Status:

UNKNOWN

The Immunomodulatory Effect of Antrifibrinolytic (Tranexamic Acid) in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Lead Sponsor:

Sisters of Mercy University Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb

Conditions:

Hemorrhage

Eligibility:

All Genders

30-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The administration of the tranexamic acid (TRAXA), an antifibrinolytic, blocks primary fibrinolysis, and thus the haemorrhage, in the early postoperative period. Significant surgical operations, as we...

Detailed Description

The administration of the tranexamic acid (TRAXA), an antifibrinolytic, blocks primary fibrinolysis, and thus the haemorrhage, in the early postoperative period. Significant surgical operations, as we...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • ASA I/II status
  • scheduled for endoprosthetic total knee arthroplasty.
  • laboratory results suitable for elective endoprosthetic surgery: blood panel, coagulation, liver enzymes, kidney function parameters, urine sediment;
  • patient voluntarily, in accordance with the KBCSM form on the administration of Tranexamic Acid in endoprosthetic total knee arthroplasty, give their consent for its administration.
  • signed informed consent for transfusion
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • general anaesthesia
  • revision arthroplasty
  • previous blood transfusions
  • known allergic reaction to TRAXA
  • presence of an infection and/or acutization of a chronic disease
  • existing malignant disease
  • autoimmune disease
  • hematologic disease
  • diabetes
  • renal failure
  • liver cirrhosis
  • chronic anticoagulant therapy
  • analgesia by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  • combined use of the autologous and allogeneic blood postoperatively when the recovery of the autologous blood is insufficient in relation to the haemorrhage.
  • Exclusion Criteria refers to the patients for whom Tranexamic Acid was contraindicated: ----thromboembolic events (IM, CVI, DVT)
  • known risk of thrombosis or thromboembolic events (thrombogenic valve disease, thrombogenic rhythm disorder, coagulation-hypercoagulation disorder)
  • epilepsy
  • patients who use oral contraceptives
  • known retinal arterial or venous occlusions.
  • To patients who fulfil the participation criteria for the trial in the first selection, and for whom TRAXA is contraindicated in the second selection, blood transfusion will be administered in accordance with the indication.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    December 18 2018

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    December 1 2019

    Estimated Enrollment :

    80 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT03795649

    Start Date

    December 18 2018

    End Date

    December 1 2019

    Last Update

    January 8 2019

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    Klinički Bolnički Centar Sestre Milosrdnice

    Zagreb, Croatia, 10000