TY - JOUR AU - Breau, Rodney H. AU - Lavallée, Luke T. AU - Cnossen, Sonya AU - Witiuk, Kelsey AU - Cagiannos, Ilias AU - Momoli, Franco AU - Bryson, Gregory AU - Kanji, Salmaan AU - Morash, Christopher AU - Turgeon, Alexis AU - Zarychanski, Ryan AU - Mallick, Ranjeeta AU - Knoll, Greg AU - Fergusson, Dean A. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/05/02 TI - Tranexamic Acid versus Placebo to Prevent Blood Transfusion during Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer (TACT): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial JO - Trials SP - 261 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Radical cystectomy for bladder cancer is associated with a high risk of needing red blood cell transfusion. Tranexamic acid reduces blood loss during cardiac and orthopedic surgery, but no study has yet evaluated tranexamic acid use during cystectomy. SN - 1745-6215 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2626-3 DO - 10.1186/s13063-018-2626-3 ID - Breau2018 ER -