NCT02936167

Brief Summary

In children fluids are supplemented during surgery to provide volume, to maintain blood glucose levels, electrolyte balance and to meet the ongoing fluid losses during surgery. Fluid replacement during surgery since decades has been based on the Holliday and Segar method.These authors proposed that water maintenance in children includes: 100 millilitre (ml)/100 kilocalorie (kcal) for the first 10 kg of body weight, 50mL/100 kcal for 11-20 kg and 20mL/100 kcal for every kilogram of body weight above 20 kg. The maintenance electrolyte requirements of 3 mEq/100 kcal for sodium and 2 mEq/100 kcal for potassium per day, were based upon the electrolyte composition of breast and cow's milk. Based on these recommendations hypotonic fluid (0.45% saline) was considered as the ideal fluid for maintenance in children undergoing surgery. Since the past many years there have been many documented cases of hyponatremia after administration of hypotonic fluids with potential for serious neurological injury in this group of patients.The use of Holliday and Segar's formula to calculate the maintenance fluid regimen in postoperative children leads to an overestimation of the volume of fluid needed, as there is a low urine output in this period. The postoperative period is at risk for non-osmotic secretion of anti-diuretic hormone (ADH), which reduces the ability of kidney to excrete free water and carries risk for development of hyponatraemia.Authors in favour of hypotonic solutions feel that hyponatremia results from excessive volume of fluid and isotonic solutions have risk of hypernatremia, interstitial fluid overload, excessive sodium excretion, and hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis. Based on the increased incidence of hyponatremia in children undergoing surgery, the paediatric anaesthesia societies \[Society of Paediatric Anesthesia (SPA), Paediatric Anaesthesia Society of Great Britain and European society of Paediatric Anesthesia (ESPA)\] put forward guidelines for the type and amount of fluid to be administered during surgery.Since then normal saline is the commonly used fluid during the perioperative period.However recent studies have shown that the use of normal saline is associated with development of hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis and poor outcome. Ringer lactate (RL) is a commonly used intravenous fluid during surgery and has been found to have decreased possibility of producing hyponatremia although it is a slightly hypotonic solution.Plasmalyte is an isotonic fluid which has been shown to maintain electrolyte balance and prevent hyponatremia as well as hyperchloremic acidosis in adult population.However plasmalyte has been less frequently used in paediatric population.Therefore this study is planned with the aim of comparing intravenous fluids, ringer lactate and plasmalyte in the perioperative period regarding the incidence of hyponatremia produced by these solutions, their effect on electrolytes and blood gases in children undergoing elective surgery.

Trial Health

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Enrollment
50

participants targeted

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Timeline
Completed

Started Sep 2016

Shorter than P25 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

September 1, 2016

Completed
1 month until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

October 12, 2016

Completed
6 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

October 18, 2016

Completed
4 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

February 1, 2017

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

February 1, 2017

Completed
Last Updated

October 18, 2016

Status Verified

October 1, 2016

Enrollment Period

5 months

First QC Date

October 12, 2016

Last Update Submit

October 14, 2016

Conditions

Keywords

Ringer LactatePlasmalytePerioperative Period

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • To find out the incidence of hyponatremia and hypernatremia between ringer lactate group and plasmalyte group

    6 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

  • To find out changes in serum antidiuretic hormone level between Ringer lactate and plasmalyte group

    6 months

  • To find out changes in urine electrolytes between Ringer lactate and plasmalyte group

    6 months

  • To find out changes in urine osmolality between Ringer lactate and plasmalyte group

    6 months

Study Arms (2)

Ringer Lactate

EXPERIMENTAL

fluid

Biological: Ringer Lactate

Plasmalyte

EXPERIMENTAL

fluid

Biological: Plasmalyte

Interventions

Ringer LactateBIOLOGICAL
Ringer Lactate
PlasmalyteBIOLOGICAL
Plasmalyte

Eligibility Criteria

Age2 Years - 8 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsChild (0-17)

You may qualify if:

  • Age: 2 - 8 years
  • American society of anesthesiologist (ASA) - 1
  • Laparoscopic surgical procedure of 2 hours duration requiring IV fluid administration for at least 24 hours

You may not qualify if:

  • Uncorrected plasma sodium level before surgery
  • Diseases which cause abnormal ADH secretion
  • Renal and cardiac disease
  • Chronic lung disease
  • Cranial/thoracic surgery
  • Recent loop diuretics use

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Chandigarh, Chandigarh, 160012, India

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

  • McNab S, Duke T, South M, Babl FE, Lee KJ, Arnup SJ, Young S, Turner H, Davidson A. 140 mmol/L of sodium versus 77 mmol/L of sodium in maintenance intravenous fluid therapy for children in hospital (PIMS): a randomised controlled double-blind trial. Lancet. 2015 Mar 28;385(9974):1190-7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61459-8. Epub 2014 Dec 1.

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hyponatremia

Interventions

Ringer's LactatePlasmalyte A

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Water-Electrolyte ImbalanceMetabolic DiseasesNutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Crystalloid SolutionsIsotonic SolutionsSolutionsPharmaceutical Preparations

Study Officials

  • Neerja Bhardwaj, MD

    Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Neerja Bhardwaj, MD

CONTACT

Preethy Mathew, MD

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Junior Resident,Dept. of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care ,pgimer

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

October 12, 2016

First Posted

October 18, 2016

Study Start

September 1, 2016

Primary Completion

February 1, 2017

Study Completion

February 1, 2017

Last Updated

October 18, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-10

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