Could reusing your own blood after bypass cut donor transfusions?
NCT ID NCT06824753
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at whether giving patients their own blood left over in the heart-lung machine after bypass surgery could reduce the need for donor red blood cell transfusions. Sixty adults having elective coronary bypass were split into two groups: one received the leftover blood, the other did not. Researchers tracked how many donor blood units each group needed and checked blood clotting with a special device.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- autologous blood from the heart-lung machine
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could reduce the need for donor blood transfusions after heart bypass surgery, lowering risks and conserving blood supplies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center study with only 60 patients. The results may not apply to all heart surgery patients, and the approach may not significantly change transfusion needs or outcomes.
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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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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Finished
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Jun 2024
- 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 70 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. Elective cardiopulmonary bypass surgery 2. Ages 18-70 Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients not accepting to be included in the study 2. Having kidney disease 3. Having hematological disease 4. Having peripheral artery disease 3- Ejection Fraction \< 45% 4- Anticoagulants usage
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ataturk University
Erzurum, Turkey (Türkiye)
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