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Clinical Trials/NCT01881568
NCT01881568
Completed
Phase 3

Efficacy of Topical Tranexamic Acid Versus Intravenous Administration to Reduce Blood Transfusion Rate in Total Knee Arthroplasty Surgery: Phase III, Unicentric, Controlled,Double Blind, Randomized Non Inferiority Clinical Trial.

Hospital Universitario La Paz1 site in 1 country79 target enrollmentJanuary 2013
ConditionsBlood Loss
InterventionsTranexamic Acid

Overview

Phase
Phase 3
Intervention
Tranexamic Acid
Conditions
Blood Loss
Sponsor
Hospital Universitario La Paz
Enrollment
79
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Blood transfusion rate
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

The main objective is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of topical Tranexamic Acid (TA) to reduce the blood transfusion rate in total knee arthroplasty. The secondary endpoints are to estimate the visible blood loss at 24 hours after surgery, and invisible blood loss through serial counting of Hb/Htc. Methodology. TRANEX1 is a phase III, unicentric, controlled, randomized, double blind clinical trial that compare efficacy and safety of topical TA versus intravenous TA in a multimodal protocol, with no-inferiority criteria(n=79).

Detailed Description

The groups will be compared by ITT and PP. The non-inferiority would be estimated by comparing the confidence interval using the traditional test, and Wilson test.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
January 2013
End Date
January 2014
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Enrique Gómez Barrena

Professor

Hospital Universitario La Paz

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Adult patients (greater than 18 years old)
  • Patients scheduled for primary unilateral knee arthroplasty
  • Patients for La Paz- Cantoblanco Hospital, Madrid, Spain

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patients that refuse to sign the Inform Consent
  • Allergy to tranexamic acid
  • Major comorbidities: Severe ischemic heart disease(class III and IV of New York Heart Association); sleep apnea syndrome; severe EPOC; renal dysfunction (plasma creatinine\>2mg/dL if mens and \>1.8mg/dL if woman); or hepatic disfunction.
  • Coagulopathy (preoperative platelet count \<150,000/mm3, INR\>1.4, prolonged PPT(\>1.4 x normal)
  • History of thromboembolic disease: CVA, DVT, PE
  • Blood dyscrasias
  • Retinopathy (disturbances of color vision)
  • Jehovah's witnesses
  • Pregnancy
  • Breastfeeding

Arms & Interventions

Experimental

1. Topical administration of 3g of Tranexamic Acid in 100mL of normal saline (0.9% sodium chloride) as follow: * 50mL by irrigation before wound closure * 50mL by intraarticular administration (Drenofast) after wound closure. 2. Intravenous administration of Normal saline (0.9% sodium chloride) as follow: * 100mL before tourniquet realised * 100mL 3 hours after surgery

Intervention: Tranexamic Acid

Comparator

1. Topical administration of Normal saline (0.9% sodium chloride) as follow: * 50mL by irrigation before wound closure * 50mL by intraarticular administration (Drenofast) after wound closure 2. Intravenous administration of two dosis of Tranexamic Acid as follow: * 15mg/kg of Tranexamic Acid in 100mL of normal saline (0.9% sodium chloride), before tourniquet realised * 15mg/kg of Tranexamic Acid in 100mL of normal saline (0.9% sodium chloride), 3 hours after surgery

Intervention: Tranexamic Acid

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Blood transfusion rate

Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 5 days

Number of transfused patients in each arm/Total number of patients in each arm

Secondary Outcomes

  • Prevalence of drug-related adverse events(participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 5 days)
  • Surgery infection rate(One month after surgery)
  • Range of motion(participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 5 days)
  • Visible blood loss(24 hours after surgery)
  • Invisible blood loss(48 hours after surgery)
  • Rate of PE(One month after surgery)
  • Rate of DVT(One month after surgery)
  • Rate or Thrombophlebitis(One month after surgery)

Study Sites (1)

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