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Red Cell Storage Duration Study

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00991341

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Brief summary

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The RECESS study will compare the effects of transfusing red blood cell units stored \<= 10 days vs. red blood cell units stored \>= 21 days, in patients who are undergoing complex cardiac surgery and are likely to need a red blood cell transfusion. The primary hypothesis is that there is a clinically important difference between the effects of shorter-storage red cell units and longer-storage red cell units on clinical outcomes and mortality risk.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00991341
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Lead sponsor
Carelon Research
Other
Enrollment
1,481 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
12 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
Dec 31, 2009
Primary completion
Feb 28, 2014
Completion
Feb 28, 2014
Last update posted
Jun 8, 2015

2010 – 2014

United States locations

U.S. sites
33
U.S. states
17
U.S. cities
23
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Florida Gainesville Florida 32610
Emory University Atlanta Georgia 30322
St. Joseph Hospital Fort Wayne Indiana 46802
Indiana/Ohio Heart Fort Wayne Indiana 46804
University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa 52242
University of Maryland Baltimore Maryland 21201
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland 21287
Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02115
Children's Hospital Boston Boston Massachusetts 02115
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02115
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center Boston Massachusetts 02116
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Massachusetts 02215
Baystate Medical Center Springfield Massachusetts 01199
Fairview Southdale Hospital/University of Minnesota Medical Center Fairview Minneapolis Minnesota 55455
Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota 55905
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School New Brunswick New Jersey 08903
Newark Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Newark New Jersey 07112
Columbia University Health Center New York New York 10032
Weill Cornell Medical School New York New York 10065
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina 27599
Duke University Durham North Carolina 27713
Sanford Heart Center Fargo North Dakota 58122
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City Oklahoma 73104
University of Pittsburgh Presbyterian and Shadyside Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15213
UPMC-Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15219
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville Tennessee 37323
UT Southwestern Dallas Texas 75390
Texas Heart Institute Houston Texas 77030
Veterans Administration Puget Sound Seattle Washington 98108
Swedish Medical Center Seattle Washington 98195
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Milwaukee Wisconsin 53201
Aurora St. Lukes Medical Center Milwaukee Wisconsin 53215
Aspirus Vascular Heart Center Wausau Wisconsin 54401

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