Pre-Hospital Use of Plasma for Traumatic Hemorrhage

Summary

Type A Thawed Plasma (TP) will be compared in polytrauma patients who receive only Normal Saline (NS) (standard of care) before arrival at the hospital. The purpose of this study is to determine if prehospital administration of thawed plasma can reduce mortality of patients who have lost a large amount of blood due to their injuries, compared to those receiving standard of care.

Timeline

Start

2014-11

Primary completion

2016-01

Completion

2016-01

Publications

• Reynolds PS, Michael MJ, Spiess BD. Application of Incident Command Structure to clinical trial management in the academic setting: principles and lessons learned. Trials. 2017 Feb 9;18(1):62. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1755-9.
• Reynolds PS, Michael MJ, Cochran ED, Wegelin JA, Spiess BD. Prehospital use of plasma in traumatic hemorrhage (The PUPTH Trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2015 Jul 30;16:321. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0844-5.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.