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NCT05568160: NOVACC
Prospective Randomized Double-blind Study Evaluating the Superiority of VAsopressin Versus NOradrenaline in the Management of Patients at Risk of Kidney Failure Undergoing Cardiac Surgery With Extracorporeal Circulation
Phase 3 trial testing Vasopressin in Scheduled Cardiac Surgery With Extracorporeal Circulation in 840 participants. Participants enrolled and being followed up; not accepting new ones.
1 March 2026
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon |
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| Phase | Phase 3 |
| Status | Active, enrolled |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 840 |
| Start date | 2 January 2023 |
| Primary completion | 1 March 2026 |
| Estimated completion | 1 March 2026 |
| Sites | 1 location across France |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Vasopressin — full drug profile →
- Norepinephrine (NOREPINEPHRINE) — full drug profile →
- Collection of clinical data
- Quality of Life Questionnaire EQ-5D
Conditions studied
- Scheduled Cardiac Surgery With Extracorporeal Circulation — all drugs for Scheduled Cardiac Surgery With Extracorporeal Circulation →
- Vasoplegic Syndrome — all drugs for Vasoplegic Syndrome →
Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
Who can join
70 and older, any sex, with Scheduled Cardiac Surgery With Extracorporeal Circulation or Vasoplegic Syndrome. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
What's being measured
Primary outcomes are the specific endpoints the trial is designed to prove or disprove.
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Occurrence of a renal complication or death
Time frame: From the onset of the vasoplegic syndrome until 7 days after
Sponsor's own description
This is a randomized, double blind, multicenter study following surgery with extracorporeal circulation to compare blood pressure optimization with vasopressin versus noradrenaline. It is planned to include 840 patients in order to have 420 patients with vasoplegic syndrome. The primary objective of this study is to determine whether the use of vasopressin to maintain blood pressure following cardiac surgery decreases the number of patients with acute renal failure and/or death compared with the usual use of norepinephrine. Participation in the study involves daily follow-up at D1, D2, and D7 of the onset of the syndrome and then follow-up at D30 and D90.
Publications & conference data
2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Prospective randomized double-blind study to evaluate the superiority of Vasopressin versus Norepinephrine in the management of the patient at renal risk undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (NOVACC trial).
Guinot PG, Desebbe O, Besch G, Guerci P, et al · · 2024 · cited 5× · PMID 38492626 · DOI 10.1016/j.ahj.2024.03.008 -
The therapeutic horizon of acute kidney injury in critical care: exploring pathology, promises, pitfalls, and progress.
Vogelaar Y, Mourisse L, Pickkers P. · · 2025 · PMID 41191836 · DOI 10.1097/mcc.0000000000001331
Verify or expand the search:
- PubMed search for NCT05568160
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- ASCO Meeting Library
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05568160 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
- Last refreshed: 16 December 2025
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