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Oxygen Extraction-guided Transfusion in Critically Ill Patients

Completed
Conditions
Critical Illness
Anemia
Registration Number
NCT03767127
Lead Sponsor
Università degli Studi di Ferrara
Brief Summary

Anemia is common in intensive care unit (ICU) patients and often appears early in the ICU course. The optimal management red blood cells RBC transfusion in critically ill patients remains controversial and clinical studies in this field have usually been based on transfusion thresholds. In the "TRICC" Trial, patients assigned to a restrictive transfusion strategy (transfusion if Hb\<7 g/dL) had similar mortality to patients transfused if Hb\<10 g/dL. Notably, none of the large RCT tried to focus on a personalize RBC transfusion protocol, i.e. a transfusion protocol which address the individual need for transfusion basing on physiological approach. We therefore hypothesized that patients with high extraction of oxygen could benefit more of RBCs transfusion regardless their hemoglobin levels.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
177
Inclusion Criteria
  • Hemoglobin level <10 g/dL during the first 72 hours of ICU
Exclusion Criteria
  • Acute bleeding
  • Hemoglobin level less than 7 g/dL

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
90-day mortalityafter 90 days from study enrollment

mortality

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Length of ICU stayfrom ICU admission to discharge, up to 8 weeks
Variation in Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score5 days

daily variation in SOFA score (0-24 points scale with higher values indicating worst conditions)

Days of vasopressor28 days after study inclusion

Need for vasopressor

Acute kidney injury7 days after study inclusion

Occurence of acute kidney injury according to KDIGO 2012 guidelines

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Università di Ferrara

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Ferrara, Italy

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