Can a simple blood draw reduce transfusions in bone cancer surgery?
NCT ID NCT06459141
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a technique called acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) in 150 adults undergoing bone tumor surgery. Before surgery, some blood is removed and replaced with fluid, so that if bleeding occurs, the patient loses less red blood cells. The goal is to see if this reduces the need for donor blood transfusions during surgery, which could lead to fewer complications and faster recovery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- acute normovolemic hemodilution (a procedure where some blood is removed and replaced with fluid before surgery to reduce the need for donor blood)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a safer way to manage blood loss during bone tumor surgery, reducing the need for donor blood transfusions and their associated risks.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial (150 participants) and previous studies have shown mixed results. The procedure may not significantly reduce transfusions or could carry its own risks.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Expected to finish
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May 2028
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.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- 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: 1. age 18 to 75 years; 2. undergoing elective bone tumor resection surgery; 3. preoperative hemoglobin ≥11 g/dL; Exclusion Criteria: 1. using a tourniquet; 2. palliative operation or minimally invasive surgery; 3. BMI\<18.5 or \>30Kg/m\^2; 4. international normalized ratio (INR) \>1.5 or platelet count \<100 × 10\^9/L; 5. cardiopulmonary insufficiency; 6. hepatic and renal dysfunction; 7. active infectious disease; 8. allergy to succinyl gelatin; 9. pregnancy; 10. declined participation in the study or declined blood transfusion
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University anesthesiology department
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, China
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