Clinical Trial: Safety and Feasibility of Metformin for Sepsis Induced AKI
Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Condition: Sepsis
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: A Randomized Clinical Trial of the Safety and Feasibility of Metformin as a Treatment for Sepsis Induced AKI.
Brief Summary:
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an independent risk factor for death that affects 10-15% of hospitalized patients and more than 50% of patients admitted to the intensive care unit.Sepsis is the most frequent cause of AKI, affecting 48 million people worldwide every year, and accounting for approximately 11 million of annual global deaths.Despite these figures, there are no known therapies to prevent or reverse septic AKI; hence this study aims to establish the safety and feasibility of the implementation of metformin…
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