sTErnAl heMostasiS Trial

Summary

Sternal bleeding remains an unsolved problem for cardiac surgery teams costing operative time, blood loss, and distraction from the critical operative field. As such, the following is an investigator-initiated trial to determine whether application of a topical hemostatic agent reduces sternal bleeding during cardiac surgery using sternotomy approach.

Timeline

Start

2024-10-17

Primary completion

2026-08

Completion

2026-09

Publications

• Background HEMOBLAST™ Bellows Hemostatic Agent [instructions for use]. Dilon Technologies, Inc.
• Background Now That's Real Stopping Powder [Information Brochure]. Dilon Technologies, Inc.
• Results Spotnitz WD, Zielske D, Centis V, Hoffman R, Gillen DL, Wittmann C, Guyot V, Campos DM, Forest P, Pearson A, McAfee PC. The SPOT GRADE: A New Method for Reproducibly Quantifying Surgical Wound Bleeding. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018 Jun 1;43(11):E664-E671. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002447.
• Results Elassal AA, Al-Ebrahim KE, Debis RS, Ragab ES, Faden MS, Fatani MA, Allam AR, Abdulla AH, Bukhary AM, Noaman NA, Eldib OS. Re-exploration for bleeding after cardiac surgery: revaluation of urgency and factors promoting low rate. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Jun 7;16(1):166. doi: 10.1186/s13019-021-01545-4.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.