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Transfusion Requirements in Younger Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
Sponsor: Unity Health Toronto
Summary
TRICS-IV is an international, multi-centre, open-label randomized controlled trial of two commonly used transfusion strategies in moderate to high risk patients who are 65 years of age or younger undergoing cardiac surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass, using a superiority trial design.
Official title: An International, Multi-centre, Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess Transfusion Thresholds in Younger Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
1440
Start Date
2021-11-01
Completion Date
2026-06
Last Updated
2024-11-21
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Restrictive Transfusion Strategy
Patients will receive a RBC transfusion if their Hb concentration is \<75 g/L (\<7.5 g/dL; \<4.7mmol/L) intraoperatively and/or postoperatively.
Liberal transfusion strategy
Patients will receive a RBC transfusion if their Hb concentration is \<95 g/L (\<9.5 g/dL; \<5.9mmol/L) intraoperatively, or postoperatively in the ICU; and/or \<85 g/L (\< 8.5 g/dL; \<5.3mmol/L) on the ward.
Locations (54)
Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine, United States
The Cooper Health System
Camden, New Jersey, United States
Columbia University
New York, New York, United States
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Royal Prince Alfred hospital
Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Prince of Wales Hospital
Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Westmead Hospital
Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Gold Coast University Hospital
Southport, Queensland, Australia
Flinders Medical Centre
Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
Monash Health
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Austin Health
Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Melbourne, Australia
Alfred Hospital
Prahran, Australia
University of Alberta Hospital
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Interior Health Kelowna General Hospital
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Saint John Regional Hospitall
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Health Sciences North Research Institute
Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Hamilton Health Sciences Centre / Hamilton General Hospital
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Montreal Heart Institute
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jewish General Hospital
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Hôpital Sacré-Cœur de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumology de Québec - université Laval (IUCPQ-UL)
Québec, Quebec, Canada
Hospital Universitario San Ignacio
Bogotá, Colombia
Fundacion Abood Shaio
Bogotá, Colombia
Fundacion Cardioinfantil
Bogotá, Colombia
Nasr City Health Insurance Hospital
Naşr, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Democritus University of Thrace
Alexandroupoli, Evros, Greece
EPIC Hospital
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Windhoek Central Hospital
Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia
Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center
Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Nepal
Emergency Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases
Bucharest, Romania, Romania
Saint-Petersburg State University Hospital
Saint Petersburg, Russia
National Heart Centre
Singapore, Singapore
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Hospital General Universitari de Valencia
Valencia, Spain
Hospital Universitario La Fe Valencia
Valencia, Spain
Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern
Bern, Canton of Bern, Switzerland
University Hospital Basel
Basel, Switzerland
University Hospital Leicester
Leicester, East Midlands, United Kingdom
Basildon University Hospitals-Mid and South Essex NHS Trust
Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom
University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust
Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Brighton, United Kingdom
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Bristol, United Kingdom
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Wythenshawe, United Kingdom