Can a common bleeding drug help trauma patients on blood thinners?
NCT ID NCT07116395
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 12, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This phase 4 trial will test whether tranexamic acid (TXA), a drug that reduces bleeding, can safely lower blood loss in 200 orthopedic trauma patients who are on anticoagulants (blood thinners). Participants will have surgery for broken leg or thigh bones. The study compares those who get TXA to those who don't, looking at blood loss and hospital stay length. It aims to fill a gap in knowledge about using TXA in this higher-risk group.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- tranexamic acid (TXA)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that TXA safely reduces blood loss and transfusions in trauma patients who are on blood thinners.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center study with 200 patients, so results may not apply broadly. TXA could still raise clot risk in this specific group.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2027
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
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: * Patients undergoing operative fixation of long bone fractures; Included conditions include femoral neck fractures, intertrochanteric femur fractures, femoral shaft fractures, distal femur fractures, and tibial shaft fractures that undergo surgical management Exclusion Criteria: * Exclusion criteria for this study will be patients under 18 and prisoners
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, California, 93701, United States
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