Salvaged Red Blood Cell Transfusion During Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Operations

May 14, 2026 updated by: NYU Langone Health

The purpose of this study is to prospectively study the safety of salvage red blood cell (sRBC) transfusion during pancreatic surgery.

Primary Objective:

  1. To summarize rates and timing of septic adverse events (AE) for patients who receive sRBC or aRBC transfusions within 72 hours of peri-operative transfusion.
  2. To summarize rates and timing of transfusion related AEs for patients who receive sRBC or aRBC transfusions within 72 hours of peri-operative transfusion.
  3. To summarize rates and timing of AEs in the first 7 post-operative days.

Secondary Objectives:

  1. To summarize the number of units of aRBC transfused post operative day (POD) #0 after sRBC transfusion in the operating room.
  2. To summarize the number of units of aRBC transfused POD#1-7 after sRBC transfusion the operating room, in the absence of overt post-operative hemorrhage.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Not yet recruiting

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

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40

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • United States
    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States, 10016
        • NYU Langone Health

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Provision of signed and dated informed consent form. Able to understand their disease and the exploratory nature of sRBC transfusion during surgery for this histology.
  2. Patient is 18 years of age or older
  3. Patient has a diagnosis of cytologically or pathologically confirmed pancreatic adenocarcinoma
  4. Patient has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2
  5. Patient has an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification of physical health status of 1-4
  6. Life expectancy of greater than six months
  7. Hemoglobin > 8.9 g/dl
  8. Platelet count greater than 200,000/mm3
  9. International Normalization Ratio ≤1.8
  10. Total serum bilirubin ≤ 2 mg/dL
  11. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dl
  12. Recovered from any hematologic toxicity less than grade 3 from all prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy, and be at least 14 days past the date of their last treatment.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Concomitant medical problems that would place the patient at unacceptable risk for a major surgical procedure.
  2. History of congestive heart failure and/or an LVEF <40%.
  3. Metastases
  4. Active systemic infections, hematological diseases, coagulation disorders or other major medical illnesses of the cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, respiratory or immune system.
  5. Patients with transabdominal drains, or peripancreatic abscess or fluid collections on cross-sectional imaging.

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: Autologous group - sRBC
Patients with enough salvaged blood to generate a unit for transfusion will be transfused their own (autologous) blood, as long as they were not transfused allogeneic red blood cell (aRBC) during the same operation
Device: The Fresenius Kabi C.A.T.S®plus Continuous AutoTransfusion System
A cell salvage device will be utilized to collect all spilled blood during the course of the operative resection and vascular reconstruction.
Experimental: Allogeneic group - aRBC
Patients requiring transfusion at the discretion of the surgeon and the anesthesiologist without enough salvaged blood to generate a unit for transfusion will be transfused aRBC.
Device: The Fresenius Kabi C.A.T.S®plus Continuous AutoTransfusion System
A cell salvage device will be utilized to collect all spilled blood during the course of the operative resection and vascular reconstruction.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Rate of sepsis within 72 hours of operations
Time Frame: within 72 hours of operations
within 72 hours of operations
Rate of transfusion related complication within the first 72 hours
Time Frame: Up to 7 days post-operative
Up to 7 days post-operative
Rate of all adverse events in the first post-operate week
Time Frame: Up to 7 days post-operative
Up to 7 days post-operative

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Units of aRBC required on post-operative day 0
Time Frame: Post-operative day 0 (up to 24 hours)]
Post-operative day 0 (up to 24 hours)]
Units of aRBC required on post-operative day 1-7
Time Frame: Post-operative days 1-7
Post-operative days 1-7

Other Outcome Measures

Other Outcome Measures

For clinical trials, a planned measurement described in the protocol that is used to determine the effect of an intervention/treatment on participants. For observational studies, a measurement or observation that is used to describe patterns of diseases or traits, or associations with exposures, risk factors, or treatment. Types of outcome measures include primary outcome measure and secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Months until date of first biopsy or imaging evidence of progression, agreed upon by at multidisciplinary conference or months until death, if death occurs without disease progression
Time Frame: Until study completion (up to 5 years)
Until study completion (up to 5 years)
Months until date of death from any cause
Time Frame: Until study completion (up to 5 years)]
Until study completion (up to 5 years)]

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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NYU Langone Health

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Michael D. Kluger, MD, MPH, NYU Langone Health

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

Study Start

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June 1, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

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May 1, 2028

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

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June 1, 2031

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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May 14, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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May 14, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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May 20, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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May 20, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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May 14, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

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May 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • 25-01196

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

The sample size in this exploratory study is small such that data sharing may risk breaching confidentiality.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

Yes

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