Effects of Erythropoietin on Cerebral Vascular Dysfunction and Anemia in Traumatic Brain Injury

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of early administration of recombinant human erythropoietin on long-term neurological outcome after severe traumatic brain injury.

Timeline

Start

2006-04

Primary completion

2013-03

Completion

2013-03

Publications

• Results Robertson CS, Hannay HJ, Yamal JM, Gopinath S, Goodman JC, Tilley BC; Epo Severe TBI Trial Investigators; Baldwin A, Rivera Lara L, Saucedo-Crespo H, Ahmed O, Sadasivan S, Ponce L, Cruz-Navarro J, Shahin H, Aisiku IP, Doshi P, Valadka A, Neipert L, Waguspack JM, Rubin ML, Benoit JS, Swank P. Effect of erythropoietin and transfusion threshold on neurological recovery after traumatic brain injury: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2014 Jul 2;312(1):36-47. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.6490.
• Aisiku IP, Yamal JM, Doshi P, Benoit JS, Gopinath S, Goodman JC, Robertson CS. Plasma cytokines IL-6, IL-8, and IL-10 are associated with the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury. Crit Care. 2016 Sep 15;20:288. doi: 10.1186/s13054-016-1470-7.
• Yamal JM, Benoit JS, Doshi P, Rubin ML, Tilley BC, Hannay HJ, Robertson CS. Association of transfusion red blood cell storage age and blood oxygenation, long-term neurologic outcome, and mortality in traumatic brain injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Nov;79(5):843-9. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000834.
• Aisiku IP, Yamal JM, Doshi P, Rubin ML, Benoit JS, Hannay J, Tilley BC, Gopinath S, Robertson CS. The incidence of ARDS and associated mortality in severe TBI using the Berlin definition. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 Feb;80(2):308-12. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000903.
• Yamal JM, Robertson CS, Rubin ML, Benoit JS, Hannay HJ, Tilley BC. Enrollment of racially/ethnically diverse participants in traumatic brain injury trials: effect of availability of exception from informed consent. Clin Trials. 2014 Apr;11(2):187-94. doi: 10.1177/1740774514522560.

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