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Administrative data

NCT number NCT04625530
Other study ID # 2020-01194; sp20Amstad
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 3
First received
Last updated
Start date August 1, 2021
Est. completion date December 31, 2026

Study information

Verified date February 2024
Source University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Contact Gabriela Amstad Bencaiova, Dr. med.
Phone +41 61 556 59 22
Email gabriela.amstad@usb.ch
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is to determine the effect of perioperative treatment with intravenous iron and tranexamic acid on the reduction of intraoperative and postoperative RBC transfusions in gynaecological carcinoma patients undergoing abdominal surgery.


Description:

Radical abdominal surgery often leads to intraoperative bleeding frequently exceeding 1000 ml and approximately 50% of women undergoing this surgery require blood transfusion. Perioperative blood transfusions have been shown to increase of length of stay, surgical complications, postoperative morbidity and mortality. There are a few data on the reduction in red blood cell count (RBC) transfusions using perioperative management with intravenous iron and tranexamic acid in women with gynaecological carcinoma surgery. This study is to determine the effect of perioperative treatment with intravenous iron and tranexamic acid on the reduction of intraoperative and postoperative RBC transfusions in gynaecological carcinoma patients undergoing abdominal surgery.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 126
Est. completion date December 31, 2026
Est. primary completion date December 31, 2026
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Female
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - informed consent as documented by signature - women with gynaecological carcinoma surgery with hemoglobin level between 90-120 g/I and serum ferritin < 100 µg/I (or ferritin index < 3.19) at recruitment - pregnancy test negative in women younger than 50 years Exclusion Criteria: - known hypersensitivity or allergy to ferric carboxymaltose or tranexamic acid - history or present laboratory signs of bleeding disorders, coagulopathy or thromboembolic events - history of myocardial infarction within the last year, present unstable angina or severe coronary disease - increased plasma creatinine levels above 250 µmol/I - inability to follow the procedures of the study (language problems, severe psychiatric or mental disorders) - iron overload - current administration of intravenous iron or previous intravenous iron therapy or blood transfusion within three months - date of scheduled surgery is outside 28 days after the date of recruitment - other clinically significant concomitant disease states (e.g., hepatic dysfunction, cardiovascular disease, etc.) - participation in another study with investigational drug within the 30 days - enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons.

Study Design


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Intervention

Drug:
ferric carboxymaltose
Ferric carboxymaltose 20 mg/kg (with a maximum dose of 1000 mg ferric carboxymaltose in a single Infusion) (Ferinject® 1000 mg/20ml, Vifor (International) AG, St. Gallen, Switzerland) will be diluted in 250 ml of 0.9% m/V sodium chloride solution and administered over 15 minutes intravenously between day -27 and day -7. The colour of ferric carboxymaltose is dark brown. A single Ferinject administration should not exceed 20 mg iron/kg body weight.
tranexamic acid
Tranexamic acid 10mg/kg (Tranexam OrPha 1000 mg/10 ml, OrPha Swiss GmbH, Küsnacht, Switzerland) will be administered 15 -30 minutes prior to surgery followed by infusion of tranexamic acid through syringe pump (1 mg/kg/h) till 4 h postoperatively. The colour of the medicament is transparent.
ferric carboxymaltose and tranexamic acid
Ferric carboxymaltose (Ferinject® 1000 mg/20 ml) will be administered between day -27 and day -7 and tranexamic acid (Tranexam OrPha 1000 mg/10 ml) 15-30 minutes prior to surgery followed by infusion of tranexamic acid through syringe pump (1 mg/kg/h) till 4 h postoperatively.

Locations

Country Name City State
Switzerland Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Basel Basel

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary number of all perioperative (intraoperative and postoperative) administered RBC transfusions number of all perioperative (intraoperative and postoperative) administered RBC transfusions (the absolute rate of RBC transfusions) day of surgery until follow up visit 5 (up to 28 days)
Secondary change in hemoglobin level change in hemoglobin level (g/dl) day of surgery until follow up visit 5 (up to 28 days)
Secondary rate of transfused women with gynaecological carcinoma during and/or after surgery rate of transfused women with gynaecological carcinoma during and/or after surgery day of surgery until follow up visit 5 (up to 28 days)
Secondary blood loss measured during surgery (ml) blood loss measured during surgery (ml) day of surgery
Secondary rate of other blood product transfusions rate of other blood product transfusions (fresh frozen plasma, autologous whole blood) day of surgery until follow up visit 5 (up to 28 days)
Secondary requirement of additional local or systematic haemostatic therapy (descriptive) requirement of additional local or systematic haemostatic therapy (descriptive) day of surgery until follow up visit 5 (up to 28 days)
Secondary duration of surgery (minutes) duration of surgery (minutes) day of surgery
Secondary duration of hospitalisation (days) duration of hospitalisation (days) from admission to discharge date (up to 56 days)
Secondary number of postoperative complications number of postoperative complications: abdominal pain, haemorrhage, reoperation owing to bleeding, wound infection, pulmonary complications, postoperative renal dysfunction, systemic sepsis day of surgery until follow up visit 5 (up to 28 days)
Secondary postoperative mortality postoperative mortality day of surgery until follow up visit 5 (up to 28 days)