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Type O Whole Blood and Assessment of Age During Prehospital Resuscitation Trial

Phase 3
Recruiting
Conditions
Hemorrhagic Shock
Traumatic Injury
Interventions
Biological: low titer whole blood
Biological: Standard Care
Registration Number
NCT04684719
Lead Sponsor
Jason Sperry
Brief Summary

Open label, multi-center, pre-hospital randomized trial utilizing 10 level-1 trauma centers designed to determine the efficacy and safety of low titer whole blood resuscitation as compared to standard of care resuscitation in patients at risk of hemorrhagic shock and to appropriately characterize the hemostatic competency of whole blood relative to its age.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1020
Inclusion Criteria

1.) Injured patients at risk of hemorrhagic shock being transported from scene or referral hospital to a participating TOWAR trial site that meet requirements for initiation of blood or blood component transfusion

AND

2A.) Systolic blood pressure ≤ 90mmHg and tachycardia (HR ≥ 108) at scene, at outside hospital or during transport OR

2B.) Systolic blood pressure ≤ 70mmHg at scene, at outside hospital or during transport

Exclusion Criteria
  1. Wearing NO TOWAR opt-out bracelet
  2. Age > 90 or < 18 years of age
  3. Isolated fall from standing injury mechanism
  4. Known prisoner or known pregnancy
  5. Traumatic arrest with > 5 minutes of CPR without return of vital signs
  6. Brain matter exposed or penetrating brain injury (GSW)
  7. Isolated drowning or hanging victims
  8. Objection to study voiced by subject or family member at the scene
  9. Inability to obtain IV or intraosseous access
  10. Isolated burns without evidence of traumatic injury

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Whole Bloodlow titer whole bloodSubjects will receive up to two units of whole blood as collected by local blood bank procedures and stored at 1-6 degrees Celsius initiated in the prehospital phase of care.
Standard CareStandard CareSubjects will receive prehospital crystalloid infusion or blood component transfusion resuscitation per site standard care for the respective Emergency Medical unit/service.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
30-day mortalityEnrollment through 30 days

All cause mortality within 30 days

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Blood and blood component transfusion typeEnrollment through 24 hours

Type of blood or blood component required for transfusion

Prothrombin Time (PT)Enrollment through 60 minutes and 24 hours

Measurement of platelet hemostatic function

Age of whole bloodDuring Procedure

Age of units of whole blood in days categorized into young (1-14 days) and old (\>14 days) and compared across primary and secondary outcomes

blood stream infectionNumber of participants who develop blood stream infection through 30 days

Blood stream infection during hospitalization per CDC criteria

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)Number of participants who develop ARDS through 30 days

The Berlin definition for mild ARDS (PaO2/FIO2, ≤ 300 mm Hg + timing, imaging and origin criteria) will be utilized as a threshold value to determine the incidence of ARDS and will be further stratified into Moderate (PaO2/FIO2, ≤ 200 mm Hg) and Severe (PaO2/FIO2, ≤ 100 mm Hg).

3-hour mortalityEnrollment through 3 hours

Death within 3 hours of enrollment

Time to deathEnrollment through death or 30 days

Time in days from enrollment to death

Multiple Organ Failure (MOF)Enrollment through 7 days or ICU discharge

Organ dysfunction will be evaluated via the Denver Post-injury Multiple Organ Failure Score. Patients who are never admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or those with a length of ICU stay of less than 48 hours will be considered to have a Denver score of 0. A summary of the Denver score may be calculated by summing the worst scores of each of the individual systems over the course of the ICU stay. A summary Denver score \> 3 will be classified as MOF.

Hospital-acquired pneumoniaNumber of participants who develop pneumonia through 30 days

Pneumonia acquired during hospitalization per Center for Disease Control (CDC) criteria

Transfusion reactionEnrollment through 24 hours

Any transfusion complication

6-hour mortalityEnrollment through 6 hours

Death within 6 hours of enrollment

In-hospital mortalityEnrollment through hospital discharge or 30 days

Death prior to hospital discharge

Time to blood and blood component transfusionEnrollment time to first transfusion

Amount of time from enrollment to transfusion of blood or blood component

International Normalized Ratio (INR)Enrollment through 60 minutes and 24 hours

Measurement of platelet hemostatic function

24-hour mortalityEnrollment through 24 hours

Death within 24 hours of enrollment

Blood and blood component transfusion amountEnrollment through 24 hours

Number of units of blood or blood component transfused

Incidence of coagulopathy by rapid thrombelastography (rTEG)Enrollment through 60 minutes and 24 hours

Coagulopathy as indicated by rTEG measures

Time to hemostasisEnrollment through 4 hours

Ability to reach nadir transfusion requirement of 1 unit of red blood cells in a 60-minute time period in the first 4 hours following arrival

rTEG platelet functionEnrollment through 60 minutes and 24 hours

rTEG measurement of platelet hemostatic function

whole blood aggregometryEnrollment through 60 minutes

platelet function test using low-dose collagen as a stimulus

Trial Locations

Locations (10)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Birmingham, Alabama, United States

University of Louisville

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Louisville, Kentucky, United States

University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC)

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Jackson, Mississippi, United States

University of Cincinatti

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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Metrohealth Systems

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

University of Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

University of Tennessee Medical Center

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Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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Houston, Texas, United States

University of Washington

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Seattle, Washington, United States

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