Comparative Study of Survival and Long-term Quality of Life After Cardiac Surgery in Patients Who Are Jehovah's Witnesses

NCT ID: NCT03348072

Last Updated: 2017-11-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

93 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-02-29

Study Completion Date

2017-03-31

Brief Summary

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This is a comparative study on the survival and long-term quality of life of Jehovah's witnesses having undergone a cardiac surgery and having refused blood transfusions for religious reasons. This group will be compared with two other groups having no restrictions on this subject.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of this decision on survival and postoperative quality of life, in the long term.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cardiac Surgery

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Jehovah's witnesses

Jehovah's witnesses having undergone cardiac surgery between 1991 till 2012. Blood perfusions refused.

Cardiac surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Cardiac surgery

Control

Paired control group, twice as big as the experimental group. Pairing criteria: age, sex, type of surgery performed. The control group must accept blood transfusions.

Cardiac surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Cardiac surgery

Interventions

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Cardiac surgery

Cardiac surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Cardiac surgery with extra corporeal blood circulation
* Informed consent given

Exclusion Criteria

* Dementia (must be able to answer the questionnaire)
* Control group: refusal of blood transfusions
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Pierre Wauthy

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Pierre Wauthy

Head of clinic

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Pierre Wauthy, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CHU Brugmann

Locations

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CHU Brugmann

Brussels, , Belgium

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium

References

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Wauthy P, Pierrakos C, Chebli L, Tortora R. Long-term survival and quality of life in Jehovah's witnesses after cardiac surgery: a case control study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2019 Mar 29;19(1):73. doi: 10.1186/s12872-019-1061-z.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30922241 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CHUB-QoL Jehovah

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id