Tranexamic acid versus placebo to reduce perioperative blood transfusion in patients undergoing liver resection : protocol for the haemorrhage during liver resection tranexamic acid (HeLiX) randomised controlled trial

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INTRODUCTION: Despite use of operative and non-operative interventions to reduce blood loss during liver resection, 20%-40% of patients receive a perioperative blood transfusion. Extensive intraoperative blood loss is a major risk factor for postoperative morbidity and mortality and receipt of blood transfusion is associated with serious risks including an association with long-term cancer recurrence and overall survival. In addition, blood products are scarce and associated with appreciable expense; decreasing blood transfusion requirements would therefore have health system benefits. Tranexamic acid (TXA), an antifibrinolytic, has been shown to reduce the probability of receiving a blood transfusion by one-third for patients undergoing cardiac or orthopaedic surgery. However, its applicability in liver resection has not been widely researched.

METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This protocol describes a prospective, blinded, randomised controlled trial being conducted at 10 sites in Canada and 1 in the USA. 1230 eligible and consenting participants will be randomised to one of two parallel groups: experimental (2 g of intravenous TXA) or placebo (saline) administered intraoperatively. The primary endpoint is receipt of blood transfusion within 7 days of surgery. Secondary outcomes include blood loss, postoperative complications, quality of life and 5-year disease-free and overall survival.

ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This trial has been approved by the research ethics boards at participating centres and Health Canada (parent control number 177992) and is currently enrolling participants. All participants will provide written informed consent. Results will be distributed widely through local and international meetings, presentation, publication and ClinicalTrials.gov.

TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT02261415.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

BMJ open - 12(2022), 2 vom: 24. Feb., Seite e058850

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Karanicolas, Paul Jack [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Yulia [VerfasserIn]
McCluskey, Stuart [VerfasserIn]
Roke, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Tarshis, Jordan [VerfasserIn]
Thorpe, Kevin E [VerfasserIn]
Ball, Chad G [VerfasserIn]
Chaudhury, Prosanto [VerfasserIn]
Cleary, Sean P [VerfasserIn]
Dixon, Elijah [VerfasserIn]
Eeson, Gareth [VerfasserIn]
Moulton, Carol-Anne [VerfasserIn]
Nanji, Sulaiman [VerfasserIn]
Porter, Geoff [VerfasserIn]
Ruo, Leyo [VerfasserIn]
Skaro, Anton I [VerfasserIn]
Tsang, Melanie [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Alice C [VerfasserIn]
Guyatt, Gordon [VerfasserIn]
HepatoPancreaticoBiliary Community of Surgical ONcologists: Clinical, Evaluative, and Prospective Trials (HPB CONCEPT) Team [VerfasserIn]
Bathe, Oliver F [Sonstige Person]
Coburn, Natalie G [Sonstige Person]
Gala-Lopez, Boris [Sonstige Person]
Gallinger, Steven [Sonstige Person]
Hallet, Julie [Sonstige Person]
Jalink, Diederick [Sonstige Person]
Jayaraman, Shiva [Sonstige Person]
Law, Calvin [Sonstige Person]
Metrakos, Peter [Sonstige Person]
Quan, Douglas [Sonstige Person]
Reichman, Trevor W [Sonstige Person]
Sapisochin, Gonzalo [Sonstige Person]
Serrano, Pablo E [Sonstige Person]
Sutherland, Francis R [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

6T84R30KC1
Antifibrinolytic Agents
Blood bank & transfusion medicine
Clinical Trial Protocol
Clinical trials
Hepatobiliary surgery
Hepatobiliary tumours
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tranexamic Acid

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 20.04.2022

Date Revised 12.05.2022

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02261415

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058850

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337418934