Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Study Comparing Platelet Transfusion Volumes in Premature Babies

Lead Sponsor:

University College Dublin

Collaborating Sponsors:

Health Research Board, Ireland

National Maternity Hospital, Ireland

Conditions:

Thrombocytopenia

Transfusion

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 32 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Platelet transfusions can help clotting but may also have risks. Currently when babies get platelet transfusions they get as much as three times (per kilogram of body weight) as much as adults do. The...

Detailed Description

There are almost 6000 babies born weighing less than 1500g every year in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. One in four will have low platelets. Studies prior to 2018 suggested that three quarters o...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Infants born at or before 32+0 weeks' gestation or less than 1500g at birth
  • Written informed consent obtained from parent
  • Admission to a participating NICU (includes postnatal transfers)
  • Severe Thrombocytopenia (platelet count \<25 x109/L)
  • Cranial ultrasound scan undertaken less than 24 hours prior to randomisation shows no recent major intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) or significant extension of previous haemorrhage.

Exclusion

  • Major congenital anomalies including neural tube defects, major structural cardiac anomalies (excluding PDA/ASD/VSD), abdominal wall defects and congenital diaphragmatic hernia and major dysmorphic features with an abnormal karyotype e.g., T21, T13, T18, Fanconi's anaemia, Thrombo-cytopenia Absent Radius syndrome).
  • Infants on a palliative care pathway
  • Neonates within 72 hours of major bleed
  • All fetal intracranial haemorrhages excluding subependymal haemorrhage from any antenatal ultrasound scan.
  • Known immune thrombocytopenia or family history of allo-immune thrombocytopenia or maternal anti platelet antibodies or maternal idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
  • Neonates who did not receive parenteral vitamin K

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 28 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

August 1 2028

Estimated Enrollment :

370 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06095648

Start Date

October 28 2023

End Date

August 1 2028

Last Update

October 23 2023

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National Maternity Hospital

Dublin, Ireland, D02YH21