A prospective randomised controlled trial to determine the nature of the immunostimulants in autologous salvaged blood
Completed
- Conditions
- Surgery: Autologous salvage transfusionSurgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN64731819
- Lead Sponsor
- Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2004 Update - Department of Health (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
60 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty at Avon Orthopaedic Centre randomised into three groups according to type of post-operative autologous salvage transfusion.
Exclusion Criteria
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method In vitro measures of immune status including changes in cytokine profiles and populations of certain lymphocyte subsets in whole blood.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration