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RecruitingNCT05881564Updated Jun 1, 2023

Blood Conservation in Patients (3.5-12kg) Undergoing Congenital Cardiac Surgery

An interventional study of blood use for priming cardiopulmonary bypass circuit and clear prime for cardiopulmonary bypass in Congenital Heart Disease, sponsored by Augusta University. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-06-01.

Sponsored by Augusta University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by May 2025, 1 year 4 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started May 2023; still recruiting 3 years 4 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
150
Allocation
Randomized
Sex
All
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Study summary

To evaluate if there is any clinical difference in patients 3.5-12kg who undergo cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass that do and do not receive blood products as part of their procedure. The main hypothesis of the study is that the patients undergoing bloodless cardiac surgery will have decreased morbidity and mortality when compared to the cohort that did receive blood as well as a shorter ICU and hospital length of stay.

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Conditions studied

  • Congenital Heart Disease
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In context

Heart Diseases

3,639 studies on the registry are indexed under Heart Diseases; 461 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 150 is above the median of 100 across 1,778 interventional studies indexed under Heart Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

Augusta University is the lead sponsor of 177 studies on the registry; 24 are open to participants now.

Of its 10 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 3 (30%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patient weight 3.5-12kg
  • Elective and urgent cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
  • Cases within the STS STAT categories of 1-4

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who weigh more than 12kg or less than 3.5kg.
  • Patients undergoing emergency surgery.
  • STAT category 5 cases.
  • Patients whose surgery does not require cardiopulmonary bypass.
  • Patients presenting preoperatively in shock.
  • Patients with known blood dyscrasias.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
150 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Blood prime for cardiopulmonary bypass

    Other: blood use for priming cardiopulmonary bypass circuit

  • Active comparator
    clear prime for cardiopulmonary bypass

    Other: clear prime for cardiopulmonary bypass

Interventions

  • Otherblood use for priming cardiopulmonary bypass circuit

    one arm will have the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit primed with blood

  • Otherclear prime for cardiopulmonary bypass

    this arm will not have bypass circuit primed with blood

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Age of patients undergoing bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    age in months

    Time frame: 30 days

  2. Weight of patients undergoing bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    weight in kg

    Time frame: 30 days

  3. Gender of patients undergoing bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    sex

    Time frame: 30 days

  4. Demographics of bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    race

    Time frame: 30 days

  5. Diagnosis of patients undergoing bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    preoperative diagnosis

    Time frame: 30 days

  6. Surgery performed in bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    surgery performed

    Time frame: 30 days

  7. Previous surgery prior to bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    any previous surgery

    Time frame: 30 days

  8. Blood received during bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    blood product received

    Time frame: 30 days

  9. Volume transfused during bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    volume of blood transfusion in mL

    Time frame: 30 days

  10. Number of patients with unplanned reoperation in bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    unplanned reoperation

    Time frame: 30 days

  11. Number of patients with unplanned cardiac catheterization in bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    unplanned cardiac catheterization

    Time frame: 30 days

  12. Number of patients with a neurologic complication in bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    neurologic complication

    Time frame: 30 days

  13. Number of patients with chylothorax in bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    chylothorax

    Time frame: 30 days

  14. Number of patients with vocal cord injury in bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    vocal cord injury

    Time frame: 30 days

  15. Number of patients with diaphragm paralysis in bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    diaphragm paralysis

    Time frame: 30 days

  16. Number of patients with pacemaker implantation in bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    pacemaker implantation

    Time frame: 30 days

  17. Number of patients with postoperative pneumothorax in bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    postoperative pneumothorax

    Time frame: 30 days

  18. Number of patients with wound infection in bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    wound infection

    Time frame: 30 days

  19. Number of patients with bleeding requiring reoperation in bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    bleeding requiring reoperation

    Time frame: 30 days

  20. Number of patients with pericardial effusion in bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    pericardial effusion

    Time frame: 30 days

  21. Number of patients who died following bloodless cardiac surgery in patients 3.5-12kg (categorical variable)

    mortality

    Time frame: 30 days

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Children's Hospital of Georgia
    Augusta, Georgia 30912, United States
    • Lauren Allen · Contact · lauallen@augusta.edu · 706-721-7608
    • Brian Bateson, DO · Principal investigator
    • James St. Louis, MD · Sub investigator
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 1, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05881564
Lead sponsor
Augusta University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 31, 2023
Start date
May 10, 2023
Primary completion
May 11, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
May 12, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 1, 2023

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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