TRAnexamic Acid for Preventing Blood Loss Following a Cesarean Delivery in Women With Placenta pREVIA

Summary

Several randomized, controlled trials, mostly involving women undergoing cesarean delivery, have shown that the prophylactic intravenous administration of 1 g of tranexamic acid after childbirth reduced blood loss. Most were small, single-centre trials with considerable methodologic limitations. It is important to emphasize that none of these RCTs has included women at increased risk of PPH such as placenta previa, a context in which the prevalence of moderate and severe blood loss is significantly higher and where the magnitude of the effect of TXA may highly differ compared to low risk women

Timeline

Start

2020-08-07

Primary completion

2027-06

Completion

2027-09

Publications

• Sentilhes L, Madar H, Ifrah A, Chretien JM, Deneux-Tharaux C; TRAAPREVIA Study Group, the Groupe de Recherche en Obstetrique et Gynecologie (GROG). Study protocol. TRAAPREVIA-TRAnexamic acid for preventing blood loss following a cesarean delivery in women with a placenta pREVIA or low-lying placenta: a multicenter randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2025 May 30;25(1):635. doi: 10.1186/s12884-025-07682-1.
• Larson NJ, Mergoum AM, Dries DJ, Cook A, Blondeau B, Rogers FB. THE ROLE OF TRANEXAMIC ACID IN POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE: A NARRATIVE REVIEW. Shock. 2024 Nov 1;62(5):620-627. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000002455. Epub 2024 Aug 20.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.