DEPOSITION - Decreasing Postoperative Blood Loss by Topical vs. Intravenous Tranexamic Acid in Open Cardiac Surgery

Summary

The aim is to conduct a double-dummy multi-centre randomized controlled clinical trial of application of topical dose of tranexamic acid (TxA) versus the usual intravenous TxA in patients undergoing on-pump cardiac surgery.

Timeline

Start

2019-09-17

Primary completion

2023-11-28

Completion

2023-11-28

Publications

• Background Spence J, Long S, Tidy A, Raymer K, Devereaux PJ, Lamy A, Whitlock R, Syed S. Tranexamic Acid Administration During On-Pump Cardiac Surgery: A Survey of Current Practices Among Canadian Anesthetists Working in Academic Centers. Anesth Analg. 2017 Dec;125(6):1863-1870. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002422.
• Background Lamy A, Tong W, Gao P, Chrolavicius S, Gafni A, Yusuf S, Connolly SJ. The cost of clopidogrel use in atrial fibrillation in the ACTIVE-A trial. Can J Cardiol. 2012 Jan-Feb;28(1):95-101. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2011.08.112. Epub 2011 Oct 8.
• Results Habbab LM, Hussain S, Power P, Bashir S, Gao P, Semelhago L, VanHelder T, Parry D, Chu V, Lamy A. Decreasing Postoperative Blood Loss by Topical vs. Intravenous Tranexamic Acid in Open Cardiac Surgery (DEPOSITION) study: Results of a pilot study. J Card Surg. 2019 May;34(5):305-311. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14027. Epub 2019 Mar 25.
• Results Myles PS, Smith JA, Forbes A, Silbert B, Jayarajah M, Painter T, Cooper DJ, Marasco S, McNeil J, Bussieres JS, McGuinness S, Byrne K, Chan MT, Landoni G, Wallace S; ATACAS Investigators of the ANZCA Clinical Trials Network. Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Coronary-Artery Surgery. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jan 12;376(2):136-148. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1606424. Epub 2016 Oct 23.
• Results Fergusson DA, Hebert PC, Mazer CD, Fremes S, MacAdams C, Murkin JM, Teoh K, Duke PC, Arellano R, Blajchman MA, Bussieres JS, Cote D, Karski J, Martineau R, Robblee JA, Rodger M, Wells G, Clinch J, Pretorius R; BART Investigators. A comparison of aprotinin and lysine analogues in high-risk cardiac surgery. N Engl J Med. 2008 May 29;358(22):2319-31. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0802395. Epub 2008 May 14.
• Results Mazer CD, Whitlock RP, Fergusson DA, Belley-Cote E, Connolly K, Khanykin B, Gregory AJ, de Medicis E, Carrier FM, McGuinness S, Young PJ, Byrne K, Villar JC, Royse A, Grocott HP, Seeberger MD, Mehta C, Lellouche F, Hare GMT, Painter TW, Fremes S, Syed S, Bagshaw SM, Hwang NC, Royse C, Hall J, Dai D, Mistry N, Thorpe K, Verma S, Juni P, Shehata N; TRICS Investigators and Perioperative Anesthesia Clinical Trials Group. Six-Month Outcomes after Restrictive or Liberal Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery. N Engl J Med. 2018 Sep 27;379(13):1224-1233. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1808561. Epub 2018 Aug 26.
• Results Kalavrouziotis D, Voisine P, Mohammadi S, Dionne S, Dagenais F. High-dose tranexamic acid is an independent predictor of early seizure after cardiopulmonary bypass. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Jan;93(1):148-54. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.07.085. Epub 2011 Nov 4.
• Lamy A, Sirota DA, Jacques F, Poostizadeh A, Noiseux N, Efremov S, Demers P, Akselrod B, Wang CY, Arora RC, Branny P, McGuinness SP, Brown CD, Jeanmart H, Zhao Q, Zhang H, Belley-Cote EP, Whitlock RP, Browne A, Copland I, Vincent J, Khatun R, Balasubramanian K, Bangdiwala SI, McGillion MH, Fox-Robichaud AE, Spence J, Yusuf S, Devereaux PJ; DEPOSITION Study Group. Topical Versus Intravenous Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: The DEPOSITION Randomized Controlled Trial. Circulation. 2024 Oct 22;150(17):1315-1323. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069606. Epub 2024 Apr 8.

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