Official Title

Balanced Solution Versus Saline in Intensive Care Study
  • Phase

    Phase 3
  • Study Type

    Interventional
  • Status

    Completed No Results Posted
  • Intervention/Treatment

    sodium chloride ...
  • Study Participants

    11075
A 2x2 factorial randomized study to evaluate the effect of a balanced crystalloid solution compared with 0.9% saline, and of rapid vs. slow infusion on clinical outcomes of critically ill patients
Pragmatic, multicenter, 2x2 factorial randomized study. Severe patients admitted to the ICU at moderate to high risk for death or acute kidney injury will be randomly allocated to receive a balanced crystalloid solution (Plasma-Lyte®) or 0.9% saline and to receive crystalloids by rapid bolus infusion (999 mL/h) or slow infusion (333 mL/h) whenever plasma expansion is needed.
Study Started
May 27
2017
Primary Completion
Mar 02
2020
Study Completion
Feb 28
2021
Last Update
Apr 19
2021

Drug Plasma-Lyte

Plasma-Lyte will be used for fluid expansion and maintenance

Drug Saline 0.9%

Saline 0.9% will be used for fluid expansion and maintenance

  • Other names: Normal Saline

Other Slow infusion speed

Whenever fluid expansion is deemed necessary by the attending physician, infusion speed will be set at 333 mL/h. NOTE: This intervention will not be blinded.

Other Fast Infusion Speed

Whenever fluid expansion is deemed necessary by the attending physician, infusion speed will be set at 999 mL/h. NOTE: This intervention will not be blinded.

Plasma-Lyte, Slow Infusion Experimental

Plasma-Lyte will be used for fluid expansion and maintenance whenever needed and when there is no contraindication either for Plasma-Lyte or normal saline. Whenever fluid expansion is deemed necessary by the attending physician, infusion speed will be set at 333 mL/h.

Plasma-Lyte, Fast Infusion Experimental

Plasma-Lyte will be used for fluid expansion and maintenance whenever needed and when there is no contraindication either for Plasma-Lyte or normal saline. Whenever fluid expansion is deemed necessary by the attending physician, infusion speed will be set at 999 mL/h.

Saline 0.9%, Slow Infusion Experimental

Saline 0.9% will be used for fluid expansion and maintenance whenever needed and when there is no contraindication either for Plasma-Lyte or normal saline. Whenever fluid expansion is deemed necessary by the attending physician, infusion speed will be set at 333 mL/h.

Saline 0.9%, Fast Infusion Experimental

Saline 0.9% will be used for fluid expansion and maintenance whenever needed and when there is no contraindication either for Plasma-Lyte or normal saline. Whenever fluid expansion is deemed necessary by the attending physician, infusion speed will be set at 999 mL/h.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria (all three):

Need for plasma expansion, and the clinician considers that Plasma-Lyte® or 0.9% saline are equally appropriate for patients, with no specific indications or contraindications for any of the fluids or for rapid or slow infusion.
Patients not expected to be discharged on the day after their admission.

At least one of the following risk factors for acute renal injury:

Age ≥ 65 years
Hypotension (mean arterial pressure [MAP] < 65 mmHg or systolic blood pressure [SBP] < 90 mmHg) or use of vasopressors
Sepsis
Use of invasive mechanical ventilation or of continuous noninvasive mechanical ventilation (including high-flow nasal cannula) > 12 hours
Oliguria (< 0.5 mL/kg/hour for ≥ 3 hours)
Serum creatinine ≥ 1.2 mg/dL for women or ≥ 1.4 mg/dL for men
Liver cirrhosis or acute liver failure

Exclusion Criteria (any of the below):

Age < 18 years
Acute renal failure treated with renal replacement therapy (RRT) or expected to require RRT within the next 6 hours
Severe hyponatremia (serum sodium ≤ 120 mmol/L)
Severe hypernatremia (serum sodium ≥ 160 mmol/L)
Death considered imminent and inevitable within 24 hours
Patients with suspected or confirmed brain death
Patients under exclusive palliative care
Patients previously enrolled in the BaSICS study
No Results Posted