Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

The HeLiX (Hemorrhage During Liver Resection: traneXamic Acid) Trial

Lead Sponsor:

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Collaborating Sponsors:

HepatoPancreaticoBiliary (HPB) Concept Team

Conditions:

Cancer

Tumour

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

This is a Phase III multicentre randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the impact of tranexamic acid (TXA) on perioperative blood transfusion in patients undergoing liver resection. The rationa...

Detailed Description

Purpose Compelling biological rationale and indirect evidence from other settings suggest that there is potential benefit to administering TXA to patients undergoing liver resection. A lack of consens...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient scheduled for open or laparoscopic liver surgery
  • Age ≥18 years
  • Cancer related diagnosis or indication (e.g. pre-cancer, suspicion of cancer, definite cancer)

Exclusion

  • Severe anemia (hemoglobin (Hgb) levels \<90 g/l)
  • Documented arterial or venous thrombosis at screening or in past three months (not including therapeutic portal vein embolization)
  • Anticoagulants (other than low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) or heparin in prophylactic doses to prevent deep vein thrombosis), direct thrombin inhibitors or thrombolytic therapy administered or completed within last week
  • Known disseminated intravascular coagulation
  • Severe renal insufficiency (creatinine clearance (CrCl) \<30 ml/min)
  • History of seizure disorder
  • Pregnant or lactating (a negative urine pregnancy test must be obtained for women of child bearing potential during the pretreatment evaluation)
  • Acquired disturbance of colour vision
  • Hypersensitivity to TXA or any of the ingredients
  • Unable to receive blood products (i.e. difficulty with cross matching, refuses blood transfusion, or a past history of unexplained severe transfusion reaction)
  • Previously enrolled in this study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

1386 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02261415

Start Date

November 1 2014

End Date

August 1 2027

Last Update

October 26 2022

Active Locations (11)

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1

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

2

Foothills Hospital

Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 2T9

3

Kelowna General Hospital

Kelowna, British Colombia, Canada, V1Y 1T2

4

Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 2YR