Blood Cell Recycling During Heart Surgery Trial
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial tests whether giving back a patient's own platelets and red blood cells during heart surgery can reduce bleeding and the need for donor blood transfusions. It is for people having certain types of high-risk heart surgery with a heart-lung machine.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older
- You are scheduled for heart surgery that uses a heart-lung machine and has a high risk of bleeding, such as surgery on two or more heart valves, valve and bypass surgery, or ascending aorta surgery
- You are not taking certain blood thinner medications (like clopidogrel, ticagrelor, or warfarin) within specific days before surgery
- You are not having emergency heart surgery or a heart transplant
- You do not have a serious infection, active cancer, or a weakened immune system
- Your blood counts (hemoglobin and platelets) are above certain minimum levels
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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