Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
Postoperative intravenous iron to treat iron-deficiency anaemia in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a protocol for a pilot, multicentre, placebo-controlled randomized trial (the POAM trial)
Study context
- Population
- Adults with preoperative iron-deficiency anaemia undergoing non-emergency cardiac surgery
- Participants
- 60 adults · 3 centres
- Planned comparison
- Postoperative i.v. iron vs placebo
- Primary endpoint
- Number of days alive and out of hospital (definitive study)
- Follow-up
- 90 days after surgery
Methodological detailsinternal pilot, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, multicentre, Follow-up 12 months, Clinical practice not otherwise modified
- Internal pilot
- Double-blinded
- Placebo-controlled
- Multicentre
- Follow-up 12 months
- Clinical practice not otherwise modified
No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.
Original publication
Postoperative intravenous iron to treat iron-deficiency anaemia in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a protocol for a pilot, multicentre, placebo-controlled randomized trial (the POAM trial). BJA Open. Published 27 July 2024. doi:10.
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