Status:

COMPLETED

Evaluation of Complication Rates Using Filter vs. Centrifuge and Heparin vs. Citrate Anticoagulation

Lead Sponsor:

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Conditions:

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange

Anticoagulant Therapy

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 24 years

Brief Summary

Despite its growing use across the world, and similar efficacy, filter-based therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) continues to be used less often that centrifuge-based TPE. One of the reasons is that the...

Detailed Description

Studies that evaluate differences between filter-based vs. centrifuge based TPE are lacking. Heparin-based TPE is the most commonly used method of anti-coagulation when performing filter-based TPE. Ci...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients who received therapeutic plasma exchange at Children's of Alabama between 2012 and 2019

Exclusion

  • Patients that received TPE with concomitant extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2012

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 4 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

108 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04351438

Start Date

January 1 2012

End Date

February 4 2024

Last Update

February 8 2024

Active Locations (1)

Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.

Page 1 of 1 (1 locations)

1

University of Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233