Minocycline to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery



Status:Completed
Conditions:Renal Impairment / Chronic Kidney Disease
Therapuetic Areas:Nephrology / Urology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 90
Updated:12/24/2017
Start Date:December 2007
End Date:December 2013

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This study proposes to investigate whether treatment with minocycline pre-operatively in
patients with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease undergoing cardiac surgery will reduce
the occurence of kidney injury.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Age over 18 years

- planned CABG or valvular surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

- Serum creatinine available (within 30 days)

- Estimated GFR 15-90ml/min using the abbreviated MDRD formula (CKD stages 2-4)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Emergent or urgent surgery (to be performed within the next 36 hours)

- End stage renal disease, or GFR < 15ml/min (CKD stage 5)

- Estimated GFR>90ml/min (CKD stage 1 or no CKD)

- Ongoing infection by positive blood, urine or sputum cultures or pneumonia on CXR

- Allergy to minocycline or tetracyclines

- inability to take oral medications

- use of preoperative vasopressor agents at therapeutic doses

- Pregnant or lactating females

- Advanced liver disease by history or exam(cirrhosis, ascitis, jaundice)

- Rising creatinine meeting the definition of acute kidney injury prior to surgery

- Neurologic signs or symptoms or history of increased intracranial pressure

- current participation in another research study involving an investigational drug or
device
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Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
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