Clinical trialNCT04982419RecruitingPhase 2/PHASE3Interventional

Remote Ischemic Preconditioning for Renal and Cardiac Protection in Congestive Heart Failure (RICH) Trial

SponsorVA Office of Research and DevelopmentEnrollment240Acute Kidney InjuryContrast Induced NephropathyCoronary AngiographyHeart FailurePercutaneous Coronary Intervention

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Summary

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This is a prospective, double-blind, sham-controlled, multicenter, randomized clinical trial is to study the effects of remote ischemic preconditioning on contrast-associated acute kidney injury, functional capacity, and major adverse kidney events in in patients with congestive heart failure undergoing cardiac catheterization and/or percutaneous coronary intervention.

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Investigators

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Oladipupo Olafiranye, MD MS
VA North Texas Health Care System Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Principal Investigator
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Sites

3 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Va Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Division, Pittsburgh, Pa
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Recruiting
Va North Texas Health Care System Dallas Va Medical Center, Dallas, Tx
Dallas, Texas, United States
Oladipupo Olafiranye, MD MS
Recruiting
Hunter Holmes Mcguire Va Medical Center, Richmond, Va
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Recruiting

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 1 Nov 2021
Primary completion: 31 Mar 2028
Completion: 31 Mar 2029
Last update posted: 15 Dec 2025
Registered enrollment: 240
Registry id: NCT04982419

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.