Status:

UNKNOWN

Single Dose of Tranexamic Acid and Blood Loss, in Elderly Patients With Hip Fracture

Lead Sponsor:

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Conditions:

Blood Loss, Surgical

Hip Fractures

Eligibility:

All Genders

75+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the hypothesis that single dose of tranexamic acid (TXA) preoperatively will lower blood loss and transfusion rate in elderly patients with hip fractures (inter...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Consecutive elderly patients (age \>75 yo) undergoing hip fracture surgery for a stable or unstable intertrochanteric hip fracture with the insertion of a short intramedullary nail (IMN) as well as patients treated surgically with cemented hemiarthroplasty for acute femoral neck (subcapital) hip fracture.

Exclusion

  • Any contraindication for tranexamic acid
  • Multiple fractures
  • Requirement for anticoagulant therapy that could not be stopped.
  • Ongoing thromboembolic event
  • reduced kidney function
  • malignancy,
  • pathological fracture
  • previous operation on the affected hip
  • Active coronary artery disease (event in the past 12 months).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

February 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

200 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03251469

Start Date

January 1 2013

End Date

February 1 2018

Last Update

August 16 2017

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2nd Department of Orthopaedics

Athens, Attica, Greece, 14233