Status:

RECRUITING

Platelet Transfusions in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (The PATH III Trial)

Lead Sponsor:

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

Alberta Cancer Foundation

Conditions:

Hematologic Neoplasms

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

It is hypothesized that a strategy using prophylactic oral and intravenous Tranexamic Acid (TXA) with therapeutic platelet transfusions (if required) is safe and more effective than prophylactic plate...

Detailed Description

In Canada, over 1,500 autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantations (ASCT) are performed annually for hematologic malignancies. It is currently standard practice to provide a prophylactic transf...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adults 18 years or older undergoing ASCT for a hematologic malignancy
  • Patients providing written informed consent prior to starting transplantation

Exclusion

  • A previous WHO grade 2, 3 or 4 bleeding event within the past year
  • A previous or current unprovoked thrombotic event defined as a pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, cerebral thrombosis
  • A current provoked thrombotic event (e.g. catheter-related thrombosis) within last month and/or still requiring anticoagulant treatment.
  • A requirement for therapeutic anticoagulant or anti-platelet drugs during ASCT
  • Active angina (chest pain of presumed cardiac origin either at rest or with activity)
  • Current or previous (within 2 weeks) urinary tract bleeding
  • An inherited hemostatic or thrombotic disorder
  • Coagulopathy defined as a prothrombin time '/International Normalization Ratio (INR) or activated partial thromboplastin time more than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal or fibrinogen less than 2 g/L
  • Previously documented history of refractoriness to platelet transfusion secondary to HLA antibodies (Refractoriness is defined as 2 consecutive ABO matched platelet transfusions with platelet increment of \< 7.5 and the presence of anti-HLA antibodies)
  • Significant renal impairment (creatinine more than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal or a eGFR less than 0.5 mL/min/1.78m2)
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding
  • Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent
  • Participant has acquired disturbances to his/her colour vision (does not apply to congenital colour blindness)
  • Participant has known sensitivity or allergy to Tranexamic Acid or any of its ingredients

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 16 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

February 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

662 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04448184

Start Date

February 16 2022

End Date

February 1 2027

Last Update

January 8 2026

Active Locations (12)

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Tom Baker Cancer Centre

Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N4N2

2

Cross Cancer Institute

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

3

Eastern Regional Health Authority

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, A1B 3V6

4

Memorial University

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada