ISRCTN ISRCTN25405995
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN25405995
Secondary identifying numbers 13864
Submission date
15/01/2014
Registration date
06/03/2014
Last edited
24/01/2025
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Ongoing
Condition category
Urological and Genital Diseases
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English Summary

Background and study aims
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) refers to an abrupt drop in kidney function and is often seen in unwell patients who require hospitalisation. In the short term, AKI increases the complexity and duration of treatment and reduces the chance of patient survival. In many patients that do recover, there is also an improvement in kidney function. It is possible that episodes of AKI may have effects on patients in the longer term, leading to kidney damage over time or reducing long-term survival. There is a lack of good quality research in this area. This study intends to find out the long-term effects of AKI on the development and progression of long-term kidney disease as well as the effects of AKI on patient survival.

Who can participate?
Hospitalised patients with similar characteristics, one group who did sustain AKI and one group who did not.

What does the study involve?
Patients will be identified through routine blood tests to measure kidney function that were collected during their hospital stay. They will be invited to participate in the study about three months after these blood tests were taken, by which time they will have recovered from their hospital stay. We will then collect three routine blood tests to measure kidney function: the first at the start of the study (i.e., three months after the episode of AKI to assess the degree of recovery of kidney function); the second at nine months (1 year after the episode of AKI) and the third at 33 months (three years after the episode of AKI). These blood tests can be taken in the community at the patients’ GP surgery or local blood-taking clinic. Samples from all three blood and urine tests will be stored for further testing. Stored samples will be disposed of at the end of the study. We will confirm the medical details of patients from hospital records and we will monitor health status (including cause of death for any patients who die) through the records kept at the NHS Information Centre.

What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
Taking part in this study will ensure that the patient’s kidney function is monitored regularly. This will allow us to pick up any abnormalities and respond to them. The results will be reviewed by our researchers and a specialist doctor. Their GPs will be given advice about how to respond to abnormal results. There are no major disadvantages, risks or side effects. The blood tests will take about 5 minutes of your time and there may be a small amount of discomfort.

Where is the study run from?
The Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital, UK.

When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
The study started in March 2013 and is expected to run for two years.

Who is funding the study?
1. The Bupa Foundation (UK)
2. British Renal Society (UK)
3. Kidney Research (UK)

Who is the main contact?
Dr Nick Selby
nick.selby@nhs.net

Study website

Contact information

Dr Nick Selby
Scientific

Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
United Kingdom

ORCiD logoORCID ID 0000-0003-0351-8326

Study information

Study designNon-randomized; Observational; Design type: Case-controlled study
Primary study designObservational
Secondary study designCase-control study
Study setting(s)GP practice, Hospital
Study typeDiagnostic
Participant information sheet Not available in web format, please use the contact details to request a patient information sheet
Scientific titleDefining the long-term consequences of acute kidney injury: the AKI Risk In Derby (ARID) study
Study acronymARID
Study hypothesisThe research questions that the study has been designed to address are as follows:
1. Does AKI lead to the onset or progression of chronic kidney disease?
2. Does AKI increase the risk of cardiovascular events?
3. Does AKI confer an increased risk of long-term mortality?
4. Can we develop strategies to identify those patients at higher risk of worse long-term outcomes following an episode of AKI?
Ethics approval(s)

Approved 06/12/2021, Derbyshire Research Ethics Committee (2 Redman Place, Stratford, London, E20 1JQ, United Kingdom; +44 207 104 8236; derby.rec@hra.nhs.uk), ref: 12/EM/0441

ConditionTopic: Renal and Urogenital; Subtopic: Renal and Urogenital (all Subtopics); Disease: Renal
InterventionPatients will be identified through routine blood tests to measure kidney function collected during their hospital stay. They will be invited to participate in the study at least two months after these blood tests, by which time they will have recovered from their hospital stay. We will collect three routine blood and urine samples to measure kidney function: the first at recruitment (3 months after the episode of AKI to assess the degree of recovery of renal function); the second at 9 months (1 year after the AKI) and the third at 33 months (three years after the AKI). These samples can be collected in the community at the patient's GP surgery or local blood-taking clinic. We will retain samples for further testing. We will confirm medical details of patients from hospital records and we will monitor health status (including cause of death for any patients who die) through the records kept at the NHS Information Centre.
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measureCurrent primary outcome measures as of 28/03/2017:
Mortality, progression to a combined renal end point (initiation of RRT, GFR<15ml/min/1.73m2, doubling of serum creatinine) at one, three, five and ten years.

Previous primary outcome measures:
CKD progression; Timepoint(s): 1 year and 3 years
Secondary outcome measuresCurrent secondary outcome measures as of 28/03/2017:
CKD progession defined as ≥25% decline in eGFR plus decline in eGFR stage measred at one, three and five years.

Previous secondary outcome measures:
Mortality; Timepoint(s): 1, 3 and 5 years
Overall study start date25/03/2013
Overall study end date14/04/2026

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
Lower age limit18 Years
Upper age limit85 Years
SexBoth
Target number of participantsPlanned Sample Size: 1084; UK Sample Size: 1084
Total final enrolment1125
Participant inclusion criteria1. Age 18-85 years
2. Recent inpatient at Royal Derby Hospital during which a blood test was sent to assess kidney function, and was classified either as AKI or as NAKI (screened for possible AKI but who did not sustain AKI)
Participant exclusion criteria1. Inability/refusal to give informed consent to participate
2. Language barrier that prevents informed postal consent
3. Death during the same hospital admission that AKI occurred
4. Receiving palliative care
Recruitment start date23/04/2013
Recruitment end date14/04/2016

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Royal Derby Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Derby Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Hospital/treatment centre

Research and Development Department
Derby City General Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3DT
England
United Kingdom

Funders

Funder type

Research organisation

The Bupa Foundation (UK)

No information available

British Renal Society
Private sector organisation / Associations and societies (private and public)
Alternative name(s)
BRS
Location
United Kingdom
Kidney Research UK
Private sector organisation / Other non-profit organizations
Location
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date14/04/2027
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareYes
IPD sharing plan summaryAvailable on request
Publication and dissemination planPlanned publication in a high-impact peer reviewed journal. Patient feedback meetings to be held in May and June 2017 to update participants on the progress of the study.
IPD sharing planThe datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are/will be available upon request from Dr Nicholas Selby at Nicholas.Selby@notthingham.ac.uk

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Protocol file version v1 04/12/2015 22/07/2020 No No
HRA research summary 28/06/2023 No No
Interim results article 21/08/2023 07/11/2023 Yes No
Interim results article 01/05/2022 07/11/2023 Yes No
Interim results article 01/02/2023 07/11/2023 Yes No
Interim results article 26/05/2022 07/11/2023 Yes No
Results article 21/08/2023 24/01/2025 Yes No

Additional files

ISRCTN25405995_PROTOCOL_v1.4_Dec2015.pdf
uploaded 22/07/2020

Editorial Notes

24/01/2025: Publication reference added.
07/11/2023: The following changes were made to the trial record:
1. Publication references added.
2. The total final enrolment was added.
22/07/2020: The following changes were made to the trial record:
1. Uploaded protocol (not peer reviewed) as an additional file.
2. The trial website was added.
28/03/2017: Recruitment dates changed from 25/03/2013 - 25/03/2015 to 23/04/2013 - 14/04/2016. The study end date changed from 25/03/2015 to 14/04/2026. Added the British Renal Society and Kidney Research UK as funders.
15/03/2017: No publications found in PubMed, verifying study status with principal investigator.
22/05/2014: The target number of participants was changed from 1802 to 1084.