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Completed Not applicable Interventional

Balanced Solutions and Plasma Electrolytes

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03537898

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Official title

Balanced Solutions and Plasma Electrolytes in the Medical Intensive Care Unit

Brief summary

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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 prospective, randomized trials have shown improved patient outcomes with the use of balanced crystalloids compared to saline. There have not been large randomized studies comparing acetate buffered balanced crystalloids to non-acetate buffered balanced crystalloids in the critically ill. BASE will be a pilot study for a large, cluster-randomized, multiple-crossover trial enrolling critically ill patients from the Medical ICU at Vanderbilt University from June 2018 until January 2019. The primary endpoint will be plasma bicarbonate concentration between Intensive Care Unit admission and hospital discharge.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03537898
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
2,093 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
May 31, 2018
Primary completion
Feb 6, 2019
Completion
Mar 1, 2019
Last update posted
Oct 10, 2019

2018 – 2019

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville Tennessee 37232

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