Balancing Risk: Red Blood Cell Transfusion Strategies In Cardiac Surgery
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Brief summary
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The primary purpose of this study is to determine the best blood level to begin transfusing red blood cells in individuals undergoing cardiac surgery. The secondary aim is to determine the impact of red cell transfusion on health-related quality of life following surgery.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00651573
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 722 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Blood transfusion at hematocrit value less than 24% Procedure
- Blood transfusion at hematocrit value less than 28% Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 28, 2007
- Primary completion
- Jul 31, 2014
- Completion
- Jan 2, 2019
- Last update posted
- Jun 13, 2019
2007 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland | Ohio | 44195 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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