sTErnAl heMostasiS Trial

NCT06511778 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-09-11

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Summary

Sternal bleeding remains an unsolved problem for cardiac surgery teams costing operative time, blood loss, and distraction from the critical operative field. As such, the following is an investigator-initiated trial to determine whether application of a topical hemostatic agent reduces sternal bleeding during cardiac surgery using sternotomy approach.

Conditions

  • Excessive Bleeding During Surgery

Interventions

DRUG

Hemoblast Bellows application

Hemoblast bellows is a hemostatic agent clinically proven effective on the validated SPOT GRADE scale for minimal, mild, and moderate bleeding. Patients will have the Hemoblast bellows applied during on pump sternotomy surgery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dilon Technologies

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • WakeMed Health and Hospitals

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-10-17
Primary Completion
2026-08-31
Completion
2026-09-30
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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