SHIIFT: Small Tubes to Halt Medical ICU/IMU Frequent Transfusions
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Official title
Effectiveness of Small Phlebotomy Tubes in Reducing Blood Transfusions in Adult Medical Intensive Care Unit and Intermediate Care Unit Patients With Anemia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of small phlebotomy tubes to reduce RBC transfusions in medical intensive care unit (ICU) and Intermediate care unit (IMU) patients with low hemoglobin compared with standard size tubes, to compare the intervention and the control groups in regards to: ICU length of stay (LOS), ICU mortality, hospital LOS, and hospital mortality and to assess the acceptability of small phlebotomy tubes in adult ICU and IMU patients.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT05750654
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 688 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 23, 2023
- Primary completion
- Feb 23, 2026
- Completion
- Feb 23, 2026
- Last update posted
- Jul 21, 2026
2023 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Jul 21, 2026 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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