N-acetyl Cysteine in Post-reperfusion Pulmonary Injury in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. (NAC-PostRep)

September 19, 2020 updated by: Maria Elena Soto, MsC and PhD, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez

N-acetyl Cysteine in Post-reperfusion Pulmonary Injury in Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Undergoing Pulmonary Balloon Angioplasty and Pulmonary Endarterectomy.

This study will evaluate the use of N-acetyl cysteine in post-reperfusion pulmonary injury in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension undergoing pulmonary balloon angioplasty and pulmonary endarterectomy. Half of the patients will receive N-acetyl cysteine and the other placebo.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

For chronic pulmonary embolism thrombus hypertension, the potentially curative treatment is endarterectomy, however in 12 to 60% it does not present surgical susceptibility, so pulmonary balloon angioplasty is the secondary option. In these procedures the complication that occurs most frequently is pulmonary oedema after reperfusion is a frequent complication (17.8-65%), appears between 24-72 hours after the intervention and the diagnosis is made in the presence of infiltrate interstitial in chest radiography or computed tomography of the chest. Initially it was believed that it was difficult due to the increase in perfusion of secondary flow in the territory due to pulmonary vascular dilation, it is now believed that microtraumatism is involved by the guides and balloon used, vascular dysfunction and cytokines and innate immunity and adaptive, complement activation, coagulation cascade activation, apoptosis pathway activation, endothelial dysfunction caused by reperfusion contribute to cell dysfunction.

The use of N-acetyl cysteine for its antioxidant properties, inflammatory response attenuator, reduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and that in addition to having already had to reduce the condition of decrease in post-reperfusion ischemia15,16 in other situations is a viable option in the treatment of acute post-reperfusion edema in patients sometimes a pulmonary endarterectomy and balloon pulmonary angioplasty.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

34

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 Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

      • Ciudad de mexico, Mexico, 14080
        • Recruiting
        • Instituto Nacional Ignacio Chavez
        • Contact:
        • Contact:

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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients who are diagnosed with group 4 pulmonary hypertension and are susceptible to pulmonary endarterectomy or balloon angioplasty in patients over 18 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who do not accept admission to the trial.
  • Presence of arterial hypotension or sepsis.

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: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: N-acetyl Cysteine
Patients will receive a 4-dose schedule of 600 mg diluted in 50 ml of 0.9% saline intravenously every 12 hours starting 24 hours before endarterectomy or balloon angioplasty.
Patients will receive a 4-dose schedule of 600 mg diluted in 50 ml of 0.9% saline intravenously every 12 hours starting 24 hours before pulmonary endarterectomy or balloon pulmonary angioplasty.
Other Names:
  • NAC
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
The placebo group will receive a similar volume of normal saline as a placebo at the same time intervals. All study medications will be prepared by the Pharmacology department, which is not involved in patient care; the name of the medication and dose of the original ampule will be erased and also an identification label will be placed with the name, registration number, bed number, date and will be indifferent for groups with the same type of ampoule, with the same type of labeling
The placebo group will receive a similar volume of normal saline as a placebo at the same time intervals.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Presence of Post-reperfusion pulmonary injury.
Time Frame: 72 hours
Chest tomography will be performed using 35 mA, 100 Kv and 6 mm cuts, then the simple thorax (low dose) holding the inspiration in the cephalocaudal direction with 80 mA, 100 Kv, a duration of 2.24 seconds, pitch of 1 and cuts 1 mm Multiplanar reconstructions with Kernel filters B26f, B50f and B70f for mediastinum and lung respectively, at 1 mm cuts. And anteroposterior chest radiographs will be obtained with the same equipment, at the beginning of the study and daily on days 1 to 3.
72 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Concentration of cytokines (pg/ml)
Time Frame: Basal and at 72 hours
Blood samples for the determination of plasma cytokines will be extracted from the peripheral venous puncture, jugular venous line and / or Swan Ganz catheter in patients undergoing EAP or by pigtail pulmonary artery trunk catheter to patients who are underwent BPA, at the following time points: baseline upon admission to hospital and / or after induction of anesthesia and before the incision (T1), and at 72 hours (T2) after the onset of surgery. All blood samples will receive the same process. immunohistochemistry will be performed for IP-10 (1: 250, ab9807; Abcam, Cambridge, UK), IL-8 (1: 100; ab7747; Abcam), MCP-1 (1: 100, ab73680; Abcam) and IL-6 (1: 100, ab6672; Abcam) will be performed with a 3,39-diaminobenzidine peroxidase substrate from R&D kit Systems (Minneapolis, MN, USA). Specifically for IP-10, IL-8, RANTES, MIG and MCP-1 will be measured by Human Chemokine Kit Cytometric Bead Array (Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA), following the manufacturer's specifications.
Basal and at 72 hours
Percentaje of Complications (%)
Time Frame: 30 days
Dead
30 days

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Maria Elena Soto Lopez, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología "Ignacio Chávez"

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

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)

May 21, 2019

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

May 21, 2023

Study Completion (Anticipated)

May 21, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 16, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 4, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

September 6, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 22, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 19, 2020

Last Verified

September 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Yes

IPD Plan Description

De-identified individual participant data for all primary and secondary outcome measures will be made available.

IPD Sharing Time Frame

Data will be available within 8 months of study completion.

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

Data access request will be reviewed by an internal review panel. Requestors will be required to sign a Data Access Agreement.

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • Study Protocol
  • Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP)
  • Informed Consent Form (ICF)
  • Clinical Study Report (CSR)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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