Blood transfusions in heart surgery: friend or foe for anemic patients?
NCT ID NCT07092683
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at over 13,000 adults who had heart surgery to understand how blood transfusions given during the operation might explain why patients with anemia before surgery are more likely to have complications afterward. The goal is to help doctors make better decisions about when to give transfusions and how to reduce risks for anemic patients. The study did not test a new treatment but instead analyzed existing data to find patterns.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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13,683 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Finished
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May 2025
- 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
Eligible patients for inclusion were those aged 18 or older undergoing elective cardiac surgery with CPB support at West China Hospital (WCH) from 22 December 2010 to 1 July 2017, and at The Second affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University (SAHZU) from 1 September 2013 to 31 December 2024.
- 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: * Adults aged 18 and older ; * Undergoing elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass Exclusion Criteria: * preoperative mechanical circulatory support * ASA physical status VI-V * unplanned intra-hospital reoperations * catheter-based valve replacements, * heart tumours, * stent implantation surgeries, * coronary angiography, * transvascular valve clamping, * tetralogy of Fallot, * ventricular aneurysms, * cardiomyopathies,
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Anesthesiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 330100, China
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