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A Substudy of the Effect of Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution in Bone Tumor Surgery

A Substudy of the Effect of Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution in Bone Tumor Surgery

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06881498
Enrollment
32
Registered
2025-03-18
Start date
2024-06-07
Completion date
2026-05-31
Last updated
2025-04-15

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Conditions

Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution, Bone Tumor, Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy

Brief summary

The prevention of perioperative anemia has the potential to reduce complications, hospital stays, and long-term prognosis in patients undergoing bone tumor surgery. Data from previous studies suggest that the clinical efficacy of acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) has always been controversial, and intraoperative fluid administration strategy is an important confounding factor. The HEAL trial will assess whether ANH will improve postoperative hemoglobin levels when applying goal-directed fluid therapy in patients undergoing bone tumor surgery.

Detailed description

Bone tumor surgery is associated with a significant risk of perioperative blood loss, with blood loss usually in the range of approximately 500-1000 ml. The postoperative anemia caused by blood loss is an independent risk factor for postoperative complications in patients undergoing bone tumor surgery, as well as affecting the long-term survival rate of cancer patients. Acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) is a patient blood management measure. The clinical efficacy of acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) has always been controversial, and intraoperative fluid administration strategy is an important confounding factor. As goal-directed fluid therapy (GDFT) is increasingly used in clinical practice, it is of great importance to explore the efficacy of ANH in patients undergoing fluid management using GDFT. Bone tumor surgery is an ideal setting to evaluate ANH in GDFT, as the procedure is associated with high blood loss and infusion. This trial has been designed as a randomized, controlled trial to determine whether ANH will improve postoperative hemoglobin levels when applying GDFT in patients undergoing bone tumor surgery.

Interventions

The ANH was conducted with more than 8 ml/kg of whole blood drawn from an internal jugular introducer by gravity and collected into standard sterile blood storage bags containing citrate phosphate-dextrose anticoagulant. The allowable blood loss was capped according to the preoperative hemoglobin, estimated blood volume, and the target hemoglobin (10 g/dL). The collected blood was simultaneously replaced by an equal volume of succinyl gelatin solution via at least one large bore peripheralvenous catheter to maintain hemodynamic stability.

Sponsors

Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. age 18 to 75 years; 2. undergoing elective bone tumor resection surgery; 3. preoperative hemoglobin ≥11 g/dL;

Exclusion criteria

1. using a tourniquet; 2. palliative operation or minimally invasive surgery; 3. BMI\<18.5 or \>30Kg/m\^2; 4. international normalized ratio (INR) \>1.5 or platelet count \<100 × 10\^9/L; 5. cardiopulmonary insufficiency; 6. hepatic and renal dysfunction; 7. active infectious disease; 8. allergy to succinyl gelatin; 9. pregnancy; 10. declined participation in the study or declined blood transfusion

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Hemoglobin concentration on the first day after surgeryThe first day after surgeryThe concentration of hemoglobin on the first day after surgery

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The blood loss during the perioperative periodFrom the start of surgery to discharge or the 7th day following the operation, which comes firstThe volume of blood loss
The volume of fluid administration during the intraoperative periodFrom the beginning to the end of the surgeryThis includes intraoperative crystalloid infusion volume and intraoperative colliod infusion volume
The coagulation function tests during the perioperative periodFrom the start of surgery to discharge or the 7th day following the operation, which comes firstThis includes thromboelastography result
The rate of perioperative transfusion of allogeneic blood productsFrom the start of surgery to discharge or the 7th day following the operation, which comes firstThis includes blood products such as plasma and platelets, erythrocytes
Perioperative pulmonary infectionFrom the start of surgery to discharge or the 7th day following the operation, which comes firstDiagnose according to radiologic examination, sign and symptom
Perioperative wound infectionFrom the start of surgery to discharge or the 7th day following the operation, which comes firstDiagnose according to sign, symptom
Perioperative embolic eventsFrom the start of surgery to discharge or the 7th day following the operation, which comes firstThis includes thrombosis and embolism

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026