Status:

COMPLETED

Fibrin Sealant VH S/D 500 S-apr in Hepatic Resection

Lead Sponsor:

Baxter Healthcare Corporation

Collaborating Sponsors:

Baxter Innovations GmbH

Conditions:

Bleeding (Oozing) in Hepatic Resection

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to compare safety and efficacy of Fibrin Sealant (FS) Vapor Heated (VH) S/D 500 s-apr with manual compression as a supportive treatment of local bleeding (i.e. oozing) in h...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Pre-Operative
  • Signed informed consent obtained from the subject before any study-related activities
  • Subject's age is 18 years or above
  • Subject will undergo planned, elective resection of at least 1 anatomical segment of the liver for any reason by laparotomy
  • Subject is willing and able to comply with the requirements of the protocol
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential must present with a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 72 hours before the elective liver resection
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential must agree to employ adequate birth control measures for the time of their participation in the study
  • Intra-Operative Inclusion Criteria (before randomization):
  • Resection of at least 1 anatomical segment of the liver has been performed
  • Oozing from the cut surface of the liver persists after conventional resection procedure and primary control of arterial and venous bleeding by sutures, ligations, clips, vascular stapler, point electrocautery or focal radiofrequency ablation
  • Need for additional supportive hemostatic treatment to stop bleeding (i.e. diffuse oozing) of the liver resection area
  • Pre-Operative

Exclusion

  • Subject needs emergency liver surgery
  • Subject will undergo liver resection via laparoscopic procedure
  • Subject has known congenital coagulation disorder (e.g. hemophilia)
  • Subject has known hypersensitivity to any ingredient of the investigational medicinal product
  • Suspected inability or unwillingness of the subject to comply with trial procedures
  • If female, subject is pregnant or lactating at the time of study enrollment
  • Subject has already participated in this study (each subject can only be enrolled once)
  • Subject has participated in another clinical study involving an investigational product or investigational device within 30 days prior to study enrollment or is scheduled to participate in another clinical study involving an investigational product or investigational device during the course of this study
  • Intra-operative Exclusion Criteria (before randomization):
  • Occurrence of any severe surgical complication that require resuscitation or deviation from the planned surgical procedure
  • Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC)
  • Application of any topical hemostatic material on the resection surface of the liver prior to application of the study treatment
  • Radiofrequency precoagulation of the liver resection surface, except focal use of radiofrequency as primary hemostatic treatment

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

70 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01244425

Start Date

November 1 2010

End Date

July 1 2011

Last Update

February 20 2013

Active Locations (7)

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Berlin, Germany

2

Essen, Germany

3

Hanover, Germany

4

Heidelberg, Germany