Early Use of Vasopressin in Post-Fontan Management

Summary

This is an investigator initiated, prospective, single-center, double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of post-operative low dose vasopressin infusions as an early treatment of low systemic perfusion in pediatric patients following Fontan palliation.

Timeline

Start

2017-03-06

Primary completion

2018-11-01

Completion

2019-01-28

Publications

• Background Delmas A, Leone M, Rousseau S, Albanese J, Martin C. Clinical review: Vasopressin and terlipressin in septic shock patients. Crit Care. 2005 Apr;9(2):212-22. doi: 10.1186/cc2945. Epub 2004 Sep 9.
• Background Leibovitch L, Efrati O, Vardi A, Matok I, Barzilay Z, Paret G. Intractable hypotension in septic shock: successful treatment with vasopressin in an infant. Isr Med Assoc J. 2003 Aug;5(8):596-8. No abstract available.
• Background Tsuneyoshi I, Yamada H, Kakihana Y, Nakamura M, Nakano Y, Boyle WA 3rd. Hemodynamic and metabolic effects of low-dose vasopressin infusions in vasodilatory septic shock. Crit Care Med. 2001 Mar;29(3):487-93. doi: 10.1097/00003246-200103000-00004.
• Background Rosenzweig EB, Starc TJ, Chen JM, Cullinane S, Timchak DM, Gersony WM, Landry DW, Galantowicz ME. Intravenous arginine-vasopressin in children with vasodilatory shock after cardiac surgery. Circulation. 1999 Nov 9;100(19 Suppl):II182-6. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.100.suppl_2.ii-182.
• Background Hall LG, Oyen LJ, Taner CB, Cullinane DC, Baird TK, Cha SS, Sawyer MD. Fixed-dose vasopressin compared with titrated dopamine and norepinephrine as initial vasopressor therapy for septic shock. Pharmacotherapy. 2004 Aug;24(8):1002-12. doi: 10.1592/phco.24.11.1002.36139.
• Background Gaies MG, Gurney JG, Yen AH, Napoli ML, Gajarski RJ, Ohye RG, Charpie JR, Hirsch JC. Vasoactive-inotropic score as a predictor of morbidity and mortality in infants after cardiopulmonary bypass. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2010 Mar;11(2):234-8. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181b806fc.
• Background Gaies MG, Jeffries HE, Niebler RA, Pasquali SK, Donohue JE, Yu S, Gall C, Rice TB, Thiagarajan RR. Vasoactive-inotropic score is associated with outcome after infant cardiac surgery: an analysis from the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium and Virtual PICU System Registries. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2014 Jul;15(6):529-37. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000153.
• Background Argenziano M, Choudhri AF, Oz MC, Rose EA, Smith CR, Landry DW. A prospective randomized trial of arginine vasopressin in the treatment of vasodilatory shock after left ventricular assist device placement. Circulation. 1997 Nov 4;96(9 Suppl):II-286-90.
• Background Landry DW, Levin HR, Gallant EM, Ashton RC Jr, Seo S, D'Alessandro D, Oz MC, Oliver JA. Vasopressin deficiency contributes to the vasodilation of septic shock. Circulation. 1997 Mar 4;95(5):1122-5. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.95.5.1122.
• Background Landry DW, Levin HR, Gallant EM, Seo S, D'Alessandro D, Oz MC, Oliver JA. Vasopressin pressor hypersensitivity in vasodilatory septic shock. Crit Care Med. 1997 Aug;25(8):1279-82. doi: 10.1097/00003246-199708000-00012. No abstract available.
• Background Kampmeier TG, Rehberg S, Westphal M, Lange M. Vasopressin in sepsis and septic shock. Minerva Anestesiol. 2010 Oct;76(10):844-50.
• Background Dunser MW, Mayr AJ, Ulmer H, Ritsch N, Knotzer H, Pajk W, Luckner G, Mutz NJ, Hasibeder WR. The effects of vasopressin on systemic hemodynamics in catecholamine-resistant septic and postcardiotomy shock: a retrospective analysis. Anesth Analg. 2001 Jul;93(1):7-13. doi: 10.1097/00000539-200107000-00003.
• Background Jerath N, Frndova H, McCrindle BW, Gurofsky R, Humpl T. Clinical impact of vasopressin infusion on hemodynamics, liver and renal function in pediatric patients. Intensive Care Med. 2008 Jul;34(7):1274-80. doi: 10.1007/s00134-008-1055-2. Epub 2008 Mar 19.
• Background Tweddell JS, Nersesian M, Mussatto KA, Nugent M, Simpson P, Mitchell ME, Ghanayem NS, Pelech AN, Marla R, Hoffman GM. Fontan palliation in the modern era: factors impacting mortality and morbidity. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Oct;88(4):1291-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.05.076.
• Background Hirsch JC, Goldberg C, Bove EL, Salehian S, Lee T, Ohye RG, Devaney EJ. Fontan operation in the current era: a 15-year single institution experience. Ann Surg. 2008 Sep;248(3):402-10. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181858286.
• Background Meyer DB, Zamora G, Wernovsky G, Ittenbach RF, Gallagher PR, Tabbutt S, Gruber PJ, Nicolson SC, Gaynor JW, Spray TL. Outcomes of the Fontan procedure using cardiopulmonary bypass with aortic cross-clamping. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Nov;82(5):1611-8; discussion 1618-20. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.106.
• Background Evora PR, Pearson PJ, Schaff HV. Arginine vasopressin induces endothelium-dependent vasodilatation of the pulmonary artery. V1-receptor-mediated production of nitric oxide. Chest. 1993 Apr;103(4):1241-5. doi: 10.1378/chest.103.4.1241.
• Background Sai Y, Okamura T, Amakata Y, Toda N. Comparison of responses of canine pulmonary artery and vein to angiotensin II, bradykinin and vasopressin. Eur J Pharmacol. 1995 Aug 25;282(1-3):235-41. doi: 10.1016/0014-2999(95)00343-j.
• Background Novella S, Martinez AC, Pagan RM, Hernandez M, Garcia-Sacristan A, Gonzalez-Pinto A, Gonzalez-Santos JM, Benedito S. Plasma levels and vascular effects of vasopressin in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007 Jul;32(1):69-76. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.03.047. Epub 2007 May 15.
• Background Morrison WE, Simone S, Conway D, Tumulty J, Johnson C, Cardarelli M. Levels of vasopressin in children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass. Cardiol Young. 2008 Apr;18(2):135-40. doi: 10.1017/S1047951108001881. Epub 2008 Mar 7.
• Background Mastropietro CW, Rossi NF, Clark JA, Chen H, Walters H 3rd, Delius R, Lieh-Lai M, Sarnaik AP. Relative deficiency of arginine vasopressin in children after cardiopulmonary bypass. Crit Care Med. 2010 Oct;38(10):2052-8. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181eed91d.
• Background Lechner E, Hofer A, Mair R, Moosbauer W, Sames-Dolzer E, Tulzer G. Arginine-vasopressin in neonates with vasodilatory shock after cardiopulmonary bypass. Eur J Pediatr. 2007 Dec;166(12):1221-7. doi: 10.1007/s00431-006-0400-0. Epub 2007 Jan 16.
• Background Mastropietro CW, Clark JA, Delius RE, Walters HL 3rd, Sarnaik AP. Arginine vasopressin to manage hypoxemic infants after stage I palliation of single ventricle lesions. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008 Sep;9(5):506-10. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181849ce0.
• Background Alten JA, Borasino S, Toms R, Law MA, Moellinger A, Dabal RJ. Early initiation of arginine vasopressin infusion in neonates after complex cardiac surgery. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 May;13(3):300-4. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31822f1753.

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