A high-dose 24-hour tranexamic acid infusion for the treatment of significant gastrointestinal bleeding: HALT-IT RC

Roberts I, Shakur-Still H, Afolabi A, Akere A, Arribas M, Austin E, Bal K, Bazeer N, Beaumont D, Brenner A, Carrington L, Chaudhri R, Coats T, Gilmore I, Halligan K, Hussain I, Jairath V, Javaid K, Kayani A, Lisman T, Mansukhani R, Miners A, Mutti M, Nadeem MA, Pollok R, Prowse D, Simmons J, Stanworth S, Veitch A, Williams J
Record ID 32013001061
English
Original Title: HALT-IT trial (Haemorrhage Alleviation with Tranexamic acid Intestinal System), a large randomised placebo controlled trial among patients with acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage of the effects of tranexamic acid on death and transfusion requirement
Authors' objectives: Tranexamic acid reduces blood loss in surgery and the risk of death in trauma patients. Meta-analyses of small trials suggest that tranexamic acid decreases the number of deaths from gastrointestinal bleeding, but these meta-analyses are prone to selection bias. The trial provides reliable evidence of the effect of tranexamic acid on mortality, rebleeding and complications in significant acute gastrointestinal bleeding.
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/hta/110104/#/
Year Published: 2021
URL for published report: https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hta/HTA25580
Requestor: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Full HTA
Country: England, United Kingdom
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta25580
MeSH Terms
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
  • Tranexamic Acid
  • Antifibrinolytic Agents
  • Blood Transfusion
Contact
Organisation Name: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
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