Bleeding Cardiac Surgery Patients Clinical Trial
Official title:
Prospective, Multicentre, Active-control Randomised Trial Comparing 4-factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate With Frozen Plasma in Bleeding Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients
This is a multicentre, active-control randomized, prospective, Phase 3 study in adult cardiac surgery patients. Approximately 500 patients will be randomized at approximately 12 hospitals.
Patients will be randomized to receive either 4-factor PCC (Octaplex) or frozen plasma (FP). The study will compare the hemostatic treatment response to Octaplex versus FP, defined as effective if no additional systemic or surgical hemostatic intervention is required from 60 minutes to 24 hours after initiation of the first treatment dose. The study will include adult (≥18 years old) patients who undergo cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and require coagulation factor replacement due to bleeding post-CPB and after adequate reversal of heparin with protamine (as assessed by the surgical staff based on clinical and laboratory criteria) during surgery, and who have a known (e.g., as indicated by INR) or suspected coagulation factor deficiency. ;