Rapid Diagnosis of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Surgical Critically Ill Patients
- Conditions
- Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)
- Registration Number
- NCT02790567
- Lead Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
- Brief Summary
The early diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is particularly difficult in surgical critically ill patients. If the use of rapid immunological diagnostic methods and pretest scoring systems has been proposed in the medical intensive care unit (ICU), none of these methods have been specifically evaluated in the diagnosis of HIT in surgical patients.
- Detailed Description
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is of concern in critically ill patients, given the high prevalence of heparin use. The diagnosis of HIT in surgical intensive care unit (ICU) is problematic due to the lack of reliable diagnostic method. No gold standard currently exists and the definitive diagnosis is mainly based on the detection of heparin-dependent platelet-activating antibodies by ELISA method, on the platelet serotonin release assay (SRA) and on the changes of the blood platelet count after the discontinuation of heparin therapy. As a result, no early definitive diagnosis could be done. This could expose patients to thrombotic complications related to the HIT or hemorrhagic complications related to the alternative anticoagulant prescribed. This complications can threaten the prognosis of these patients. Particle gel immunoassay and automated immunoassay has been proposed for the early diagnosis of HIT in medical critically ill and non-critically ill patients. Many authors suggest that the accuracy of these immunological methods for the diagnosis of HIT could be altered in surgical patients, but these tests has never been specifically evaluated in this population. The 4Ts and the HIT Expert Probability (HEP) score systems sound interesting for the diagnosis of HIT. These clinicobiological scores can be easily used by non-expert clinicians, but have also never been evaluated in the surgical ICU.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
- Age > 18 years old
- Diagnosis of HIT suspected
- Admitted in our surgical intensive care unit during the study period
- Age < 18 years old
- Pregnancy and/or breast feeding
- Fondaparinux anticoagulation
- Withdrawal of consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sensibility, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of HEP score for the diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) during the ICU stay, i.e an average time of 10 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sensibility, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of the automated immunoassay HemosIL-Ab latex agglutination test for the diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) during the ICU stay, i.e an average time of 10 days Sensibility, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of the automated immunoassay HemosIL-Ab latex agglutination test for the diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)
Sensibility, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of the particul gel immunoassay ID-PaGia test for the diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) during the ICU stay, i.e an average time of 10 days Sensibility, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of the particul gel immunoassay ID-PaGia test for the diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)
Sensibility, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of the 4Ts score for the diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) during the ICU stay, i.e an average time of 10 days Sensibility, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of the 4Ts score for the diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon
🇫🇷Besançon, France
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon🇫🇷Besançon, France