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The Efficacy of the Administration of Fibrinogen in Liver Transplantation

A Multicenter, Placebo Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of the Administration of Fibrinogen on Blood Product Requirements in Liver Transplantation

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01539057
Acronym
FibstudLT
Enrollment
132
Registered
2012-02-27
Start date
2012-07-31
Completion date
2015-01-31
Last updated
2014-12-04

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Conditions

Intraoperative Bleeding

Keywords

Liver, Surgery, hemostasis, coagulation, Fibrinogen

Brief summary

Objective: * To evaluate the efficacy of preoperative administration of fibrinogen in liver transplantation by maintaining a preoperative plasma level equal to 2.9 g / L compared with placebo, reflecting a reduction in the number of RBC units transfused during the procedure. * To determine the influence of fibrinogen administration on mortality and survival of liver graft evaluated one year after the procedure. * To determine the safety of fibrinogen administration recording thrombotic complications evaluated during hospitalization or at least 30 days postoperatively.

Detailed description

Methods: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. One hundred thirty two patients (132) will randomly be assigned to: Treatment group, Fibrinogen administration; doses of fibrinogen: 1 g for an increase in the plasmatic value of fibrinogen of 0.29 g / L to obtain a value of 2.9 g / L. Placebo group, to whom the same dose volume of saline will be administered. Determinations of haematocrit, electrolytes and kidney function tests and coagulation and haemostasis and thrombelastography test are made at all stages of the proceeding. A standard protocol for intraoperative management will be applied. Blood loss, administration of blood products, fluid therapy, presence of reperfusion syndrome, operative complications and mortality and survival will be registered. Patients will be followed for one year after transplantation.

Interventions

The dose of fibrinogen should be calculated at 1 g of fibrinogen in order to obtain an increase in plasma fibrinogen value of 0.29 g / L to reach a final value of 2.9 g / L. Fibrinogen ampoules powder prepared with water dilution and located in a serum at a concentration of 2g/100 ml, which will be administered by intravenous infusion for 10 minutes. Administration before surgery starts

DRUGSaline

the same dose in volume of water dilution will be administered. The potential dose of fibrinogen required to obtain a final plasmatic reading of 2.9 g / L. will be computed. A serum will contain the corresponding ml of water dilution. Administered before surgery starts

Sponsors

Spanish Clinical Research Network - SCReN
CollaboratorNETWORK
Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients candidates for liver transplantation * Patients with a value of pre-transplant plasma fibrinogen less than 2.9 g / L.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with a value of fibrinogen in the 24 hours prior to the intervention than 2.9 g / L. * Known history of thromboembolic events in 30 days * Known or suspected pregnancy * Previous randomization in this trial * Known or suspected allergy to trial products or related products * Known presence of congenital bleeding disorder. Patients treated with aspirin, warfarin * The following indications for transplantation: familial polyneuropathy, acute liver failure, biliary cirrhosis and sclerosing cholangitis, Budd-Chiari syndrome * Heart beating donors and living donor * Patient reluctant to participate in the trial

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of patients requiring transfusion of packed red blood cells during the procedureintraoperativerecord of number of red blood cell packeds transfused during the surgical procedure

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of patients requiring blood products other than red cell concentratesintraoperative* Number of packed red cells transfused during surgery * Number of units of fresh frozen plasma transfused during surgery * Number of platelet units transfused during surgery * Grams of fibrinogen administered during surgery
Operative outcome4 weeks* Operative mortality * Liver graft survival * Thrombotic complications of all types and causes
liver transplantation outcome1 yearFollow-up of graft survival and patient mortality one year after liver transplantation.

Countries

Spain

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 8, 2026