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Hemopatch Performance Evaluation: A Prospective Observational Registry

Completed
Conditions
Dura Mater Nick Cut or Tear
Hemostatis
Air Leakage
Body Fluid Leakage
Interventions
Device: Hemopatch
Registration Number
NCT03392662
Lead Sponsor
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Brief Summary

To assess the clinical performance and safety of HEMOPATCH Sealing Hemostat in a post-marketing setting in cardiovascular, thoracic, urologic, neurological, and other general surgical procedures.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
621
Inclusion Criteria
  • Male or female patients of any age

  • Patients who had undergone open or minimal invasive surgical (MIS) procedures requiring the use of a patch to achieve dura repair, hemostasis, or control of leakage of air or other body fluid when pressure, ligature or other conventional procedures had been ineffective or impractical and where use of hemopatch was deemed appropriate by the surgeon according to its IFU in the following organ systems:

    1. Hepato-biliary (liver, pancreas, gallbladder)
    2. General surgery (in thyroid and other regions)
    3. Cardiovascular (heart and vessels)
    4. thoracic (lung and mediastinum)
    5. Urological (kidney, prostate, and bladder
    6. Neurological (dura mater, brain and spinal cord)
  • Provision of written informed consent/assent, as applicable, up to 72 hours after the date of surgery

Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients with known hypersensitivity to bovine proteins or brilliant blue
  • Patients who had intraoperative pulsatile or severe bleeding at the target application site (TAS)
  • Patients who had an active infection at the TAS

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Hemopatch Sealant Use with General SurgeryHemopatch-
Hemopatch Sealant Use with Cardiovascular SurgeryHemopatch-
Hemopatch Sealant Use with Hepatobiliary SurgeryHemopatch-
Hemopatch Sealant Use with Neurological/Spinal SurgeryHemopatch-
Hemopatch Sealant Use with Lung SurgeryHemopatch-
Hemopatch Sealant Use with Urologic SurgeryHemopatch-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of patients with related Adverse EventsUp to 4 weeks (postoperative)
Number of patients with postoperative pancreatic fistulas after hepatobiliary surgeryUp to 4 weeks (postoperative)
Number of patients with chest tube drainage >=5 days after thoracic/lung surgeryDay 5 up to 4 weeks (postoperative)
Number of patients needing reinsertion of chest tube for pneumothorax after thoracic/lung surgeryUp to 4 weeks (postoperative)
Duration of bile leakage after hepatobiliary surgeryUp to 4 weeks (postoperative)
Number of patients with postoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage after neurological surgeryUp to 4 weeks (postoperative)

External or internal accumulation including pseudomeningocele

Tight closure achieved in dura mater at time of surgical closureDay 1 (intraoperative)

No leak after inspection per local standard of care

Absence of air leak in lung at time of surgical closureDay 1 (intraoperative)
Percentage of patients achieving hemostasis without re-bleeding at the time of surgical closureDay 1 (intraoperative)
Number of patients with postoperative urinary fistula formation after urological surgeryUp to 4 weeks (postoperative)
Gastrointestinal anastomosis leakage/fistula after general surgeryUp to 4 weeks (postoperative)
Percentage of patients achieving hemostasis after 2 minutes of surgeryDay 1 (up to 2 minutes postoperative)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of Hemopatch units appliedUp to 4 weeks (postoperative)
Number of intraoperative transfusions by type and amount of blood product transfusedDay 1 (intraoperative)

Unit of measure will be number of transfusion procedures and will be summarized as a single outcome measure.

Assessment of product tissue adherenceDay 1 (intraoperative)

Surgeon's overall product assessment and satisfaction recorded on questionnaire.

Product characteristics liked least by SurgeonDay 1 (intraoperative)

Surgeon's overall product assessment and satisfaction recorded on questionnaire.

Surgery durationDay 1 (intraoperative)
Length of hospital stayUp to 4 weeks (postoperative)

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and hospital

Ease of product preparationDay 1 (intraoperative)

Surgeon's overall product assessment and satisfaction recorded on questionnaire.

Ease of product handlingDay 1 (intraoperative)

Surgeon's overall product assessment and satisfaction recorded on questionnaire.

Surgeon's overall satisfaction of productDay 1 (intraoperative)

Surgeon's overall product assessment and satisfaction recorded on questionnaire.

Product characteristics appreciated by SurgeonDay 1 (intraoperative)

Surgeon's overall product assessment and satisfaction recorded on questionnaire.

Surgical revisions/reoperations due to bleeding, air, or other body fluid leakageUp to 4 weeks (postoperative)
Number of postoperative transfusions by type and amount of blood product transfused up to 72 hours after surgeryUp to 72 hours (postoperative)

Unit of measure will be number of transfusion procedures and will be summarized as a single outcome measure.

Trial Locations

Locations (15)

Innsbruck Universitaetsklinik

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Innsbruck, Austria

Fakultní nemocnice u sv. Anny v Brně

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Brno, Czechia

Krajská Nemocnice Liberec

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Liberec, Czechia

Marien-Krankenhaus Bergisch Gladbach

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Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin

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Berlin, Germany

Thomayerova Nemocnice

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Praha 4, Czechia

ASKLEPIOS Klinik St. Georg

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Hamburg, Germany

Hospital de Vall d'Hebrón

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Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Universitari de Girona Doctor Josep Trueta

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Girona, Spain

Universitaetsklinikum Regensburg

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Regensburg, Germany

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi

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Firenze, Italy

Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

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Madrid, Spain

Hospital La Paz

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Madrid, Spain

Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio

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Sevilla, Spain

Fakultní Nemocnice Ostrava

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Ostrava, Czechia

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