nctId: NCT06322537 id: 23-5339 briefTitle: Albumin Utilization in Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients: Retrospective acronym: AlbACS-1R overallStatus: NOT_YET_RECRUITING date: 2024-04-02 date: 2025-11-01 date: 2025-11-01 date: 2024-03-21 date: 2024-03-21 name: University Health Network, Toronto class: OTHER name: Queen's University name: Unity Health Toronto name: McMaster University name: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre name: London Health Sciences Centre name: The Ottawa Hospital name: Vancouver General Hospital name: Royal Columbian Hospital name: Nova Scotia Health Authority briefSummary: All heart surgery patients universally require hydration, which is given through a vein in the arm, but practices for treating patients are not universal. There are disagreements about whether crystalloids should be used alone or in combination with albumin. This question has important implications because albumin is an expensive blood product in relatively limited supply, and 20% of its use is by heart surgery patients. The goal of this study is to learn more about how crystalloids and albumin are used during heart surgery, as well as, key patient outcomes. conditions: Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures conditions: Albumin studyType: OBSERVATIONAL observationalModel: COHORT timePerspective: RETROSPECTIVE count: 500 type: ESTIMATED measure: Albumin measure: Crystalloid, volume dose and type administered sex: ALL minimumAge: 18 Years maximumAge: 99 Years stdAges: ADULT stdAges: OLDER_ADULT facility: Royal Columbian Hospital city: New Westminster state: British Columbia zip: V3L 3W7 country: Canada name: Michael Law, MD FRCPC role: CONTACT name: Ramanjot Kaur, MSc role: CONTACT lat: 49.20678 lon: -122.91092 facility: Vancouver General Hospital city: Vancouver, state: British Columbia zip: V5Z 1M9 country: Canada name: Darren Mullane, MB BCh BAO FRCPC FCAI FJFICM role: CONTACT lat: 49.24966 lon: -123.11934 facility: Nova Scotia Health Authority city: Halifax state: Nova Scotia zip: B3H 3A6 country: Canada name: Pieter de Jager role: CONTACT lat: 44.64533 lon: -63.57239 facility: McMaster University Medical Centre city: Hamilton state: Ontario country: Canada name: Michelle Zeller, MD FRCPC role: CONTACT lat: 43.25011 lon: -79.84963 facility: Kingston Health Sciences Centre city: Kingston state: Ontario zip: K7L 3N6 country: Canada name: Jeannie Callum, MD BA FRCPC role: CONTACT lat: 44.22976 lon: -76.48101 facility: London Health Science Centre city: London state: Ontario zip: N6A 5A5 country: Canada name: Christopher Harle, MD role: CONTACT name: Ziad Solh, MD MSc FRCPC role: CONTACT lat: 42.98339 lon: -81.23304 facility: University of Ottawa Heart Institute city: Ottawa state: Ontario zip: K1Y 4W7 country: Canada name: Diem Tran role: CONTACT name: Bernard McDonald role: CONTACT lat: 45.41117 lon: -75.69812 facility: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre city: Toronto state: Ontario zip: M4N 3M5 country: Canada name: Yulia Lin, MD FRCPC role: CONTACT lat: 43.70011 lon: -79.4163 facility: St. Michael's Hospital city: Toronto state: Ontario zip: M5B 1W8 country: Canada name: Katerina Pavenski, MD role: CONTACT lat: 43.70011 lon: -79.4163 facility: Toronto General Hospital - University Health Network city: Toronto state: Ontario zip: M5G 2C4 country: Canada lat: 43.70011 lon: -79.4163 hasResults: False