Fenoldopam and Acute Renal Failure

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Patients undergoing cardiac surgery could develop postoperative acute renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy.

Fenoldopam, already used for patients with hypertensive emergencies, could improve renal function in critically ill patients with or at risk for acute renal failure.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
• Treatments: Fenoldopam

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• adult patients

• who underwent cardiac surgery

• have Risk of Acute Renal Failure (R of RIFLE score)

Exclusion Criteria:

• glaucoma

• already on renal replacement therapy

• study drug in the past 30 days

• inclusion in other protocols