Fibrinogen Early In Severe Trauma studY

Summary

* Haemorrhage in severe trauma is a significant cause of mortality and is potentially the most preventable cause of death in trauma patients
* Trauma Induced Coagulopathy (TIC) is a complex coagulopathy associated with severe trauma
* Hypo/dysfibrinogenaemia plays an important role in TIC
* Early replacement of fibrinogen may improve outcomes
* Fibrinogen replacement is potentially inadequate in standard fixed ratio Major Haemorrhage Protocols (MHP) utilising Plasma and/or Cryoprecipitate
* The majority of centres utilise cryoprecipitate for additional fibrinogen supplementation as part of a MHP
* Cryoprecipitate administration is often delayed (between 60 - 120 minutes) in a fixed ratio MHP
* It is clear early intervention in severe traumatic haemorrhage is associated with improved outcomes - CRASH 2 and PROPPR studies
* Increasing interest in the use of Fibrinogen Concentrate (FC) in severe bleeding but not supported by high level evidence
* Benefits of FC - viral inactivation, known dose, easily reconstituted, can be administered quickly in high dose and stored at room temperature in the trauma resuscitation bay
* No previous studies comparing FC and Cryoprecipitate in bleeding trauma patients
* Fibrinogen supplementation will be guided by an accepted ROTEM targeted treatment algorithm
* It will be a pilot, multi-centre randomised controlled trial comparing FC to Cryoprecipitate (current standard practise in fibrinogen supplementation)
* Hypothesis: Fibrinogen replacement in severe traumatic haemorrhage can be achieved quicker with a more predictable dose response using Fibrinogen Concentrate compared to Cryoprecipitate
* It is imperative that robust and clinically relevant trials are performed to investigate fibrinogen supplementation in trauma before widespread adoption makes performing such studies unfeasible

Conditions

• Trauma
• Haemorrhage
• Coagulopathy

Interventions

DRUG

Fibrinogen Concentrate

Fibrinogen Replacement using Fibrinogen Concentrate as per ROTEM guided treatment algorithm \[FIBTEM ≤ A5 10mm\] FIBTEM A5 0mm (Flat Line) = 6g FC FIBTEM A5 1 - 4mm = 5g FC FIBTEM A5 5 - 6mm = 4g FC FIBTEM A5 7 - 8mm = 3g FC FIBTEM A5 9 - 10mm = 2g FC

OTHER

Cryoprecipitate

Fibrinogen replacement using Cryoprecipitate as per ROTEM guided treatment algorithm \[FIBTEM A5 ≤ 10mm\] FIBTEM A5 0mm (Flat Line) = 20 Units Cryo FIBTEM A5 1- 4mm = 16 Units Cryo FIBTEM A5 5 - 6mm = 14 Units Cryo FIBTEM A5 7 - 8mm = 10 Units Cryo FIBTEM A5 9 - 10mm = 8 Units Cryo

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Emergency Medicine Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• National Blood Authority

  collaborator OTHER

• Australian Red Cross

  collaborator OTHER

• Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service

  lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

• James Winearls, MBBS · Gold Coast University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

100 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2016-12-31

Primary Completion

2018-01-20

Completion

2018-02-20

Countries

• Australia

Study Locations