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Table 1 Study Patient Characteristics

From: A meta-analysis of N-acetylcysteine in contrast-induced nephrotoxicity: unsupervised clustering to resolve heterogeneity

Authors (reference)

Pub. Date

Average patient age (years)

Per cent Male

BSCr (mg/dl)

Diabetes (%)

Contrast volume (ml)

Jadad Score

End point (SCr rise)

Contrast procedure

NAC regimen

Hydration regimen

Tepel et al. [10]

07/00

65

NA

2.5

32.5

75

1

0.5 mg/dl 48 h

CT

600 mg tablet bid × 4

0.45% 1 ml/kg/h 12 h before, 12 h after

Diaz-Sandoval et al. [11]

02/02

73

80%

1.6

38.9

184

2

0.5 mg/dl or 25% 48 h

LHC

600 mg liquid in ginger ale bid × 4

0.45% 1 ml/kg/h 2–12 h before, 12 h after

Briguori et al. [12]

07/02

64

86%

1.5

37.8

197

1

25% 48 h

LHC and/or PA and/or PCI

600 mg tablet bid × 4

0.45% 1 ml/kg/h 12 h before, 12 h after

Vallero et al. [13]

09/02

62

NA

1.0

23.0

205

1

0.5 mg/dl or 33% 48 h

LHC and/or PCI

600 mg tablet bid × 4

0.45% 1 ml/kg/h 1–2 h before, 24 h after

Shyu et al. [14]

10/02

70

68%

2.8

63.5

117

1

0.5 mg/dl 48 h

LHC ± PCI

400 mg powder bid × 4

0.45% 1 ml/kg/h 12 h before, 12 h after

Allaqaband et al. [15]

11/02

70

NA

2.1

48.3

122

3

0.5 mg/dl 48 h

LHC ± PCI or PA + PCI

600 mg liquid in cola bid × 4

0.45% 1 ml/kg/h 12 h before, 12 h after

Durham et al. [16]

12/02

71

66%

2.3

48.1

81

3

0.5 mg/dl 48 h

LHC

1200 mg liquid in orange juice bid × 2

0.45% 1 ml/kg/h ≤ 12 h before, ≤ 12 h after

Kay et al. [17]

02/03

69

62%

1.3

37.5

125

5

25% 48 h

LHC and/or PCI

600 mg tablet bid × 4

0.9% 1 ml/kg/h 12 h before, 6 h after

Loutrianakis et al. [18]

03/03

67

NA

1.9

36.0

147

1

0.5 mg/dl 120–168 h

LHC

600 mg bid × 4

0.45% 1 ml/kg/h

Azmus et al. [19]

07/03

67

59%

1.3

49.6

126

5

0.5 mg/dl or 25% 24–48 h

LHC or PCI

600 mg powder in water bid × 5

0.9% 1 L pre, 1 L post, or none

Gomes et al. [20]

10/03

65

59%

1.3

51.9

103

4

0.5 mg/dl 48 h

LHC or PCI

600 mg bid × 4

0.9% 1 ml/kg/h 12 h before, 12 h after

Nguyen-Ho et al. [21]

11/03

70

NA

1.4

67.5

347

4

25% 48–72 h

LHC or PCI

2000 mg liquid in juice bid × 2 or 3

0.45% 75 ml/h ≥ 24 h from enroll

Efrati et al. [22]

12/03

67

90%

1.5

52.9

140

2

25% 24–96 h

LHC

1000 mg liquid in cola bid × 4

0.45% 1 ml/kg/h

El Mahmoud et al. [23]

12/03

67

81%

1.9

30.0

177

2

25% 24–48 h

LHC

600 mg orally bid × 2

0.9% 1 ml/kg/h

Kefer et al. [24]

12/03

62

77%

1.1

12.5

199

1

0.5 mg/dl or 25% 24 h

LHC and/or PCI

1200 mg in 0.9% saline IV over 60 min, 12 h pre 0 h post

0.9% 1 ml/kg/h

MacNeill et al. [25]

12/03

73

86%

1.9

46.5

110

4

25% 72 h

LHC ± PCI

600 mg liquid in juice/soda bid ×5

0.45% 1 ml/kg/h 12 h or 2 ml/kg/h 4 h before, 75 ml/h 12 h after

Oldemeyer et al. [26]

12/03

76

55%

1.6

44.9

131

2

0.5 mg/dl or 25% 48 h

LHC

1500 mg liquid in soda bid × 4

500 ml D5 20 ml/h 12 h before, 12 h after

Goldenberg et al. [27]

02/04

70

83%

2.0

43.9

116

5

0.5 mg/dl 48 h

LHC ± PCI

600 mg liquid in soda tid × 6

0.45% 1 ml/kg/h

Agrawal et al. [28]

04/04

63

68%

1.7

47.8

178

2

0.5 mg/dl or 25% 48 h

LHC and/or PCI

800/600/600 mg liquid in soda 12/2 h pre/6 h post

0.45% 1 ml/kg 12 h ± 250 ml bolus before, 12 h after

Fung et al. [29]

05/04

68

70%

2.3

52.8

128

3

0.5 mg/dl or 25% decrease in GFR 48 h

LHC or PCI ± PA

400 mg powder tid × 6

0.9% 100 ml/h 12 h before, 12 h after

Ochoa et al. [30]

06/04

71

43%

2.0

55.5

144

4

0.5 mg/dl or 25% 48 h

LHC and/or PCI

1000 mg liquid in diet cola bid × 2

0.9% 150 ml/h, ≥ 500 ml 12 h before, ≥ 1000 24 h after

Webb et al. [31]

09/04

70

NA

1.7

34.9

120

5

0.5 mg/dl 48–192 h

LHC or PCI ± PA

500 mg in D5NS IV for 15 min, 1 h pre

0.9% 200 ml before, 1.5 ml/kg/h 6 h or discharge (<6 h) after

  1. SCr, serum creatinine; BSCr, baseline serum creatinine; CT, computed tomography; LHC, left heart catheterization; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; PA, peripheral angiography; Jadad score, measure of study design quality (0 is the weakest, 5 is the strongest); NAC, N-acetylcysteine; NA, not applicable; bid, twice daily; tid, three times daily; IV, intravenous; h, hour; D5NS, 5% dextrose plus normal saline; 0.9%, normal saline; 0.45%, half-normal saline.