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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02483351
Date of registration: 25/06/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Public title: Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Outcome SAHaRA Pilot
Scientific title: Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Outcome - A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: October 2015
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02483351
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Lauralyn McIntyre, MD MSc FRCPC
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Affiliation:  Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Name:     Shane English, MD MSc FRCPC
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Affiliation:  Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age =18 years old at time of presentation

2. First ever episode aneurysmal SAH

3. Confirmed aneurysmal SAH diagnosis: as confirmed by treating Neurosurgeon or
Neuro-interventionalist and supported by blood in subarachnoid space (demonstrated on
cranial imaging or cerebrospinal fluid positive for xanthochromia) that is the result
of a ruptured saccular aneurysm (confirmed by cranial imaging - cranial topography or
magnetic resonance imaging angiography or catheter angiogram)

4. Incident hemoglobin =100g/L within 14 days following SAH (defined by first day of
hospital presentation)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Physician and or family decision to withdraw/withhold critical care at time of
enrolment

2. Active bleeding with hemodynamic instability at time of enrolment

3. Patients with contra-indication or known objection to blood transfusions

4. SAH due to causes other than saccular aneurysm rupture including mycotic, traumatic
and dissecting aneurysms, and aneurysms associated with arteriovenous malformations.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Intervention(s)
Other: Restrictive Red Blood Cell Transfusion Strategy
Other: Liberal Red Blood Cell Transfusion Strategy
Primary Outcome(s)
Randomization Rate [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
20150433-01H
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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