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Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution in Bone Cancer Surgery

The Effect of Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution on Requirement of Allogeneic Red Blood Cell in Patients Undergoing Bone Cancer Surgery

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07669155
Enrollment
420
Registered
2026-06-25
Start date
2026-07-01
Completion date
2028-05-01
Last updated
2026-06-25

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Conditions

Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution

Brief summary

Malignant bone tumors often lead to skeletal complications, known as skeletal related events (SRE). These complications mainly include pathological fractures, severe pain, and spinal cord compression. Typically, SRE reduces overall survival rates and is associated with loss of mobility and social functioning, decreased quality of life, and significantly increased healthcare costs. Surgical resection is an important means of treating malignant bone tumors. The main goal of surgical treatment is to maintain the patient's function and mobility by relieving pain, preventing impending fractures and/or nerve compression, or stabilizing pathological fractures. Surgery for malignant bone tumors often requires extensive exploration, osteotomy, and prosthetic reconstruction. The surgery involves significant trauma and excessive bleeding from the wound. Therefore, there is a significant risk of perioperative blood loss and transfusion during surgery for malignant bone tumors. However, blood transfusion also brings transfusion related risks to patients, increases the incidence of postoperative complications, and increases the healthcare burden on patients and society. Acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) may help reduce allogeneic red blood cell transfusion. However, There is a lack of high-quality evidence to support the use of ANH in bone cancer surgery.

Detailed description

Malignant bone tumors often lead to skeletal complications, known as skeletal related events (SRE). These complications mainly include pathological fractures, severe pain, and spinal cord compression. Typically, SRE reduces overall survival rates and is associated with loss of mobility and social functioning, decreased quality of life, and significantly increased healthcare costs. Surgical resection is an important means of treating malignant bone tumors. The main goal of surgical treatment is to maintain the patient's function and mobility by relieving pain, preventing impending fractures and/or nerve compression, or stabilizing pathological fractures. Surgery for bone cancer often requires extensive exploration, osteotomy, and prosthetic reconstruction. The surgery involves significant trauma and excessive bleeding from the wound. Therefore, there is a significant risk of perioperative blood loss and transfusion during surgery for malignant bone tumors. However, blood transfusion also brings transfusion related risks to patients, increases the incidence of postoperative complications, and increases the healthcare burden on patients and society. Therefore, it is particularly important to develop a perioperative blood management (PBM) plan for these patients. Acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) may help reduce allogeneic red blood cell transfusion. However, There is a lack of high-quality evidence to support the use of ANH in bone cancer surgery.

Interventions

The whole blood is withdrawn after induction of anesthesia. Blood is withdrawn from a large-bore catheter and stored in blood bags. Meanwhile, patients receive colloid solution according to the volume of blood withdrawn.

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 No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. age 18 more than years; 2. undergoing elective bone cancer resection surgery; 3. preoperative hemoglobin ≥12 g/dL;

Exclusion criteria

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

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Perioperative red blood cell transfusion ratehospital discharge, an average of 10 daysThe number of patients receiving RBCs transfusion from the start of surgery to hospital discharge.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The rate of perioperative transfusion of allogeneic blood productshospital discharge, an average of 10 daysThis includes blood products such as plasma and platelets, erythrocytes
Wound drainage volumehospital discharge, an average of 10 daysAccumulated amount of wound drainage after surgery
Unplanned re-operationhospital discharge, an average of 10 daysUnplanned re-operation due to bleeding, infection or other reasons
Perioperative hemoglobin concentrationhospital discharge, an average of 10 dayshemoglobin concentration during hospitalization
The coagulation function tests during the perioperative periodhospital discharge, an average of 10 daysThis includes thromboelastography result
Complicationhospital discharge, an average of 10 daysembolic events, pulmonary complications, infection, acute kidney injury, death. Diagnose according to radiologic examination, sign and symptom

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 26, 2026