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    Clinical Trial Results:
    A comparison of crystalloids vs. colloids for intraoperative goal-directed fluid management

    Summary
    EudraCT number
    2005-004602-86
    Trial protocol
    AT  
    Global end of trial date
    31 Dec 2016

    Results information
    Results version number
    v1(current)
    This version publication date
    26 Mar 2021
    First version publication date
    26 Mar 2021
    Other versions
    Summary report(s)
    Effect of Intraoperative Goal-directed Balanced Crystalloid versus Colloid Administration on Major Postoperative Morbidity

    Trial information

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    Trial identification
    Sponsor protocol code
    EK431/2005
    Additional study identifiers
    ISRCTN number
    -
    US NCT number
    NCT00517127
    WHO universal trial number (UTN)
    -
    Sponsors
    Sponsor organisation name
    Medical University of Vienna
    Sponsor organisation address
    Spitalgasse 23, Vienna, Austria, 1090
    Public contact
    Barbara Kabon MD, Medical University of Vienna, 0043 1404004102, barbara.kabon@hotmail.com
    Scientific contact
    Barbara Kabon MD, Medical University of Vienna, 0043 1404004102, barbara.kabon@hotmail.com
    Paediatric regulatory details
    Is trial part of an agreed paediatric investigation plan (PIP)
    No
    Does article 45 of REGULATION (EC) No 1901/2006 apply to this trial?
    No
    Does article 46 of REGULATION (EC) No 1901/2006 apply to this trial?
    No
    Results analysis stage
    Analysis stage
    Final
    Date of interim/final analysis
    24 Oct 2016
    Is this the analysis of the primary completion data?
    Yes
    Primary completion date
    15 Jul 2016
    Global end of trial reached?
    Yes
    Global end of trial date
    31 Dec 2016
    Was the trial ended prematurely?
    No
    General information about the trial
    Main objective of the trial
    1. To test whether colloid-based goal-directed intraoperative fluid management leads to less perioperative morbidity compared to crystalloid-based goal-directed intraoperative fluid management.
    Protection of trial subjects
    Daily blinded follow-up till discharge 30 day follow up 4 interim analysis Recording of maximal in-hospital Serum Creatinine concentrations and as available within 6 postoperative months
    Background therapy
    NA
    Evidence for comparator
    NA
    Actual start date of recruitment
    03 May 2006
    Long term follow-up planned
    No
    Independent data monitoring committee (IDMC) involvement?
    Yes
    Population of trial subjects
    Number of subjects enrolled per country
    Country: Number of subjects enrolled
    Austria: 548
    Country: Number of subjects enrolled
    United States: 554
    Worldwide total number of subjects
    1102
    EEA total number of subjects
    548
    Number of subjects enrolled per age group
    In utero
    0
    Preterm newborn - gestational age < 37 wk
    0
    Newborns (0-27 days)
    0
    Infants and toddlers (28 days-23 months)
    0
    Children (2-11 years)
    0
    Adolescents (12-17 years)
    0
    Adults (18-64 years)
    752
    From 65 to 84 years
    350
    85 years and over
    0

    Subject disposition

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    Recruitment
    Recruitment details
    Recruitment Period: September 2006 bis December 2016, Recruitment territories: Austria, USA

    Pre-assignment
    Screening details
    Open or laparoscopic-assisted abdominal surgery expected to last at least 2 h who were age 18 to 80 yr, were American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I–III, body mass index of less than 35 kg/m2. Exclusion:compromised kidney function or cardiac insufficiency, severe COPD, coagulopathies, oesophageal or aortic abnormalities.

    Pre-assignment period milestones
    Number of subjects started
    1102
    Number of subjects completed
    1102

    Period 1
    Period 1 title
    Overall Trial (overall period)
    Is this the baseline period?
    Yes
    Allocation method
    Randomised - controlled
    Blinding used
    Double blind
    Roles blinded
    Subject, Investigator, Monitor, Data analyst
    Blinding implementation details
    Postoperative Follow-up day by day and 30 d postoperative by a blinded Investigator

    Arms
    Are arms mutually exclusive
    Yes

    Arm title
    Crystalloid
    Arm description
    goal-directed crystalloid administration
    Arm type
    Active comparator

    Investigational medicinal product name
    Lactated Ringer' Solution
    Investigational medicinal product code
    Other name
    Pharmaceutical forms
    Infusion
    Routes of administration
    Intravenous bolus use
    Dosage and administration details
    250 mL lactated Ringersolution repeatedly according to Esophageal Doppler readings

    Arm title
    Colloid
    Arm description
    goal-directed colloid administration
    Arm type
    Experimental

    Investigational medicinal product name
    Voluven
    Investigational medicinal product code
    B05AA07
    Other name
    Pharmaceutical forms
    Infusion
    Routes of administration
    Intravenous bolus use
    Dosage and administration details
    250 mL Bolus administration according to Esophageal Doppler readings, up to a maximum of 30 mL/kg /d

    Number of subjects in period 1
    Crystalloid Colloid
    Started
    553
    549
    Analyse
    534
    523
    Completed
    534
    523
    Not completed
    19
    26
         technical problems
    3
    6
         Physician decision
    2
    3
         Surgery not performed
    10
    10
         Adverse event, non-fatal
    2
    2
         organziational problem
    2
    5

    Baseline characteristics

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    Baseline characteristics reporting groups
    Reporting group title
    Crystalloid
    Reporting group description
    goal-directed crystalloid administration

    Reporting group title
    Colloid
    Reporting group description
    goal-directed colloid administration

    Reporting group values
    Crystalloid Colloid Total
    Number of subjects
    553 549 1102
    Age categorical
    18-80 years
    Units: Subjects
        Adults (18-64 years)
    380 372 752
        From 65-84 years
    173 177 350
    Age continuous
    18-80 years
    Units: years
        arithmetic mean (standard deviation)
    52 ± 16 52 ± 16 -
    Gender categorical
    Units: Subjects
        Female
    268 242 510
        Male
    285 307 592

    End points

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    End points reporting groups
    Reporting group title
    Crystalloid
    Reporting group description
    goal-directed crystalloid administration

    Reporting group title
    Colloid
    Reporting group description
    goal-directed colloid administration

    Primary: Primary Endpoint

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    End point title
    Primary Endpoint
    End point description
    The primary outcome was postoperative morbidity,defined by a composite of major complications. It included cardiac, pulmonary, infectious, gastrointestinal,renal, and coagulation complication.
    End point type
    Primary
    End point timeframe
    30 postoperative days
    End point values
    Crystalloid Colloid
    Number of subjects analysed
    534
    523
    Units: numbers
    103
    91
    Statistical analysis title
    Estimated relative risk
    Statistical analysis description
    We assessed the treatment effect on the major complications via a common effect “global” relative risk estimated across six outcomes of interest. In this multivariate analysis,each patient was represented once for each outcome event. The within-subject correlation among the outcomes was accounted for using a generalized estimating equation model with an unstructured working correlation matrix.
    Comparison groups
    Crystalloid v Colloid
    Number of subjects included in analysis
    1057
    Analysis specification
    Pre-specified
    Analysis type
    superiority [1]
    P-value
    < 0.05
    Method
    multivariate analysis
    Parameter type
    Risk ratio (RR)
    Point estimate
    0.9
    Confidence interval
         level
    95%
         sides
    2-sided
         lower limit
    0.65
         upper limit
    1.23
    Notes
    [1] - As a sensitivity analysis we assessed the treatment effect n the collapsed composite of the six major complications, i.e., any vs. none using a chi-square test.

    Secondary: Secondary and Tertiary Outcomes

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    End point title
    Secondary and Tertiary Outcomes
    End point description
    We assessed the treatment effect on the collapsed composite of any minor complication and on a collapsed composite of any major complications plus 30-day mortality and 30-day readmission
    End point type
    Secondary
    End point timeframe
    30 postoperative days
    End point values
    Crystalloid Colloid
    Number of subjects analysed
    534
    523
    Units: numbers
    337
    305
    Statistical analysis title
    Secondary and Tertiary Outcomes
    Statistical analysis description
    The minor complication analysis was a per-protocol analysis because more than 10% of patients (n = 145) had at least one minor component missing,making an intention-to-treat analysis with conservative assignment unrealistic. Duration of hospitalization and readmission were analyzed as time to discharge alive and time to readmission, and the treatment effects were assessed using Cox proportional hazard models.
    Comparison groups
    Colloid v Crystalloid
    Number of subjects included in analysis
    1057
    Analysis specification
    Pre-specified
    Analysis type
    superiority [2]
    Method
    Chi-squared
    Parameter type
    Risk ratio (RR)
    Point estimate
    0.89
    Confidence interval
         level
    98.3%
         sides
    2-sided
         lower limit
    0.69
         upper limit
    1.14
    Notes
    [2] - To avoid bias from considering early deaths as short hospitalizations and thus favorable lengths of stay, patients who died in the hospital were assigned the ongest observed hospital stay of any patient and censored at that time (i.e., not discharged alive). Patients who died within 30 days after surgery were censored at the date of death for the time to readmission analysis. Because only 1% of patients died within 30 days, a competing risks analysis was unnecessary. l

    Other pre-specified: Safety Outcome

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    End point title
    Safety Outcome
    End point description
    We compared colloids and crystalloids groups on the maximum postoperative serum creatinine concentration during hospitalization and within 6 months thereafter with analysis of covariance adjusted for the preoperative serum creatinine
    End point type
    Other pre-specified
    End point timeframe
    up to 6 month
    End point values
    Crystalloid Colloid
    Number of subjects analysed
    534
    523
    Units: mg/dL
        median (inter-quartile range (Q1-Q3))
    0.87 (0.73 to 0.94)
    0.87 (0.73 to 1.06)
    Statistical analysis title
    Safety Analysis
    Statistical analysis description
    Maximum postoperative serum creatinine concentration during hospitalization and within 6 months thereafter with analysis of covariance adjusted for the preoperative serum creatinine Because serum creatinine concentrations were not normally distributed, we analyzed them on a log scale, with treatment effect reported as the ratio of geometric means. We also assessed between-group differences in creatinine changes over time using linear mixed model
    Comparison groups
    Crystalloid v Colloid
    Number of subjects included in analysis
    1057
    Analysis specification
    Pre-specified
    Analysis type
    equivalence
    P-value
    < 0.05
    Method
    Ratio geometric means
    Parameter type
    Ratio geometric means
    Point estimate
    0.97
    Confidence interval
         level
    95%
         sides
    2-sided
         lower limit
    0.93
         upper limit
    1.02

    Adverse events

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    Adverse events information [1]
    Timeframe for reporting adverse events
    30 postoperative days
    Adverse event reporting additional description
    Daily follow-up during till discharge and 30 days follow-up call
    Assessment type
    Systematic
    Dictionary used for adverse event reporting
    Dictionary name
    MedDRA
    Dictionary version
    19.1
    Reporting groups
    Reporting group title
    Arm 1
    Reporting group description
    Goal-directed crystalloid administration

    Reporting group title
    Arm 2
    Reporting group description
    Goal-directed colloid administration

    Notes
    [1] - There are no non-serious adverse events recorded for these results. It is expected that there will be at least one non-serious adverse event reported.
    Justification: In this study, these were not defined
    Serious adverse events
    Arm 1 Arm 2
    Total subjects affected by serious adverse events
         subjects affected / exposed
    9 / 553 (1.63%)
    10 / 549 (1.82%)
         number of deaths (all causes)
    3
    4
         number of deaths resulting from adverse events
    3
    4
    Vascular disorders
    Bleeding
         subjects affected / exposed
    7 / 553 (1.27%)
    7 / 549 (1.28%)
         occurrences causally related to treatment / all
    0 / 7
    0 / 7
         deaths causally related to treatment / all
    0 / 3
    0 / 3
    pulmonary embolism
         subjects affected / exposed
    0 / 553 (0.00%)
    1 / 549 (0.18%)
         occurrences causally related to treatment / all
    0 / 0
    0 / 10
         deaths causally related to treatment / all
    0 / 0
    0 / 1
    Cardiac disorders
    acute heart failure
         subjects affected / exposed
    1 / 553 (0.18%)
    0 / 549 (0.00%)
         occurrences causally related to treatment / all
    0 / 1
    0 / 0
         deaths causally related to treatment / all
    0 / 0
    0 / 0
    Gastrointestinal disorders
    Anastomotic leak
         subjects affected / exposed
    1 / 553 (0.18%)
    1 / 549 (0.18%)
         occurrences causally related to treatment / all
    0 / 1
    0 / 10
         deaths causally related to treatment / all
    0 / 0
    0 / 0
    Infections and infestations
    Wound infection
         subjects affected / exposed
    0 / 553 (0.00%)
    1 / 549 (0.18%)
         occurrences causally related to treatment / all
    0 / 0
    0 / 10
         deaths causally related to treatment / all
    0 / 0
    0 / 0
    Frequency threshold for reporting non-serious adverse events: 5%
    Non-serious adverse events
    Arm 1 Arm 2
    Total subjects affected by non serious adverse events
         subjects affected / exposed
    0 / 553 (0.00%)
    0 / 549 (0.00%)

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    Substantial protocol amendments (globally)

    Were there any global substantial amendments to the protocol? Yes
    Date
    Amendment
    24 Oct 2011
    Amendment to the protocol: Changes in conduct of the trial- primary outcome, inclusion criteria Change of the Principal Investigator, Addition of sites
    22 Dec 2014
    Amendment to the protocol Changes in conduct of the Trial: IMP maximum dosage reduced Primary outcome extended
    16 Dec 2015
    Amendment to the protocol Changes in interpretation of scientific document.... changes of primary outcome parameter Addition of sites

    Interruptions (globally)

    Were there any global interruptions to the trial? No

    Limitations and caveats

    Limitations of the trial such as small numbers of subjects analysed or technical problems leading to unreliable data.
    None reported

    Online references

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30882476
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