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Can Preoperative Ferric Carboxymaltose Reduce Postoperative Blood Transfusion in Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty

Can Preoperative Ferric Carboxymaltose (FCM) Reduce Postoperative Blood Transfusion in Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty : Randomized controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0004015
Enrollment
156
Registered
2019-05-30
Start date
2019-06-03
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-06-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Drug : In study group, Ferric Carboxymaltose injection is done 2 weeks before surgery, continuously for 15~30 minutes. In control group, same amount of normal saline injection is done by the same meth

Sponsors

Seoul National University Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients who undertake bilateral staged Total Knee Arthroplasty, and havd iron deficiency anemia (Male 8<Hb<13, Female 7<Hb<13)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - First operation Preop Hb <8g/dL, thrombocytopenia - C-reactive protein 1 or more (> 2xUNL) - Systemic inflammatory diseases - Use of iron supplements within 4 weeks - Intravenous iron, or erythropoietin within 4 weeks - Preoperative use of anticoagulant (warfarin, factor Xa inhibitor) - Coagulopathy - Chronic renal failure - Patients with hypersensitivity to this drug or its components

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Transfusion

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Hemoglobin level

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactSeung Bin Im

Seoul National University Hospital

euryword@naver.com+82-2-2072-2368

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026