Phase III Study of Hemospan® for Treating Hypotension in Hip Arthroplasty

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Hemospan is superior to Voluven for treatment of hypotensive episodes during the perioperative period (from induction of spinal anesthesia until 6 hours after skin closure), and for reducing the incidence of operative and postoperative complications including organ dysfunction and failure until follow-up at one month following surgery. An independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) will periodically evaluate the safety data collected during this trial

Timeline

Start

2007-02

Primary completion

2008-03

Completion

2008-04

Publications

• Background Bjorkholm M, Fagrell B, Przybelski R, Winslow N, Young M, Winslow RM. A phase I single blind clinical trial of a new oxygen transport agent (MP4), human hemoglobin modified with maleimide-activated polyethylene glycol. Haematologica. 2005 Apr;90(4):505-15.
• Background Cabrales P, Tsai AG, Winslow RM, Intaglietta M. Effects of extreme hemodilution with hemoglobin-based O2 carriers on microvascular pressure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2005 May;288(5):H2146-53. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00749.2004. Epub 2005 Jan 6.
• Background Young MA, Riddez L, Kjellstrom BT, Bursell J, Winslow F, Lohman J, Winslow RM. MalPEG-hemoglobin (MP4) improves hemodynamics, acid-base status, and survival after uncontrolled hemorrhage in anesthetized swine. Crit Care Med. 2005 Aug;33(8):1794-804. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000172648.55309.13.
• Background Tsai AG, Cabrales P, Manjula BN, Acharya SA, Winslow RM, Intaglietta M. Dissociation of local nitric oxide concentration and vasoconstriction in the presence of cell-free hemoglobin oxygen carriers. Blood. 2006 Nov 15;108(10):3603-10. doi: 10.1182/blood-2006-02-005272. Epub 2006 Jul 20.
• Background Winslow RM. Current status of oxygen carriers ('blood substitutes'): 2006. Vox Sang. 2006 Aug;91(2):102-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2006.00789.x.
• Background Olofsson C, Ahl T, Johansson T, Larsson S, Nellgard P, Ponzer S, Fagrell B, Przybelski R, Keipert P, Winslow N, Winslow RM. A multicenter clinical study of the safety and activity of maleimide-polyethylene glycol-modified Hemoglobin (Hemospan) in patients undergoing major orthopedic surgery. Anesthesiology. 2006 Dec;105(6):1153-63. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200612000-00015.
• Background Winslow RM. Red cell substitutes. Semin Hematol. 2007 Jan;44(1):51-9. doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2006.09.013.
• Results van der Linden P, Gazdzik TS, Jahoda D, Heylen RJ, Skowronski JC, Pellar D, Kofranek I, Gorecki AZ, Fagrell B, Keipert PE, Hardiman YJ, Levy H; 6090 Study Investigators. A double-blind, randomized, multicenter study of MP4OX for treatment of perioperative hypotension in patients undergoing primary hip arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia. Anesth Analg. 2011 Apr;112(4):759-73. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31820c7b5f. Epub 2011 Feb 11.

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