Blood transfusions at home.

Blood transfusions at home; effects and costs compared to care as usual.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON20522

Enrollment

Registered

2008-12-18

Start date

2003-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Patients who require repeated transfusions of red blood cells or platelet, being mainly patients with anemia, thrombocytopenia for example after chemotherapy

Interventions

The intervention means that patients receive their blood transfusions at home. The transfusion is given by a nurse specialist according a previously set protocol. Controls receive care as usual (blood

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients in which transfusion is indicated; 2. poor health status in which transfusion at home is considered.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Earlier transfusion reaction; 2. insufficient knowledge of Dutch language to fill in questionnaires; 3. poor health status in such a way that care as usual is not possible anymore; 4. refusal of the patient.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Quality of Life of participants costs of all participants from a societal perspective.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The number of adverse effects in both groups and the perceived Quality of Care.	—

Contacts

Public ContactRon A.G. Winkens

University Hospital Maastricht, Integrated care unit (Bze-7), P.O. Box 5800

ron.winkens@hag.unimaas.nl+31 (0)43 3877389

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)