Can administration of iron supplement injection reduce blood transfusion rates in people with a low red blood cell count (anaemia) who are undergoing heart operation?
- Conditions
- se of iron supplement injection (Ferinject) in anaemic patients undergoing heart surgery.Haematological DisordersIron deficiency anaemia
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN22158788
- Lead Sponsor
- Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
- Brief Summary
2017 results in British Society of Gastroenterology Annual General Meeting 2017 https://gut.bmj.com/content/66/Suppl_2/A113.2 2019 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30107449 (added 14/08/2019)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
1. Aged 18 years or older
2. Elective cardiac surgery
3. Pre-operative haemoglobin (Hb) level >1g/dl below the normal range (i.e. women <11.5g/dl and men <12.5 g/dl)
1. Pregnancy
2. Patient participating in another trial
3. Patients unable to give written consent
4. Patients with a recognised allergy or other contraindication to intravenous iron or related products
5. Low haemoglobin attributable to haemoglobinopathy
6. Anaemia secondary to known co-existing and uncorrected B12 or folate deficiency
7. Patients already receiving oral or intravenous iron treatment
8. Patients with evidence of significant symptomatic anaemia which would normally require urgent transfusion at the time of assessment
9. Patients with a Hb less than 9.0 g/dl
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method