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Plasma transfusion in liver transplantation: a randomized, double-blind, multicenter clinical comparison of three virally secured plasmas
Bartelmaos T, Chabanel A, Leger J, Villalon L, Gillon MC, Rouget C, Gomola A, Denninger MH, Tardivel R, Naegelen C, et al
Transfusion. 2013;53((6):):1335-45.
Abstract
BACKGROUND The clinical equivalence of plasma treated to reduce pathogen transmission and untreated plasma has not been extensively studied. A clinical trial was conducted in liver transplant recipients to compare the efficacy of three plasmas. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS A randomized, equivalence, blinded trial was performed in four French liver transplantation centers. The three studied (fresh-frozen) plasmas were quarantine (Q-FFP), methylene blue (MB-FFP), and solvent/detergent (S/D-FFP) plasmas. The primary outcome was the volume of plasma transfused during transplantation. Secondary outcomes included intraoperative blood loss, hemostasis variables corrections, and adverse events. RESULTS One-hundred patients were randomly assigned in the MB-FFP, 96 in the S/D-FFP, and 97 in the Q-FFP groups, respectively. The median volumes of plasma transfused were 2254, 1905, and 1798 mL with MB-FFP, S/D-FFP, and Q-FFP, respectively. The three plasmas were not equivalent. MB-FFP was not equivalent to the two other plasmas, but S/D-FFP and Q-FFP were equivalent. The median numbers of transfused plasma units were 10, 10, and 8 units with MB-FFP, S/D-FFP, and Q-FFP, respectively. Adjustment on bleeding risk factors diminished the difference between groups: the excess plasma volume transfused with MB-FFP compared to Q-FFP was reduced from 24% to 14%. Blood loss and coagulation factors corrections were not significantly different between the three arms. CONCLUSION Compared to both Q-FFP and S/D-FFP, use of MB-FFP was associated with a moderate increase in volume transfused, partly explained by a difference in unit volume and bleeding risk factors. Q-FFP was associated with fewer units transfused than either S/D-FFP or MB-FFP. 2012 American Association of Blood Banks.
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Plasma transfusion in liver transplantation: a randomized, double blind, multicenter clinical comparison of three virally secured plasmas abstract
Bartelmaos T, Chabanel A, Leger J, Villalon L, Gillon MC, Rouget C, Gomola A, Giraudeau B, Ozier Y
Vox Sanguinis. 2012;103((S1):):44. Abstract No. 5A-S33-03.
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The efficiency of transfusing high doses of platelets in hematologic patients with thrombocytopenia: results of a prospective, randomized, open, blinded end point (PROBE) study
Sensebé L, Giraudeau B, Bardiaux L, Deconinck E, Schmidt A, Bidet ML, Leniger C, Hardy E, Babault C, Senecal D
Blood. 2005;105((2):):862-4.
Abstract
We performed a prospective, randomized, open, blinded end point (PROBE) study to assess the efficiency of transfusing high doses of platelets in patients with thrombocytopenia, either acute leukemia (AL) or those undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AT). Patients were randomly assigned to receive transfusions with a target dose of 0. 5 x 10(11)/10 kg (arm A) or 1 x 10(11)/10 kg (arm B). A total of 101 patients were included, of whom 96 were given at least one transfusion. The median time between the first transfusion and when the platelet count reached at least 20 x 10(9)/L increased from 63 hours to 95 hours in the arm B group (P = . 001), and the median number of transfusions was lower in this group (2; P = . 037). The total number of transfused platelets did not differ between groups (14. 9 x 10(11) for arm A versus 18. 5 x 10(11) for arm B; P = . 156). In such patients, a prophylactic strategy of high doses of platelets could improve platelet transfusion efficiency.
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Increasing dose improves the platelet transfusions: results of a prospective multicenter randomized study
Sensebe L, Giraudeau B, Bardiaux L, Deconninck E, Ifrah N, Bidet M, LeNiger C, Hardy E, Babault C, Colombat P
Blood. 2002;100((11, Pt 2):):708a.. Abstract No. 2789.