NCT00501475

NAC in Preventing CIN in CRF Patients Who Need Enhanced CT Scan in ED

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: —
• Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of NAC or sodium bicarbonate in preventing the aggravation of renal function in chronic renal failure when enhanced computed tomography scan is checked in emergency room.

Detailed description

CIN is frequent in CRF patients. However most studies about CIN has been focusing on elective PCI patients. There is no study that the NAC nor sodium bicarbonate would help in preventing CIN in CRF patients who need enhanced CT scan in ED. Our intention was to investigate the effect of NAC or sodium bicarbonate in preventing the aggravation of renal function in chronic renal failure when enhanced computed tomography scan is checked in emergency room.

Conditions

• Chronic Renal Failure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	NAC Bicarbonate

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-03-01
• Completion: 2010-10-01
• First posted: 2007-07-16
• Last updated: 2010-07-27

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: South Korea