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Transfusions for protocol eligibility

September 10, 2010

Letter to the Editor outlining three cases at our cancer centre over the past year wherein potential research subjects were transfused using blood products solely for the purpose of meeting eligibility criteria for a study requiring blood hemoglobin levels in excess of the hospital's transfusion guidelines.

The letter is a call to action for a review of this practice and to set limits for future trial requirements.