Protection During Cardiac Surgery. (ProCCard)

December 13, 2025 updated by: Hospices Civils de Lyon
This trial investigates whether a multimodal cardioprotection per-surgery therapeutic strategy could reduce myocardial injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery compared to traditional management. The primary endpoint is the AUC (area under the curve) of the hypersensitive troponin I. Blood samples will be collected during the 72 hours following the aortic cross-unclamping. This trial is a French, multicenter, randomized, single-blinded and controlled trial. 210 patients will be enrolled with a clinical follow-up during 30 days.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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210

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • France
      • Annecy, France
        • CH Annecy
      • Bron, France, 69500
        • Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital Cardiologique et Pneumologique Louis Pradel
      • Caen, France
        • CHU de Caen
      • Clermont-Ferrand, France
        • service de Chirurgie Cardiaque CHU Gabriel Montpied
      • Grenoble, France
        • Unité de Réanimation Cardiovasculaire et Thoracique, Hôpital Michallon
      • Lyon, France
        • Clinique de la Sauvegarde
      • Saint-Etienne, France
        • CHU Saint-Etienne
      • Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France
        • Institut Arnault Tzanck - Saint-Laurent du Var

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age > 18 years old
  • Aortic valve surgery (aortic valve replacement associated or not with coronary artery bypass graft, Bentall surgery or Tirone David surgery)
  • Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Emergency surgery
  • Redo surgery
  • Patient treated with Nicorandil, repaglinid or sulfonylurea 48 hours prior to surgery
  • Low cardiac output requiring catecholamine infusion or circulatory assistance prior to surgery
  • Severe renal failure: dialysis or glomerular filtration rate < 30 mL/min
  • Severe liver failure (spontaneous INR >2)
  • Severe respiratory insufficiency (VEMS <40% of predicted value)
  • Contra-indication to sevoflurane and propofol
  • Myocardial infarction < 7 days
  • Severe upper limb arterial disease
  • Heparin-induced thrombopenia
  • Active infection under antibiotic treatment
  • Any other surgery combined with the aortic valve surgery: myotomia of Morrow (hypertrophic myocardiopathy), treatment of heart rhythm disorder, inter-atrial communication closure, mitral valve replacement, tricuspid valve replacement, pulmonary valve replacement.
  • Pregnant women
  • Currently participating in another trial which may interfere with ProCCard results
  • Not benefiting from a social insurance or similar system
  • Patient under legal protection

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: Multimodal cardioprotection therapeutic strategy
Other: multimodal cardioprotection strategy
Multimodal cardioprotection therapeutic strategy will include (1) remote ischemic preconditioning, (2) volatile anesthetic sevoflurane-induced preconditioning, (3) blood glucose control every 30 minutes during cardiac surgery, (4) temporary respiratory acidosis prior to the aortic cross-unclamping and (5) gradual restoration of blood flow after aortic cross-unclamping (gentle reperfusion).
Active Comparator: Traditional anesthetic and therapeutic
standard anesthetic procedure No intervention (Control).
Other: standard anesthetic procedure
standard anesthetic procedure will include: anesthesia under propofol throughout the cardiac surgery, blood glucose control every 60 minutes, arterial pH maintained at 7.40, theoric blood flow restored at the earliest after aortic cross-unclamping.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) of Hypersensitive Troponin I
Time Frame: at 72 hours
Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) of Hypersensitive Troponin I determined for each patient with the serial measurement from of troponin I assays.
at 72 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Length of mechanical ventilation
Time Frame: 30 days
30 days
Length of stay in hospital
Time Frame: 30 days
30 days
Adverse events incidence during the first 30 days following surgery of the multimodal cardioprotection strategy
Time Frame: 30 days
Adverse events will include death, myocardial infarction, heart failure,arrhythmia requiring medical therapy, neurological disorder such as stroke,respiratory insufficiency, any infectious event, major bleeding requiring transfusion of ≥ 5 U packed red blood cells or surgical intervention or surgical complication
30 days
Troponin I serum peak value
Time Frame: 72 hours
Highest serum value recorded for each patient within 72 hours
72 hours
Troponin I serum value
Time Frame: 24 hours
Serum value recorded for each patient within 24 hours
24 hours
Length of stay in intensive care unit (ICU)
Time Frame: 30 days
30 days
Index Gravity Score (IGS II, the scoring system measuring the severity of disease for patients admitted to ICU)
Time Frame: 24 hours
Index Gravity Score provides an estimate of the risk of death: the higher the score is, the higher the risk to die is. The maximum score is 163. The Index Gravity Score includes 17 variables: 12 physiology variables, age, type of admission (scheduled surgical, unscheduled surgical, or medical), and three underlying disease variables (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, metastatic cancer, and hematologic malignancy).
24 hours
Number of participants with catecholaminergic support
Time Frame: baseline and 30 days
baseline and 30 days
Dose of catecholaminergic support
Time Frame: baseline and 30 days
baseline and 30 days
3-level version of EQ-5D (EQ-5D-3L) health status score (quality of life score)
Time Frame: Baseline and 30 days
The 3-level version of EQ-5D consists of 2 pages: the EQ-5D descriptive system and the EQ visual analogue scale (EQ VAS).It comprises the following five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has 3 levels: no problems, some problems, and extreme problems. The patient is asked to indicate his health state by ticking the box next to the most appropriate statement in each of the five dimensions. This decision results into a 1-digit number that expresses the level selected for that dimension. The digits for the five dimensions can be combined into a 5-digit number that describes the patient's health state. The EQ VAS records the patient's self-rated health on a vertical visual analogue scale where the endpoints are labelled 'Best imaginable health state' and 'Worst imaginable health state'. The VAS can be used as a quantitative measure of health outcome that reflects the patient's own judgement.
Baseline and 30 days
number of death
Time Frame: 30 days
30 days

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Hospices Civils de Lyon

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Jean-Luc FELLAHI, Hospices Civils de Lyon

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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January 3, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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May 30, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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July 3, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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July 24, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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July 24, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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July 26, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

Last Update Posted

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December 19, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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December 13, 2025

Last Verified

Last Verified

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December 1, 2025

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  • 69HCL17_0174

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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