Supportive Measures in Treatment of Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning

March 15, 2019 updated by: MKMAbdelrahim, Assiut University

Supportive Measures in Treatment of Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning as a Trial to Reduce Mortality at Assiut University Hospital

Aluminum phosphide poisoning (ALP) is a global public health problem, and self-poisoning accounts for one-third of the world's suicide rate. In fact, in some parts of developing countries, pesticide poisoning causes more deaths than infection. ALP is very common in our government and the prognosis of the cases is usually so bad. Toxicity by ALP is caused by the liberation of phosphine gas, which causes cell hypoxia due to inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation leading to circulatory failure.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Aluminum phosphide poisoning is a major problem, accounting for many Emergency Unit visits and hospitalization, the incidence of aluminum phosphide poisoning increasing in the last few years.

ALP is used as pesticides for many years to protect grains in stores and during its transportation. The availability of these tablets and their low cost make it an easy and common method of suicide in our country with the increasing incidence of social and financial problems that face the youth.

In management, the main objective is to provide effective oxygenation, ventilation, and circulation until phosphine is excreted. All patients of severe ALP poisoning require continuous invasive hemodynamic monitoring and early resuscitation with fluid and vasoactive agents. N- acetylcysteine as an antioxidant and cytoprotective agent reduces myocardial oxidative injury and increase survival time. Magnesium sulfate helps in scavenging free radicals through glutathione (GSH) recovery hence is effective as a parenteral antioxidant in this poisoning as well as has been tried for its general membrane stabilizing effect in cardiac cells .

Death after 24 hours occurs usually owing to shock, cardiac arrhythmia, metabolic acidosis, and acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

44

Phase

  • Phase 4

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 to 60 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All the cases with the primary diagnosis of Aluminum phosphide toxicity will be included in the study.
  • Willing and able to comply with the study procedures and provide written informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with a history of any chronic disease (renal and hepatic).
  • Patients refuse to participate in the study.
  • Aged less than 18 years

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: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Aluminum phosphide patients
effect of N-acetyl cysteine and supportive measures in outcome of aluminum phosphide poisoning cases
Drug: N-acetyl cysteine
effect of N-acetyl cysteine in Aluminum phosphide poisoning patients

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
mortality rate comparison
Time Frame: 3 days
comparison of mortality rate using the New protocol and previous mortality rate from archive records
3 days
hospital stay
Time Frame: 3 days
number of days the patient stayed at hospital
3 days

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Assiut University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 30, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

March 14, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 13, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 15, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

March 18, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 18, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 15, 2019

Last Verified

March 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • AluminumPhosphideAssiut

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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