Transfusion Strategy in Hematological Intensive Care Unit

NCT ID: NCT02461264

Last Updated: 2019-04-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

230 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-01-31

Study Completion Date

2019-09-30

Brief Summary

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Patients with acute hematological disease (acute leukemia, aplastic anemia, hematopoietic stem cells autologous or allogeneic ...) and hospitalized in an intensive care unit hematology require compensation of anemia and thrombocytopenia by blood transfusions of red blood packed cells (RBP) or platelet concentrates (PC).The AFSSAPS (Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits de Santé) recommendations (2002) specify the need to transfuse 2 RBP in case of symptomatic anemia usually for a hemoglobin between 6 and 10 g / dL. These recommendations allow to transfuse a single RBP for very elderly patients or in cases of associated heart disease (heart failure). A recent development (2012) on post-transfusion pulmonary edema overload recommends transfusion unit by unit for high risk patients.

More recently, a Swiss team has historically compared transfusion policies in 2 139 patients with hematological malignancies. The first group received 2 RBP transfusion in case of symptomatic anemia or hemoglobin level \<6 g / dL. The other group only received 1 RBP at each transfusion. In total 2212 units in 1548 transfusions were performed and the 1 RBP transfusion policy has resulted in a 25% decrease in the number of RBP used without any complication. In a prospective single-center pilot study, we showed that transfusing a single RBP was possible without increasing the side effects of anemia, without complications and allow an overall reduction in consumption of red blood cell units.

Several meta-analyzes reported in intensive care or bleeding situations that a restrictive use of transfusions significantly reduces cardiac events, bleeding, bacterial infections and mortality. The number of patient to be treated to prevent one death is 33.

The main objective is to demonstrate in a randomized trial that the restrictive strategy (transfusion of a single unit at each transfusion) is not inferior to the liberal strategy (transfusion of 2 unit at each transfusion) in terms of severe complication. Transfusion are performed in case of hemoglobin level \<8g/dL.

Key secondary objectives are to reduce the number of RBP used and the cost of hospitalization with a comparison of complications/mortality in the 2 groups.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Transfusion Related Complication

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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ARM A

Two packed red blood cells will be transfused in patient with anemia defined as a hemoglobin level below 8 g / dL. Clinical and biological monitoring will be carried out later each day. If the hemoglobin is \<8 g / dL, two new packed red blood cells are transfused and so on.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Two packed red blood cells Transfusion

Intervention Type DRUG

ARM B

Single red blood packed cells Transfusion will be administered in patient with anemia defined as a hemoglobin level below 8 g/dL. Clinical and biological monitoring will be carried out later each day. If the hemoglobin is \<8 g / dL, a single unit is transfused and so on.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Single red blood packed cells Transfusion

Intervention Type DRUG

Interventions

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Single red blood packed cells Transfusion

Intervention Type DRUG

Two packed red blood cells Transfusion

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Inpatients with either acute leukemia patient receiving intensive chemotherapy or autologous transplantation for lymphoma, allogeneic stem cell transplantation

Exclusion Criteria

* ischemic heart failure
* acute promyelocytic leukemia
* ALKERAN autologous conditioning (myeloma patient)
* disseminated intravascular coagulation
* hemorrhagic syndrome
* stroke
* any vital distress at diagnosis
* creatinine clearance \<50 ml/min
* liver disease with ALT (alanine aminotransferase)/AST(aspartate aminotransferase) ≥2.5 ULN (upper limit of normal) (except if related to tumor)
* pregnant female
* autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Caen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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University Hospital

Caen, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Facility Contacts

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Sylvain P Chantepie, MD

Role: primary

+33231272073

References

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Shander A, Hofmann A, Ozawa S, Theusinger OM, Gombotz H, Spahn DR. Activity-based costs of blood transfusions in surgical patients at four hospitals. Transfusion. 2010 Apr;50(4):753-65. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02518.x. Epub 2009 Dec 9.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20003061 (View on PubMed)

Madjdpour C, Spahn DR. Allogeneic red blood cell transfusions: efficacy, risks, alternatives and indications. Br J Anaesth. 2005 Jul;95(1):33-42. doi: 10.1093/bja/aeh290. Epub 2004 Oct 14.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 15486006 (View on PubMed)

Wang JK, Klein HG. Red blood cell transfusion in the treatment and management of anaemia: the search for the elusive transfusion trigger. Vox Sang. 2010 Jan;98(1):2-11. doi: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2009.01223.x. Epub 2009 Aug 4.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19682346 (View on PubMed)

Ma M, Eckert K, Ralley F, Chin-Yee I. A retrospective study evaluating single-unit red blood cell transfusions in reducing allogeneic blood exposure. Transfus Med. 2005 Aug;15(4):307-12. doi: 10.1111/j.0958-7578.2005.00592.x.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 16101808 (View on PubMed)

Leal-Noval SR, Munoz-Gomez M, Jimenez-Sanchez M, Cayuela A, Leal-Romero M, Puppo-Moreno A, Enamorado J, Arellano-Orden V. Red blood cell transfusion in non-bleeding critically ill patients with moderate anemia: is there a benefit? Intensive Care Med. 2013 Mar;39(3):445-53. doi: 10.1007/s00134-012-2757-z. Epub 2012 Nov 27.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23184038 (View on PubMed)

Watkins TC, Clark CT. Critically ill and septic patient: is red blood cell transfusion adding to the Domino Effect? J Infus Nurs. 2013 Mar-Apr;36(2):116-21. doi: 10.1097/NAN.0b013e318282a6cd.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23455973 (View on PubMed)

Robitaille N, Lacroix J, Alexandrov L, Clayton L, Cortier M, Schultz KR, Bittencourt H, Duval M. Excess of veno-occlusive disease in a randomized clinical trial on a higher trigger for red blood cell transfusion after bone marrow transplantation: a canadian blood and marrow transplant group trial. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2013 Mar;19(3):468-73. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2012.12.002. Epub 2012 Dec 7.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23220014 (View on PubMed)

Berger MD, Gerber B, Arn K, Senn O, Schanz U, Stussi G. Significant reduction of red blood cell transfusion requirements by changing from a double-unit to a single-unit transfusion policy in patients receiving intensive chemotherapy or stem cell transplantation. Haematologica. 2012 Jan;97(1):116-22. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2011.047035. Epub 2011 Sep 20.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21933858 (View on PubMed)

Carson JL, Carless PA, Hebert PC. Transfusion thresholds and other strategies for guiding allogeneic red blood cell transfusion. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Apr 18;4(4):CD002042. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002042.pub3.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22513904 (View on PubMed)

Salpeter SR, Buckley JS, Chatterjee S. Impact of more restrictive blood transfusion strategies on clinical outcomes: a meta-analysis and systematic review. Am J Med. 2014 Feb;127(2):124-131.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.09.017. Epub 2013 Oct 7.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 24331453 (View on PubMed)

Mear JB, Chantepie SP, Gac AC, Bazin A and Reman O. A restrictive transfusion Strategy allow a reduction of the number of packed red blood cells: result of a pilot study; Abstract 2217; PH-AB153 Bone marrow Transplant 2014.

Reference Type RESULT

Chantepie SP, Mear JB, Briant AR, Vilque JP, Gac AC, Cheze S, Girault S, Turlure P, Marolleau JP, Lebon D, Charbonnier A, Jardin F, Lenain P, Peyro-Saint-Paul L, Abonnet V, Dutheil JJ, Chene Y, Bazin A, Reman O, Parienti JJ. Effect of single-unit transfusion in patients treated for haematological disease including acute leukemia: A multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial. Leuk Res. 2023 Jun;129:107058. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2023.107058. Epub 2023 Mar 18.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37080000 (View on PubMed)

Chantepie SP, Mear JB, Guittet L, Dervaux B, Marolleau JP, Jardin F, Dutheil JJ, Parienti JJ, Vilque JP, Reman O. Transfusion strategy in hematological intensive care unit: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2015 Nov 23;16:533. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-1057-7.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26592377 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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14-128

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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