Finding the best blood plan for tiniest babies

NCT ID NCT01702805

Summary

This large trial aimed to find the best approach for giving blood transfusions to extremely premature, very low birth weight babies. It compared a 'liberal' strategy (giving more transfusions) to a 'restrictive' strategy (giving fewer) to see which one better helped babies survive without long-term brain development problems. The goal was to provide clearer guidance for doctors on a common but inconsistently practiced treatment.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Brown University, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02905, United States

  • Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

  • Children's Mercy Hospital

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States

  • Cincinnati Children's Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267, United States

  • Duke University

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • Emory University

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30303, United States

  • Indiana University

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • RTI International

    Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States

  • Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States

  • Stanford University

    Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

  • Univeristy of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • University of California - Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States

  • University of Iowa

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, United States

  • University of Rochester

    Rochester, New York, 14642, United States

  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, 75235, United States

  • University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84108, United States

  • Wayne State University

    Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States

Conditions

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