Effects of the Sangvia Blood Collection System on Postoperative Infections in Orthopedic Patients

NCT01725724 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 162

Last updated 2015-03-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the infection rate in patients receiving/not receiving their own blood, collected during surgery, during and after orthopedic surgery.

The hypothesis is that transfusion of autologous salvaged blood may reduce postoperative infection.

Conditions

  • Coxarthrosis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Autologous blood transfusion

Per- and postoperative transfusion of autologous salvaged blood collected with the Sangvia Blood Collection System.

PROCEDURE

Allogeneic blood transfusion

Transfusion of allogeneic blood according to the transfusion guidelines at each of the participating hospitals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dentsply Sirona Implants and Consumables

    collaborator INDUSTRY
  • Haukeland University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tor A Hervig, MD, PhD · Haukealnd University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-12-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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