Red Cell Storage Duration and Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Blood Transfusion, Cardiac Surgery

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether length of storage of RBC is related to postoperative morbid outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00458783

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

3942

Starts

2007-04-01

Expected to finish

2019-01-16

Last updated by the study team

2021-06-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All primary and reoperative adult cardiac surgical patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass for coronary artery bypass grafting, coronary artery bypass grafting with a valve procedure, isolated valve procedures, ascending aortic aneurysm or dissection repair alone or combined with CABG and valve procedures

You may not qualify if…

• Age less than 18 years
• Descending thoracic aortic aneurysm repairs
• Left or right ventricular assist devices
• Those unable to receive blood for religious reasons

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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