Antihistamine for Prevention of HTR After Blood Primed CPB (HTR - CPB)

April 16, 2026 updated by: Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Elhaddad, Kasr El Aini Hospital

Prophylactic Antihistamine for Prevention of Hypotensive Transfusion Reaction After Blood Primed Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: a Randomized-controlled Study

This study will be a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study conducted at a university hospital. Forty children undergoing elective repair of a congenital heart defect will be included. The patients will be randomly allocated (20 patients per group) to receive a single intravenous dose of combined chlorpheniramine or normal saline immediately after separation from CPB, before protamine administration.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

40

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • October
      • Giza, October, Egypt, 12582
        • Recruiting
        • Misr Universty for Scince and Technology
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Acyanotic congenital heart disease.
  • Age :1 -7 years.
  • Genre: both.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Redo patient.
  • History of allergy to antihistamines.
  • Bleeding disorders with INR > 1.5 and/or platelets < 50,000.
  • Emergency procedure.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Antihistamine
chlorpheniramine 0.25 mg/Kg in 2 ml
chlorpheniramine 0.25 mg/Kg in 2 ml immediately after separation from CPB, before protamine administration
Other Names:
  • chlorpheniramine
Placebo Comparator: control
equal volume of normal saline
equal volume normal saline

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
hypotention episode incidance
Time Frame: 15 min,post cardiopulmonary bypass weaning
Incidence of hypotension (20% MBP drop < baseline)15 minutes post-CBP weaning
15 min,post cardiopulmonary bypass weaning

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 1, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

November 1, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 11, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 11, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

April 17, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 21, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 16, 2026

Last Verified

April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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