Standard vs. Accelerated Initiation of RRT in Acute Kidney Injury (STARRT-AKI: Principal Trial)
Acute Kidney Injury
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Acute Kidney Injury focused on measuring Renal replacement therapy, Acute kidney injury, Dialysis, Hemodialysis, Critical illness
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Admission to an intensive care unit (ICU)
- Evidence of kidney dysfunction [serum creatinine ≥100 µmol/L (women) and ≥ 130 µmol/L (men)]
Evidence of severe AKI defined by at least 1 of the following 3 criteria:
i) ≥ 2-fold increase in serum creatinine from a known pre-morbid baseline or during the current hospitalization; OR ii) Achievement of a serum creatinine ≥ 354 µmol/L with evidence of a minimum increase of 27 µmol/L from pre-morbid baseline or during the current hospitalization; OR iii) Urine output < 6.0 mL/kg over the preceding 12 hours
Exclusion Criteria:
- Serum potassium > 5.5 mmol/L
- Serum bicarbonate < 15 mmol/L
- Presence of a drug overdose that necessitates initiation of RRT
- Lack of commitment to ongoing life support (including RRT)
- Any RRT within the previous 2 months (either acute or chronic RRT)
- Kidney transplant within the past 365 days
- Known pre-hospitalization advanced chronic kidney disease, defined by an estimated glomerular filtration rate < 20 mL/min/1.73 m2
- Presence or clinical suspicion of renal obstruction, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, vasculitis, thrombotic microangiopathy or acute interstitial nephritis
- Clinician(s) caring for patient believe(s) that immediate RRT is mandated
Clinician(s) caring for patient believe(s) that deferral of RRT initiation is mandated
- at their discretion, clinicians may administer a bolus of intravenous furosemide (ie, "furosemide stress test") and evaluate the subsequent urine output to help guide decision making regarding the likelihood of AKI progression
Sites / Locations
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- University of Florida
- University of Kentucy
- Mayo Clinic
- Rhode Island Hospital
- The Miriam Hospital
- Ballarat Hospital
- Flinder Medical Centre
- Bendigo Hospital
- Eastern Hospital (Box Hill and Maroondah Hospital)
- Concord Hospital
- The Northern Hospital
- Geelong Hospital
- Austin Hospital
- Nepean Hospital
- The Alfred Hospital
- Nambour General Hospital
- Western Health (Footscray Hospital & Sunshine Hospital)
- St. Vincent's Hospital
- Royal North Shore Hospital
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Medical University Graz
- Medical University Innsbruck
- Vienna General Hospital
- Antwerp University Hospital
- Ghent University Hospital
- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul
- Peter Lougheed Centre
- Foothills Hospital
- Misericordia Community Hospital
- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
- University of Alberta Hospital
- Grey Nuns Community Hospital
- Royal Alexandra Hospital
- Red Deer Regional Hospital
- Sturgeon Community Hospital
- Surrey Memorial Hospital, Fraser Health
- St. Paul's Hospital - Providence Health Care
- Royal Jubilee Hospital
- Victoria General Hospital
- Health Sciences Centre
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Hamilton General Hospital
- Juravinski Hospital
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
- Kingston General Hospital
- London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital
- London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Hospital
- Trillium Health Partners - Credit Valley Hospital
- Trillium Health Partners - Mississauga Hospital
- Lakeridge Health
- The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus
- The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus
- Health Sciences North
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- St. Michael's Hospital
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- Toronto General Hospital
- Toronto Western Hospital
- Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal (Notre Dame)
- Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal (St. Luc)
- CHUM - Hôtel Dieu Montreal
- Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
- McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
- Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec- Université Laval (IUCPQ)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec (CHUQ)
- Centre Hôspitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS)
- Centre de sante et de services sociaux de Trois-Rivieres (CIUSSS MCQ)
- Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region
- Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital
- The First Hospital of Jilin University
- Xiangya Hospital Central South University
- Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital
- Shandong Provincial Hospital
- Zhongda Hospital Southeast University
- Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University
- Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'An Jiaotong University
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University
- Henan Provincial People's Hospital
- Helsinki University Central Hospital
- Tampere University Hospital
- Turku University Hospital
- Hopital Louis Mourier
- Klinikum Coburg
- University Hospital Münster
- St. Vincent's University Hospital
- San Raffaele Hospital
- Auckland City Hospital
- Auckland Hospital DCCM
- Christchurch Hospital
- Hawke's Bay Hospital
- Rotorua Hospital
- Wellington Hospital
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)
- Stoke Mandeville Hospital
- Wycombe General Hospital
- Leeds Teaching Hospital
- Lewisham Hospital
- King's College Hospital
- Guy's and St. Thomas Hospital
- Nottingham University Hospital
- Princess Royal University Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
Standard RRT initiation
Accelerated RRT initiation
RRT initiation will be guided by the presence of one or more clinical indications. Even in the absence of one of these indications, RRT may be commenced at the discretion of the treating physician.
A dialysis catheter will be placed and RRT initiated as soon as possible and within 12 hours of the patient meeting the eligibility criteria.