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CompletedNCT03348072

Comparative Study of Survival and Long-term Quality of Life After Cardiac Surgery in Patients Who Are Jehovah's Witnesses

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
93 (actual)
Sponsor
Pierre Wauthy · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This is a comparative study on the survival and long-term quality of life of Jehovah's witnesses having undergone a cardiac surgery and having refused blood transfusions for religious reasons. This group will be compared with two other groups having no restrictions on this subject. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of this decision on survival and postoperative quality of life, in the long term.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDURECardiac surgeryCardiac surgery

Timeline

Start date
2016-02-01
Primary completion
2017-03-01
Completion
2017-03-01
First posted
2017-11-20
Last updated
2017-11-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03348072. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.