Rationale and Design of NEUTRALIZE-AKI: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled, Pivotal Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of a Selective Cytopheretic Device in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Continuous Kidney Replacement Therapy

Lenar Yessayan, H. David Humes, Emily C. Scribe, Sai Prasad N. Iyer, Kevin K. Chung*

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Abstract

Introduction: NEUTRALIZE-AKI is a pivotal study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the selective cytopheretic device (SCD) in adult patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring continuous kidney replacement therapy (CKRT). Methods/Design: This is a two-arm, randomized, open-label, controlled multi-center pivotal US study which will enroll 200 adult patients (age 18-80 years) in the intensive care unit with acute kidney injury requiring CKRT and at least one additional organ failure across 30 clinical centers. Eligible patients will be randomized to CKRT plus SCD therapy versus CKRT alone. Therapy will be administered for up to 10 days, with the hypothesis that the CKRT plus SCD group will demonstrate a lower mortality rate or better rate of renal recovery than the CKRT alone group by day 90. The primary outcome is a composite of dialysis dependence or all-cause mortality at day 90. Conclusion: The SCD is a cell-directed extracorporeal therapy that targets and deactivates pro-inflammatory neutrophils and monocytes, with evidence of efficacy across a variety of critically ill patient populations. Knowledge and experience from many of those studies and other AKI trials were incorporated into the design of this pivotal study, with the aim to investigate the role of effector cell immunomodulation in the intervention of AKI.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)43-53
Number of pages11
JournalNephron
Volume148
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2024
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Acute kidney injury
  • Cell-directed extracorporeal therapy
  • Continuous kidney replacement therapy
  • Cytokine storm
  • Effector cells
  • Hyperinflammation
  • Immunomodulation
  • Inflammation
  • Innate immunity
  • Kidney
  • Leukocyte
  • Monocytes
  • Neutrophils
  • Selective cytopheretic device
  • Selective cytopheretic device

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