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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 7 January 2013
Main ID:  NCT01402739
Date of registration: 25/07/2011
Primary sponsor: Michael Sander
Public title: Algorithm-Guided Transfusions in Cardiac Surgery Patients for Reduction of Drainage Blood Losses HEART-PoC
Scientific title: Monocentric Pilot Study of Algorithm-Guided Transfusions in Cardiac Surgery Patients for Reduction of Drainage Blood Losses
Date of first enrolment: August 2011
Target sample size: 116
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01402739
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name:   Michael Sander, MD
Address: 
Telephone: +49 30 450 531
Email: michael.sander@charite.de
Affiliation: 
Name:   Michael Sander, MD
Address: 
Telephone: +49 30 450 531
Email: michael.sander@charite.de
Affiliation: 
Name:   Claudia D Spies, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Dept. of Anesthesiology CCM/CVK Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Name:   Michael Sander, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Dept. of Anesthesiology CCM/CVK Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- elective cardiac surgery patient requiring cardiopulmonary bypass

- moderate or high transfusion risk

- signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- age <18 or >80 years

- known hemophilia

- known thrombophilia

- known thrombocytopathy

- hereditary or acquired coagulation disorder

- active endocarditis

- ejection fraction <30%

- BSA < 1.8 sqm

- planned aortic arch surgery

- preoperative thrombocytopenia <150/nl

- underlying hemostaseological disease

- preoperative anemia

- liver cirrhosis Child B or higher

- preoperative creatinine > 2mg/dl

- terminal renal insufficiency requiring dialysis

- vitamin k antagonists during 5 days prior to surgery

- pregnant or breast-feeding women

- known allergy against allogeneic blood products or coagulation factors

- refusal of blood transfusions

- any concomitant investigational agent or participation in another trial



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Allogeneic Blood Transfusions
Chest Tube Output
Intervention(s)
Other: Point of Care Coagulation Monitoring Guided Transfusion Algorithm
Other: standard coagulation monitoring guided transfusion algorithm
Primary Outcome(s)
chest tube output [Time Frame: 24 hours]
Secondary Outcome(s)
course of conventional coagulation parameters (aPTT, TPZ, fibrinogen, FXIII, ACT) [Time Frame: 24 hours]
duration of mechanical ventilation [Time Frame: hours (average)]
incidence of RRT [Time Frame: during 30 days]
need of allogeneic blood transfusions [Time Frame: 24 hours]
Secondary ID(s)
HEART-PoC
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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