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HypofibrinogenemiaCRYO-FIRSTNCT07218185

Cryo-FIRST: Effectiveness of INTERCEPT Fibrinogen Complex (IFC) for Trauma-Associated Hemorrhage

An observational study of Hypofibrinogenemia and Hemorrhage, run by Cerus Corporation at 4 sites in United States.

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Trial summary

The objective of this multicenter, single-arm, observational study is to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of early administration of FDA-approved, pre-thawed Pathogen Reduced Cryoprecipitated Fibrinogen Complex (INTERCEPT Fibrinogen Complex, IFC) in trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock (HS) and functional… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Pathogen Reduced Cryoprecipitated Fibrinogen Complex
How many people
320 participants
Where
4 sitesUnited States
Study dates
15 Sep 2026to Aug 2028
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Adult male and female trauma patients, age ≥18 years or estimated weight ≥50 kg if age is unknown, with evidence of hemorrhagic shock and functional hypofibrinogenemia by admission point-of-care testing, admitted to a participating trauma center within 1 hour of sustaining injury.

Who may be able to join

  • Traumatic injury
  • Age ≥18 years or estimated weight ≥50 kg, if age unknown
  • Presenting to a participating trauma center ≤1 hour from estimated time of injury
  • Functional hypofibrinogenemia upon arrival to the trauma center as measured by point-of-care testing (Quantra®) with FCS <1.6 hPa
  • Hemorrhagic shock, defined as:
  • Initiation of transfusion of any uncrossmatched blood product;
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  • Evidence of active hemorrhage as judged by the attending trauma surgeon; and
  • Initiation of the participating trauma center's massive transfusion protocol (MTP)
  • IFC administration is clinically indicated per the treating physician
  • IFC is available at the time of enrollment

Who cannot join

  • Suspected isolated severe brain or spinal cord injury
  • Isolated drowning or hanging
  • Burns >20% total body surface area (TBSA)
  • Known pregnancy
  • Admitted from a correctional facility
  • Known do not resuscitate (DNR) order
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  • Traumatic arrest >5 minutes, defined as continuous CPR >5 minutes at any time point prior to enrollment in the study
  • Isolated fall from standing
  • Emergency Department (ED) thoracotomy

Trial locations and contacts

4 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

United States4 sites
  • Anschutz Medical Center, University of Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045

  • R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21201

  • Ryder Trauma Center/Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami

    Miami, Florida, 33136

  • Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University of Saint Louis

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110

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About this study

Official title: Cryo-FIRST: Cryoprecipitate For Immediate Resuscitation in Severe Trauma: Effectiveness of Pathogen Reduced Cryoprecipitated Fibrinogen Complex (INTERCEPT Fibrinogen Complex, IFC) for Treatment of Trauma Associated Hemorrhage

The objective of this multicenter, single-arm, observational study is to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of early administration of FDA-approved, pre-thawed Pathogen Reduced Cryoprecipitated Fibrinogen Complex (INTERCEPT Fibrinogen Complex, IFC) in trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock (HS) and functional hypofibrinogenemia. This study will determine whether rapid point-of-care testing for functional hypofibrinogenemia and availability of a shelf-stable fibrinogen complex (IFC) results in shorter time to administration of fibrinogen replacement and correction of functional hypofibrinogenemia, as compared with historical controls and published literature using conventional cryoprecipitate-AHF (CRYO-AHF).

This study aims to:

  • Demonstrate the feasibility and response to early administration of pre-thawed IFC when ordered during initial resuscitation of severely injured patients with HS and functional hypofibrinogenemia.
  • Assess the effectiveness of early administration of pre-thawed IFC on correction of functional hypofibrinogenemia and on proximate process measures of resuscitation, including time to hemostasis, time to completion of resuscitation, and total volume of resuscitation.
  • Assess clinical outcomes in severely injured patients with HS and functional hypofibrinogenemia receiving early administration of pre-thawed IFC.
Read the detailed description

This is a multicenter, pragmatic, observational, single-arm study evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of early administration of pre-thawed Pathogen Reduced Cryoprecipitated Fibrinogen Complex (INTERCEPT Fibrinogen Complex, IFC) in trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock and functional hypofibrinogenemia.

Adult trauma patients age ≥18 years, or estimated weight ≥50 kg if age is unknown, who present to a participating trauma center within 1 hour of estimated time of injury and meet criteria for hemorrhagic shock will be screened using the point-of-care Quantra® Hemostasis Analyzer. Functional hypofibrinogenemia is defined as FCS <1.6 hPa by Quantra® point-of-care testing. Patients are eligible only if cryoprecipitate administration is clinically indicated by the treating physician, IFC is available at the time of enrollment, and the patient will receive IFC per standard of care.

Following administration of IFC, an additional Quantra® point-of-care test will be completed at completion of resuscitation (COR), defined as discontinuation of the massive transfusion protocol (MTP), to evaluate fibrinogen response. Additional IFC may be administered if additional hemostatic correction is determined to be needed by the treating clinician, repeat point-of-care testing, or clinical judgment.

Primary outcomes are the proportion of patients with hemorrhagic shock and functional hypofibrinogenemia who receive IFC within 60 minutes of presentation to the participating trauma center and the proportion of patients with successful correction of functional hypofibrinogenemia at COR. Secondary outcomes include time to hemostasis, estimated blood loss, transfusion burden/total volume of resuscitation, mortality at 3 hours, 6 hours, 24 hours, and 30 days or in-hospital mortality, and adverse clinical outcomes through 30 days, hospital discharge, or death, whichever occurs first. Outcomes may be compared descriptively with historical controls, site medical databases, and published literature using CRYO-AHF.

Four Level 1 trauma centers will enroll approximately 320 patients over approximately 24 months.

Being tested
Pathogen Reduced Cryoprecipitated Fibrinogen Complex
Keywords
Fibrinogen, Hemorrhage, Trauma, Resuscitation, INTERCEPT Fibrinogen Complex, Pathogen Reduced Cryoprecipitated Fibrinogen Complex, Hemorrhagic Shock, Quantra
Medical subject headings
Afibrinogenemia, Hemorrhage, Shock, Hemorrhagic, Wounds and Injuries

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Pathogen Reduced Cryoprecipitated Fibrinogen ComplexBiological

    Also called INTERCEPT Fibrinogen Complex, IFC

    Pre-thawed IFC will be administered per standard of care when cryoprecipitate administration is clinically indicated by the treating physician and IFC is available. Participants must have functional hypofibrinogenemia by Quantra® POC testing with FCS <1.6 hPA. Additional IFC may be administered based on repeat POC testing or clinical judgment.

Study groups in NCT07218185
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
IFC armSubjects will receive Pathogen Reduced Cryoprecipitated Fibrinogen Complex (IFC) for fibrinogen supplementation.
Receives: Biological: Pathogen Reduced Cryoprecipitated Fibrinogen Complex

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. IFC administration within 60 minutes of presentation

    Proportion (%) of patients with hemorrhagic shock and functional hypofibrinogenemia who receive IFC within 60 minutes of presentation to the participating trauma center.

    Measured: From presentation/admission to the participating trauma center to initial IFC transfusion, assessed up to 60 minutes after presentation.

  2. Correction of functional hypofibrinogenemia after IFC transfusion

    Proportion of patients with successful correction of functional fibrinogen, defined as FCS ≥1.6 hPa by Quantra® point-of-care testing after transfusion of IFC, measured at completion of resuscitation (COR).

    Measured: At completion of resuscitation (COR), defined as discontinuation of the massive transfusion protocol (MTP), after IFC transfusion.

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Mortality

    Mortality incidence at 3 hours, 6 hours, 24 hours, and 30 days or in-hospital mortality.

    Measured: 3, 6, and 24 hours after admission/enrollment; 30 days or in-hospital mortality.

  2. Clinical complications/adverse clinical outcomes.

    Incidences of acute blood loss anemia, abdominal compartment syndrome, acute kidney injury, acute renal failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome, bleeding after hemostasis requiring intervention, coagulopathy, febrile non-hemolytic transfusion reaction, hospital-acquired pneumonia, intraabdominal infection, liver failure, MOD, MOF, myocardial infarction, sepsis, stroke, surgical site infection, symptomatic and asymptomatic deep vein thrombosis, symptomatic and asymptomatic pulmonary embolism, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, transfusion-associated circulatory overload (TACO), transfusion-associated lung injury (TRALI), transfusion-related allergic reactions, transfusion-related hyperkalemia in the first 24 hours, transfusion-related hypocalcemia in the first 24 hours, and ventilator-associated pneumonia.

    Measured: From enrollment through 30 days, hospital discharge, or death, whichever occurs first.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted20 Oct 2025
  2. Study start15 Sep 2026
  3. Primary completionJul 2028 (estimated)
  4. Study completionAug 2028 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
320 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07218185
Sponsor's protocol ID
CLI 00193
Acronym
CRYO-FIRST
Status last verified
Oct 2026
First submitted
30 Sep 2025
Last updated
14 Oct 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes

Publications

  • Rossetto A, Wohlgemut JM, Brohi K, Davenport R. Sonorheometry versus rotational thromboelastometry in trauma: a comparison of diagnostic and prognostic performance. J Thromb Haemost. 2023 Aug;21(8):2114-2125. doi: 10.1016/j.jtha.2023.04.031. Epub 2023 May 8.

    PubMed 37164268
  • Huffman G, Wilken N, Loh JH, Fazal M, Lei I, Myers A, et al. Analysis of Wastage, Savings, and Maternal and Pediatric Outcomes for Pooled Pathogen Reduced Cryoprecipitate versus Conventional Cryoprecipitate. Baylor College of Medicine; Abstract AABB Annual Meeting. 2024.

  • Holcomb JB, Tilley BC, Baraniuk S, Fox EE, Wade CE, Podbielski JM, del Junco DJ, Brasel KJ, Bulger EM, Callcut RA, Cohen MJ, Cotton BA, Fabian TC, Inaba K, Kerby JD, Muskat P, O'Keeffe T, Rizoli S, Robinson BR, Scalea TM, Schreiber MA, Stein DM, Weinberg JA, Callum JL, Hess JR, Matijevic N, Miller CN, Pittet JF, Hoyt DB, Pearson GD, Leroux B, van Belle G; PROPPR Study Group. Transfusion of plasma, platelets, and red blood cells in a 1:1:1 vs a 1:1:2 ratio and mortality in patients with severe trauma: the PROPPR randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2015 Feb 3;313(5):471-82. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.12.

    PubMed 25647203
  • Davenport R, Curry N, Fox EE, Thomas H, Lucas J, Evans A, Shanmugaranjan S, Sharma R, Deary A, Edwards A, Green L, Wade CE, Benger JR, Cotton BA, Stanworth SJ, Brohi K; CRYOSTAT-2 Principal Investigators. Early and Empirical High-Dose Cryoprecipitate for Hemorrhage After Traumatic Injury: The CRYOSTAT-2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2023 Nov 21;330(19):1882-1891. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.21019.

    PubMed 37824155
  • Curry N, Rourke C, Davenport R, Beer S, Pankhurst L, Deary A, Thomas H, Llewelyn C, Green L, Doughty H, Nordmann G, Brohi K, Stanworth S. Early cryoprecipitate for major haemorrhage in trauma: a randomised controlled feasibility trial. Br J Anaesth. 2015 Jul;115(1):76-83. doi: 10.1093/bja/aev134. Epub 2015 May 19.

    PubMed 25991760
  • McQuilten ZK, Bailey M, Cameron PA, Stanworth SJ, Venardos K, Wood EM, Cooper DJ. Fibrinogen concentration and use of fibrinogen supplementation with cryoprecipitate in patients with critical bleeding receiving massive transfusion: a bi-national cohort study. Br J Haematol. 2017 Oct;179(1):131-141. doi: 10.1111/bjh.14804. Epub 2017 Jun 27.

    PubMed 28653339
  • Holcomb JB, del Junco DJ, Fox EE, Wade CE, Cohen MJ, Schreiber MA, Alarcon LH, Bai Y, Brasel KJ, Bulger EM, Cotton BA, Matijevic N, Muskat P, Myers JG, Phelan HA, White CE, Zhang J, Rahbar MH; PROMMTT Study Group. The prospective, observational, multicenter, major trauma transfusion (PROMMTT) study: comparative effectiveness of a time-varying treatment with competing risks. JAMA Surg. 2013 Feb;148(2):127-36. doi: 10.1001/2013.jamasurg.387.

    PubMed 23560283

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Hypofibrinogenemia and Hemorrhage, run by Cerus Corporation at 4 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 10 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: enrolling by invitation, as of the sponsor's last update on 14 Oct 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 4 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

IFC administration within 60 minutes of presentation (time frame: From presentation/admission to the participating trauma center to initial IFC transfusion, assessed up to 60 minutes after presentation.). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT07218185, which also lists 7 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 14 Oct 2026; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 26 Oct 2026.

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