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Tranexamic ACid during PancereaticoDuodenectomy (TAC-PD): study protocol for a multicentre randomised, blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Kenta Ishii, Yukihiro Yokoyama, Yoshihiko Yonekawa, Tomoki Ebata

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Article in BMJ open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Kenta IshiiSurgical Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan ishiikenta0701@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6491-5224
Yukihiro YokoyamaSurgical Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
Yoshihiko YonekawaSurgical Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
Tomoki EbataSurgical Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is a major gastroenterological surgery that results in a substantial amount of blood loss. Several studies have demonstrated that major blood loss during PD is associated with both short-term and long-term poor outcomes. Administration of perioperative tranexamic acid (TXA) has been reported to reduce intraoperative blood loss in various surgeries, including cardiovascular surgery and orthopaedic surgery. Nevertheless, the effect of perioperative TXA use in patients undergoing PD has not been investigated. This study aims to investigate the effect of TXA on blood loss during PD. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A multicentre (six hospitals), randomised, blind (patient-blinded, surgeon-blinded, anaesthesiologist-blinded, monitor-blinded), placebo-controlled trial of TXA during PD was started in September 2019. Patients undergoing PD for biliary, duodenal or pancreatic diseases are randomly assigned to the TXA or placebo group. The stratification factors are the institutions and preoperative clinical diagnosis. Before skin incision, the participants in TXA group are administrated 1 g TXA as a loading infusion followed by a maintenance infusion of 125 mg/hour TXA until the end of surgery or 8 hours from the incision. Participants in the placebo group are administrated the same volume of saline that is indistinguishable from the TXA. The primary outcome is blood loss during PD. The secondary outcomes are intraoperative and postoperative (up to day 2) blood transfusions, operation time, anaesthesia time, postoperative laboratory variables, length of hospital stay, in-hospital and 90-day mortality and postoperative complications occurring within 28 days of surgery or requiring readmission. To date, 115 patients of a planned 220 have been enrolled in the study. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This protocol was approved by the Nagoya University Clinical Research Review Board and is registered with Japan Registry of Clinical Trials on 15 August 2019. The results of this trial will be disseminated through peer-reviewed journals. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: jRCTs041190062.

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Antifibrinolytic AgentsTranexamic AcidBlood Loss, SurgicalDouble-Blind MethodHumansJapanMulticenter Studies as TopicRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeAntifibrinolytic AgentsTranexamic Acidadult anaesthesiaadult gastroenterologybleeding disorders & coagulopathiesclinical trialshepatobiliary surgery

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PMID33148764
PMCPMC7640528

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