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COmbined pLaTelet and eRythrocyte AutotransfusioN During Cardiac surgEry (COLTRANE) Trial

France570 participantsStarted 2024-07-15

Plain-language summary

Despite significant advances in patient blood management, cardiac surgery remains a surgical procedure at high risk for bleeding. Numerous perioperative blood conservation strategies have been developed for limiting the use of blood products. Among them, the processing of shed blood and residual cardiopulmonary bypass circuit volume with autotransfusion device is routinely used. Conventional centrifugation-based autotransfusion devices actually available only recover red blood cells while platelets and coagulation factors are almost totally lost. Consequently, large amounts of intraoperative cell salvage could significantly alter perioperative haemostasis. The SAME autotransfusion device (i-SEP, France) is a new and innovative filtration-based autotransfusion device able to recover erythrocytes, leukocytes but also platelets. By offering the opportunity to re-infuse to patients their own platelets in addition red blood cells, significantly improve perioperative haemostasis with this new device is expected. The purpose of the COLTRANE trial is to compare the quality of the perioperative haemostasis in cardiac surgical patients for whom intraoperative cell salvage will be performed using either the SAME autotransfusion device or conventional centrifugation-based device. Because allogenic transfusion of blood products as well as surgical re-exploration for excessive bleeding are associated with poor outcomes and prolonged length of stay, the use of filtration-based SAME device by maintaining perioperative haemostasis could improve outcomes and reduce length of stay of high risk patients. The fact that patients receive their own platelets should also limit the risk of allo-immunization and immunomodulation which is recognized as one of the underlying mechanisms of perioperative increased risk of infection.

Who can participate

Age range

18 Years

Sex

ALL

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Inclusion Criteria: Adult patients (≥18 yr) affiliated or beneficiary of a social security scheme and undergoing on-pump cardiac surgery at high risk for bleeding with autotranfusion indication defined as: * Primary or redo combined cardiac procedures (2 valves or more, valve(s) and coronary artery bypass grafting(s)) * Primary or redo ascending aorta surgery * Primary or redo isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (iCABG) involving 3 or more grafts using the internal mammary artery * Free, informed and written consent signed by the participant and the investigator Exclusion Criteria: * Preoperative therapy by P2Y12 receptor inhibitors (within 5 preoperative days for clopidogrel, ticagrelor or ticlopidine, within 7 preoperative days for prasugrel, and within one preoperative hour for cangrelor) * Preoperative treatment by active anticoagulant drug (within 5 preoperative days for VKA, 4 days for dabigatran, 3 days for rivaroxaban and apixaban, 24 hours for therapeutic LMWH, 36 hours for therapeutic fondaparinux, 12 hours for prophylactic LMWH, 24 hours for prophylactic fondaparinux, 4 hours for unfractionated heparin Sepsis * Malignant tumor * Immunocompromised patients (steroids, immunosuppressive drugs, ongoing treatment for solid tumor or hematologic malignancy, primary immunodeficiency disorders, AIDS) * Emergency cardiac surgery * Heart transplantation * Implantation or patients under ventricular assist device (VAD) * Patients with two or more previous sternotomy * …

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1Based on my diagnosis and history, is this trial worth exploring for me — or is there a standard treatment we should try first?
2What does this trial's phase tell us about how much is already known about its safety and benefit?
3What would taking part actually involve for me — visits, tests, time, and travel?
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5If this trial isn't the right fit, what other options or trials would you suggest I look into?

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1What does taking part actually involve week to week — how many visits, where, and how long does each one take?
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6Can I leave the trial at any point if I change my mind, and what would happen to my care if I do?

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What they're measuring

Perioperative bleeding

Timeframe: At the end of Day 1

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06425614

SponsorUniversity Hospital, Bordeaux

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2027-02-15

Contact for this trial

Alexandre Ouattara, MD, PhD

0557656866 alexandre.ouattara@chu-bordeaux.fr

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