Patient blood management in cardiac surgical patients: the ICARUS-2 study
NCT ID NCT06637137
First seen Sep 10, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026
Summary
The ICARUS 2 study has the general objective of collecting data in patients undergoing cardiac surgery; in our centre, in order to optimize and improve hemoglobin values, a team of haematologists, assisted by cardio anesthetists and cardiac surgeons, will evaluate the blood tests of patients scheduled for elective cardiac surgery in order to correct any states of hypoferritinemia (low iron in the blood) to promote recovery from blood losses related to cardiac surgery. This objective is strongly encouraged by the good use of blood programs currently in force at our foundation. In particular, the research presented here intends to demonstrate a reduction in the number of intra- and post-operative transfusions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 464 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
All patients candidate for elective cardiac surgery at our tertiary care hospital are eligible for the study purpose.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: \- all adult patients scheduled for elective cardiac surgery Exclusion Criteria: * pregnancy * dyalisis * patient's refusal
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS
RECRUITINGRoma, 00100, Italy
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