Heart-Lung machine showdown: which oxygenator spares your platelets?
NCT ID NCT05588011
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 68 adults having planned heart surgery that required a heart-lung machine. Researchers compared two different oxygenators (artificial lungs) to see if one caused more damage to platelets, the blood cells that help stop bleeding. They used a special test called Plateletworks to measure platelet function during surgery. The goal was to learn which oxygenator is safer and improve how doctors monitor bleeding risk.
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Study facts
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- 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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68 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Scheduled for non emergent cardiac surgery * Anticipated long CPB time (Multi-vessel CABG, multi-valve surgeries, or combined CABG and valve procedures) Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Age under 18 years on the surgery date * Weight less than 60kg * Any known pre-existing bleeding disorder * Inability to provide informed consent * Pre-existing abnormal fibrinogen level (normal: 1.8-4.7g/l) * Significant liver disease (alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase \> 150 U/l) * INR \> 1.4 * PTT greater than 38 (off IV heparin for 12h prior to testing) * Direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) use within 72h preoperatively * Significant renal disease (eGFR \< 50) * Emergency surgery * Intake of anti-platelet drugs (including ticagrelor and Plavix but excluding ASA) within three days (72h) preoperatively * Anemia (Hb \< 110) * Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) (within 3 months prior to OR) * Pulmonary embolism (within 3 months prior to OR) * Stroke (within 3 months prior to OR) * Planned hypothermia below 28 degrees Celsius.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Halifax Infirmary site, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H3A7, Canada
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