# Use of Pediatric Size Phlebotomy Tubes in Adult Critically Ill Patients to Reduce Red Blood Cell Transfusions

> **NCT03286465** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston** · enrollment: 200 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Anemia

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Pediatric phlebotomy tubes
- **DEVICE:** Adult phlebotomy tubes

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03286465
- **Lead sponsor:** The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2017-11-07
- **Primary completion:** 2018-09-30
- **Final completion:** 2018-09-30
- **Target enrollment:** 200 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2021-08-30


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03286465

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03286465, "Use of Pediatric Size Phlebotomy Tubes in Adult Critically Ill Patients to Reduce Red Blood Cell Transfusions". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03286465. Licensed CC0.

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