Status:
UNKNOWN
Transfusion Requirements in Gastrointestinal (GI) Bleeding
Lead Sponsor:
Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Conditions:
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Cirrhosis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
Recently it has been suggested that a restrictive transfusion of units of Red Cells (URC) may improve the outcome of ICU patients with anemia. Furthermore, it has been suggested that the transfusion o...
Detailed Description
HYPOTHESIS At the present time there does not exist established criteria to decide when it is necessary a blood transfusion in a patient with digestive hemorrhage, neither which should be the red cel...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All patients with acute upper GI hemorrhage who do not have any criterion of exclusion.
Exclusion
- \< 18 years old.
- Pregnancy.
- Negative of the patient to receive transfusions.
- Negative of the patient to participate in the study.
- Patients with therapeutic restrictions (as terminally ill patients).
- Previous recent surgery requiring transfusion.
- Recent (less than 90 days) or unstable acute myocardic ischemia. Peripheral vasculopathy with secondary.
- To have been included in this same study in the 30 previous days.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2002
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
860 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00414713
Start Date
October 1 2002
End Date
December 1 2007
Last Update
December 29 2010
Active Locations (1)
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Unidad de Sangrantes, HSCSP
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 08025