# Fluid Loading in Abdominal Surgery: Saline Versus Hydroxyethyl Starch (FLASH Study)

> **NCT02502773** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand** · enrollment: 826 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Postoperative Morbidity
- Postoperative Mortality

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Hydroxethyl starch

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02502773
- **Lead sponsor:** University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-02
- **Primary completion:** 2018-07-22
- **Final completion:** 2018-10-22
- **Target enrollment:** 826 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-02-21

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02502773

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02502773, "Fluid Loading in Abdominal Surgery: Saline Versus Hydroxyethyl Starch (FLASH Study)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-09-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02502773. Licensed CC0.

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