Oxygen-Guided transfusions could cut unnecessary blood use in ICUs
NCT ID NCT07509203
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether measuring oxygen levels in the blood (ScvO2) can help doctors decide more precisely when to give red blood cell transfusions to critically ill patients with anemia. The goal is to reduce unnecessary transfusions and their complications. Researchers will compare this oxygen-guided approach to the usual method where doctors decide based on their own judgment. The trial plans to enroll 600 ICU patients.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- central venous saturation (ScvO2) measurement
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a more personalized and safer way to decide when ICU patients need a blood transfusion, reducing unnecessary transfusions and their risks.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage protocol study (not yet recruiting) with 600 participants. The approach may not prove better than current practice, and results may not apply to all ICU patients.
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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 600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2029
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.
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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: * Patient in medical/surgical/trauma ICU * Hemoglobin level between 7g/dl and 9g/dl * Written informed consent by patient or next of kin * Hemodynamically stable: * CRT normal * Serum lactate \<2 mmol/l * MAP \>65 mmHg * noradrenalin \< 0,2 mcg/kg/min and no increase in 6 hours * No new ischemic change on ECG * Monitored with CVC, arterial catheter, hourly urine output * Respiratorily stable * No support or * Nasal canula/face mask O2 supplementation or * NIV or * Invasive mechanical ventillation: PC/VC/PS, PEEP\< 15 cmH2O FiO2 \< 50% and no increase in 6 hours * PiCCO or expert ECHO available within 48hours Exclusion Criteria: * ScvO2\>80% * Acid-base imbalance (pH\<7.3 or pH\>7.5) * Chronic kidney disease (KDIGO Stage 3-4-5) * Acute heart failure (ESC 2021 definition) * Pregnancy * Active bleeding * Neurotrauma requiring intracranial pressure monitoring * Morbid obesity BMI \>40 * Horowitz Quotient (paO2/FiO2) \< 200 * Acute and chronic liver failure (Child-Pugh B,C) * Fever
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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North-Pest Central Hospital- Hungarian Defense Forces Medical Center, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy
Budapest, 1134, Hungary
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Semmelweis University, Department of Intensive Therapy
Budapest, 1082, Hungary
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