Isotonic Solutions and Major Adverse Renal Events Trial in the Medical Intensive Care Unit (SMART-MED)

December 5, 2019 updated by: Todd Rice, Vanderbilt University
The administration of intravenous fluids is ubiquitous in the care of the critically ill. Commonly available isotonic crystalloid solutions contain a broad spectrum electrolyte compositions including a range chloride concentrations. Recent studies have associated solutions with supraphysiologic chloride content with hyperchloremia, metabolic acidosis and renal vasoconstriction, acute kidney injury and renal replacement therapy, and increased mortality but no large, randomized-controlled trials have been conducted. SMART-MED will be a large, cluster-randomized, multiple-crossover trial enrolling critically ill patients from the Medical ICU at Vanderbilt University from June 2015 until April 2017. The primary endpoint will be the incidence of Major Adverse Kidney Events in 30 days after enrollment (MAKE30 is the composite of death, new renal replacement, or persistent renal dysfunction at discharge).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

SMART-MED is a large, cluster-randomized, multiple-crossover trial of 0.9% saline versus physiologically-balanced isotonic crystalloids (Lactated Ringers or Plasma-Lyte© A) with regard to the incidence of major adverse kidney events by 30 days in patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit. Between June 2015 and April 2017, all patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit at Vanderbilt University medical center who are 18 years or older will be enrolled. The study will occur in one-month blocks. The ICU will be randomized to an initial fluid group (0.9% saline or physiologically balanced crystalloids). The assigned fluid will be used exclusively for all patients receiving isotonic crystalloid for the duration of the month-long block (except in the presence of pre-specified contraindications). The assigned study fluid will switch at the end of each month-long block such that half of the months are assigned to 0.9% saline and half of the months are assigned to physiologically balance fluid. It is anticipated that around 5,300 patients will be enrolled from the medical ICU during the study period. All aspects of study design, intervention, and data collection will be harmonized with an independent study addressing the same question in the non-medical intensive care units at Vanderbilt University during a similar study period (SMART-SURG). A pre-specified data analysis plan will dictate the harmonized analysis of SMART-MED and SMART-SURG.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

5381

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Tennessee
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37209
        • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Admitted to the medical intensive care unit (ICU) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Age<18 years old

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
  • Masking: SINGLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: 0.9% Saline
Patients in an ICU block randomized to physiologically-balanced isotonic fluid will receive 0.9% Saline whenever isotonic intravenous fluid administration is ordered by the treating provider.
Other: 0.9% Saline
0.9% Saline will be used whenever an isotonic crystalloid is ordered
Other Names:
  • 0.9% sodium chloride
  • Normal Saline
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Physiologically-balanced
Patients in an ICU block randomized to physiologically-balanced isotonic fluid will receive Plasma-Lyte© A or Lactated Ringer's whenever isotonic intravenous fluid administration is ordered by the treating provider.
Other: Physiologically-balanced isotonic crystalloid
Lactated Ringers or Plasma-Lyte© A will be used whenever an isotonic crystalloid is ordered
Other Names:
  • Lactated Ringers
  • Ringer's Lactate
  • Plasma-Lyte© A

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Major Adverse Kidney Event Within 30 Days
Time Frame: 30 days after enrollment censored at hospital discharge
The primary outcome was the proportion of patients who met one or more criteria for a major adverse kidney event within 30 days - the composite of death, new receipt of renal-replacement therapy, or persistent renal dysfunction (defined as a final inpatient creatinine value ≥200% of the baseline value) - all censored at hospital discharge or 30 days after enrollment, whichever came first.
30 days after enrollment censored at hospital discharge

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
30-day In-hospital Mortality
Time Frame: 30 days after enrollment censored at hospital discharge
Death before hospital discharge, censored at 30 days after enrollment
30 days after enrollment censored at hospital discharge

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Vanderbilt University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Todd W Rice, M.D., Vanderbilt University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

June 1, 2015

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

June 30, 2017

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

June 30, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 11, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 11, 2015

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

May 15, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

December 16, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 5, 2019

Last Verified

December 1, 2019

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB#141349

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