NCT04443608

Brief Summary

When a patient arrives to an emergency department and is found to have an elevated potassium level in the blood, there is no one standardized treatment, therefore it is not known if one treatment is superior to other. The purpose of this study is to help determine if a drug called patiromer (already approved by the FDA) can help lower potassium levels while patients are in the emergency department.

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
115

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for phase_4

Timeline
Completed

Started Oct 2020

Typical duration for phase_4

Geographic Reach
1 country

19 active sites

Status
terminated

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

June 8, 2020

Completed
15 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

June 23, 2020

Completed
4 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

October 8, 2020

Completed
2.4 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

March 9, 2023

Completed
3 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

June 3, 2023

Completed
Last Updated

August 31, 2023

Status Verified

April 1, 2023

Enrollment Period

2.4 years

First QC Date

June 8, 2020

Last Update Submit

August 29, 2023

Conditions

Keywords

potassiumdialysisemergency department

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • The need for additional potassium-lowering medical interventions

    Net clinical benefit (mean difference in number of interventions less change in serum potassium)

    Duration of patient's emergency department visit, up to 6 hours

Secondary Outcomes (5)

  • Potassium level trends after receiving study drug

    Up to 24 hours after study drug dose is given

  • Potassium level trends after receiving study drug

    4 hours

  • Potassium level trends after receiving study drug

    ED visit, up to 10 hours

  • Potassium level trends after receiving study drug

    8 hours

  • Potassium level trends after receiving study drug

    Up to 24 hours after study drug dose is given

Study Arms (2)

Veltassa

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

3 packets of study drug powder will be mixed with a liquid (water, apple or cranberry juice) and given to patient to drink while in the emergency department

Drug: Patiromer Powder for Oral Suspension [Veltassa]

Placebo

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

3 packets of study drug powder will be mixed with a liquid (water, apple or cranberry juice) and given to patient to drink while in the emergency department

Drug: Placebo

Interventions

Powder will be mixed with a liquid (water, apple or cranberry juice) and given to patient to drink

Also known as: Active drug
Veltassa

Powder will be mixed with a liquid (water, apple or cranberry juice) and given to patient to drink

Also known as: Inactive substance
Placebo

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Hyperkalemia, defined as K+ ≥5.8 obtained via local laboratory or point-of-care testing
  • Written informed consent obtained.

You may not qualify if:

  • Clinically significant arrhythmia, defined as any arrhythmia requiring ongoing IV antiarrhythmic therapy.
  • Patients who are hemodynamically unstable, defined as mean arterial pressure ≤65 mmHg or heart rate ≤40 beats per minute or ≥125 beats per minute at time of screening
  • Hyperkalemia solely due to overdose on potassium supplements
  • Known bowel obstruction
  • Subjects currently being treated with or having taken potassium binders (e.g., patiromer, sodium or calcium polystyrene sulfonate or sodium zirconium cyclosilicate) in the 7 days prior to baseline
  • Subjects expected to receive dialysis during the first 6 hours of the study treatment period
  • Known hypersensitivity to patiromer or its ingredients
  • Participation in any other investigational device or drug study \<30 days prior to screening, or current treatment with other investigational agent(s)
  • Inability to consume the investigational product or, in the opinion of the Investigator unsuitable for study participation
  • Life expectancy of less than 6 months
  • Patients with automatically timed medication orders to control potassium in the ED
  • Patient is known to be pregnant or breastfeeding
  • An employee of investigational site or sponsors

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (19)

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, California, 94305, United States

Location

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, 06519, United States

Location

Christiana Care

Newark, Delaware, 19718, United States

Location

George Washington University

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20037, United States

Location

Baystate Medical Center

Springfield, Massachusetts, 01199, United States

Location

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States

Location

Henry Ford Hospital

Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

Location

Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55415, United States

Location

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States

Location

Washington University of St Louis

St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

Location

Mt Sinai. Icahn School of Medicine

New York, New York, 10029, United States

Location

Maimonides Medical Center

New York, New York, 11219, United States

Location

Stony Brook University Hospital

Stony Brook, New York, 11794, United States

Location

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

Location

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States

Location

Ohio State University. Wexner Medical Center

Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

Location

JPS Health Network

Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States

Location

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Location

UT Memorial Hermann Hospital

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

  • Rafique Z, Budden J, Quinn CM, Duanmu Y, Safdar B, Bischof JJ, Driver BE, Herzog CA, Weir MR, Singer AJ, Boone S, Soto-Ruiz KM, Peacock WF. Patiromer utility as an adjunct treatment in patients needing urgent hyperkalaemia management (PLATINUM): design of a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study. BMJ Open. 2023 Jun 12;13(6):e071311. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071311.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

HyperkalemiaEmergencies

Interventions

SuspensionspatiromerBulk Drugs

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Water-Electrolyte ImbalanceMetabolic DiseasesNutritional and Metabolic DiseasesDisease AttributesPathologic ProcessesPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

ColloidsComplex MixturesDosage FormsPharmaceutical Preparations

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 4
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Model Details: randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled parallel group
Sponsor Type
INDUSTRY
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

June 8, 2020

First Posted

June 23, 2020

Study Start

October 8, 2020

Primary Completion

March 9, 2023

Study Completion

June 3, 2023

Last Updated

August 31, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-04

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

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