Could simple guidelines cut ICU anemia deaths?
NCT ID NCT07771192
First seen Aug 18, 2026 · Last updated Aug 19, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether providing hospitals with a structured program to follow anemia prevention and management guidelines can lower death rates in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The trial will involve about 5,760 adults who stay in the ICU for at least two days and have organ failure. Each hospital will start the program at a randomly assigned time, allowing researchers to compare outcomes before and after implementation.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Implementation of recommendations for anemia prevention and management in intensive care units
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could establish a practical approach to reduce hospital deaths and improve recovery for critically ill patients with anemia.
- What could go wrong
- The study is pragmatic and relies on real-world implementation, which may vary across centers. It may not show a clear benefit on mortality, and results may not apply to all ICU settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 5,760 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
adult patients hospitalized in intensive care for ≥2 days
- 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: * Length of stay in intensive care is ≥ 2 days * The patient has at least one organ failure lasting 24 hours or more (catecholamine infusion and/or mechanical ventilation (invasive or NIV \> 6 hours/day)) * No objection to data collection (patient or relative) Exclusion Criteria: * Terminally ill patient with limited active treatment options within 72 hours of admission.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
27 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CH de LAVAL
Laval, France
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CHRU BREST SITE HOPITAL CAVALE BLANCHE, réanimation chirurgicale
Brest, France
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CHRU BREST SITE HOPITAL CAVALE BLANCHE, réanimation médicale
Brest, France
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CHU Grenoble-HOPITAL SUD - CHU38
Grenoble, France
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CHU LA MILETRIE, réanimation neurochirurgicale
Poitiers, France
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Centre Hospitalier Du Mans
Le Mans, France
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Ch Chartres Louis Pasteur-Le Coudray
Chartres, France
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Ch Victor Dupouy
Argenteuil, France
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Ch de Cholet
Cholet, France
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Chru Nancy - Hopitaux de Brabois
Nancy, France
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Chru Rennes Site Pontchaillou
Rennes, France
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Chru Trousseau - Chambray
Tours, France
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Gcs Irm Beaujon Moleculaire Act, Ap-Hp
Paris, France
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HOPITAL GABRIEL MONTPIED - CHU63, Réanimation Médico-Chrirugicale
Clermont-Ferrand, France
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HOPITAL GABRIEL MONTPIED - CHU63, Réanimation Neurochirurgicale
Clermont-Ferrand, France
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HU PITIE SALPETRIERE APHP, Réanimation Chirurgicale
Paris, France
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HU PITIE SALPETRIERE APHP, Réanimation Neuro-Chirurgicale
Paris, France
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Hopital Cochin Tarnier Aphp
Paris, France
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Hopital Haut-Leveque - Chu
Talence, France
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Hopital Laenec, CHU Nantes
Nantes, France
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Hopital Purpan Chu Toulouse
Toulouse, France
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Hopital St Eloi Chu Montpellier
Montpellier, France
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Hopital de Hautepierre
Strasbourg, France
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Hu Est Parisien Site St Antoine Aphp
Paris, France
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Hu Paris Nord Site Bichat Aphp
Paris, France
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Hôtel Dieu, CHU Nantes
Nantes, France
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réanimation médicale CHU ANGERS
Angers, 49000, France
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