Preventive Effect of the PRetreatment With Intravenous Nicorandil on Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients With RenaL Dysfunction UndEergoing Coronary Angiography (PRINCIPLE Study)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01103336 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 14, 2010
Last Update Posted : February 6, 2012
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Chronic Renal Failure | Drug: pretreatment with intravenous nicorandil vs. placebo before coronary angiography | Phase 4 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 173 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Preventive Effect of the PRetreatment With Intravenous Nicorandil on Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients With RenaL Dysfunction UndEergoing Coronary Angiography (PRINCIPLE Study): A Investigator-initiated, Control- Randomized, Phase IV Multicenter Study |
Study Start Date : | March 2010 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | June 2011 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | June 2011 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Nicorandil in saline |
Drug: pretreatment with intravenous nicorandil vs. placebo before coronary angiography
Other Name: Nicorandil group versus Control group |
Placebo Comparator: saline |
Drug: pretreatment with intravenous nicorandil vs. placebo before coronary angiography
Other Name: Nicorandil group versus Control group |
- Incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy defined as an increase in serum creatinine ≥25% or ≥0.5 mg/dl [ Time Frame: at 24 hours ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 20 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients aged ≥ 20 years
- Patients undergoing elective coronary angiogram due to documented myocardial ischemia or symptoms of angina
- Estimated Cr clearance ≤60 mL/min by Cockcroft-Gault formula or serum Cr ≥1.1 mg/dL
- Signed written informed consent to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Acute myocardial infarction requiring primary or rescue coronary intervention
- Allergic reaction to contrast dye or nicorandil
- Cardiogenic shock or significant hypotension
- Previous use of nicorandil within the preceding 7 days
- Exposure to contrast medium within the preceding 7 days
- Pregnancy or women at age of childbearing potential
- Heart failure (NYHA class III or IV; LV ejection fraction <40% by echocardiogram)
- Acute renal failure or chronic dialysis
- Mechanical ventilation
- History of kidney transplantation
- Life expectation less than 6 months
- Previous renal artery angioplasty within the last 6 months
- Use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, intravenous use of diuretics, dopamine, mannitol, N-acetylcysteine, ascorbic acid or sodium bicarbonate within 48 hrs before the procedure
- Severe liver disease

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01103336
Korea, Republic of | |
Severance Hospital | |
Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 120-752 |
Principal Investigator: | Young-Guk Ko, MD | Severance Hospital |
Responsible Party: | Yonsei University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01103336 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
4-2009-0722 |
First Posted: | April 14, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 6, 2012 |
Last Verified: | February 2012 |
Patients with chronic renal failure undergoing coronary angiography |
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