Could a common heartburn drug shield kidneys after trauma?
NCT ID NCT06531642
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether giving the acid-reducing drug pantoprazole (Protonix) early after a traumatic injury with severe bleeding can lower the risk of acute kidney injury. Researchers will compare early dosing (within 2 hours of arrival) to usual timing (in the ICU) in 100 adult trauma patients. They will measure kidney injury markers and track kidney function for up to 30 days.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- pantoprazole (Protonix)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that giving pantoprazole early after trauma helps prevent kidney damage in patients with severe bleeding.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial (Phase 2/3) with only 100 patients, so results may not apply to everyone. The main goal is to check kidney injury markers, not long-term outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patient (≥18 years of age) * Patient meets hemorrhagic shock criteria: * Hypovolemic shock from traumatic acute bleeding * Systolic blood pressure ≤ 90 mmHg AND tachycardia (HR ≥ 108) at presentation to the ED; OR * Systolic blood pressure ≤ 70 mmHg at presentation to the ED. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients \<18 years of age * Patients known to be actively on renal replacement therapy * Cardiac arrest prior to ED arrival or who are deemed to have expected survival of less than 24 hours * History of PPI sensitivity or allergy * Patient who are already enrolled in other trials prior to ED arrival and these trials do not allow co-enrollment * Patient who presents with ongoing GI bleeding that will require higher dose of GI prophylaxis * Vulnerable populations such as pregnant women and prisoners
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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