TRICS-III: Transfusion Requirements in Cardiac Surgery. An international, multi-centre, randomized controlled trial to assess transfusion thresholds in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Withdrawn

Conditions: 10007593
Anemia

Registration Number: NL-OMON43759

Lead Sponsor: St. Michael's Hospital

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Withdrawn

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

Age 18 or older
* Planned cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass
* Informed consent obtained
* Preoperative European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE I) of 6 or more (using the standard additive EuroSCORE I available at www.euroscore.org/calcold.html or refer to the study Manual of Operations)

Exclusion Criteria

Age 18 or older * Planned cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass * Informed consent obtained * Preoperative European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE I) of 6 or more (using the standard additive EuroSCORE I available at www.euroscore.org/calcold.html or refer to the study Manual of Operations)

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p> The primary outcome is a composite score of any one of the following<br /><br>events occurring during the index hospitalization (from the start of surgery<br /><br>until hospital discharge or postoperative day 28, whichever comes first): (1)<br /><br>all-cause mortality; (2) myocardial infarction; (3) new renal failure requiring<br /><br>dialysis; and (4) new focal neurological deficit.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures