document the effect on the function of other organ systems. The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and the safety of the furosemide administration protocol and to provide preliminary data to allow for an adequate power calculation.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult (\>18y)
* Sedation (Richmond Agitation and Sedation Score RASS ≤ -3) and mechanical ventilation anticipated to last for at least an additional 72h
* Indication for IAP monitoring according to the recommendations published by the WSACS
* IAP ≥ 12mmHg (intravesical IAP measurement according to WSACS guidelines)
* Absence of surgically treatable abdominal lesions
* Presence of fluid overload

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnancy or lactation
* Assisted spontaneous breathing ventilator mode
* Chronic diuretic therapy or on diuretics during inclusion
* Contra-indication to bladder catheterization such as bladder surgery or genitourinary trauma
* Known hypersensitivity to furosemide
* Renal failure Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) class 3
* Patients requiring high dose vasopressors (norepinephrine \>0.5µg/kg/min, dobutamine \>10µg/kg/min or dopamine\>10µg/kg/min, epinephrine\>0.5µg/kg/min)
* Intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) \>25mmHg at study entry
* DNR orders in effect (other than DNR 1 'no CPR' order)
* Patient not expected to survive for 7 days
* Advanced liver cirrhosis (see pharmaceutical information on furosemide)
* paO2/FiO2 ratio of \<100
* oliguria \<500mL/24h preceding inclusion

Primary outcomes:
measure: intra-abdominal pressure
timeFrame: every 4 hours during furosemide administration and daily for 7 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: serum creatinine
timeFrame: daily for 7 days
measure: need for renal replacement therapy
timeFrame: daily for 7 days
measure: ICU mortality
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: acid-base status
timeFrame: daily for 7 days
measure: hospital and 28d mortality
timeFrame: after 28 days and after 6 months
measure: duration of mechanical ventilation
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: ICU length of stay
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: vasopressor dose
timeFrame: daily for 7 days
measure: fluid balance
timeFrame: daily for 7 days
measure: SOFA score
timeFrame: daily for 7 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Antwerpen
country: Belgium
facility: ZNA Stuivenberg Intensive Care Unit
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