New fluid management strategy tested in ICU kidney patients
NCT ID NCT05473143
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares a proactive, prescription-based fluid management plan to usual care in 150 critically ill patients who need kidney replacement therapy (dialysis). The goal is to see if a standardized daily prescription can help achieve a neutral or negative fluid balance, preventing fluid buildup. The trial is a pilot, meaning it mainly tests whether the approach is feasible and can be followed consistently.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- protocol-based fluid management
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a simple daily prescription template helps doctors better manage fluid levels in critically ill patients on kidney dialysis, potentially reducing complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study (150 patients) focused on feasibility, not on proving better outcomes. The approach may not improve patient health or may be too complex for routine ICU use.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- 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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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: 1. Age ≥ 18 years 2. Admitted to the ICU 3. AKI during current hospitalization defined by the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria(1) as any of the following: Increase in serum creatinine by 27 µmol/L or more within any 48-hour window, or an increase in serum creatinine to 1.5 times baseline or more within the last 7 days, or a urine output less than 0.5 mL/kg/h for 6 hours. 4. Planned initiation of KRT within the following 12 hours or the receipt of KRT for AKI for ≤48 hours Exclusion Criteria: 1. Lack of commitment to maintain kidney, pharmacologic or respiratory support at the time of screening, or probable transition to comfort care within 48 hours according to the treating physician 2. Probable discharge from the ICU within the next 48 hours according to treating physician 3. Severe burn injury (\>10% of body surface area) 4. Severe abnormality in serum sodium (\>155 or \<120 mmol/L) 5. Important ongoing fluid losses are present and/or are expected to require continued maintenance IV fluids uring the next 48 hours 6. The clinical care team believes that the proposed intervention is inappropriate.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, H2X0A9, Canada
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