[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"health-study-detail:100651035":3},{"organization":4,"armGroups":7,"interventions":20,"overallOfficials":31,"centralContacts":36,"locations":44,"responsibleParty":60,"collaborators":26,"id":62,"slug":63,"hasResults":64,"nctId":65,"briefTitle":66,"officialTitle":67,"acronym":68,"eligibilityCriteria":69,"healthyVolunteers":64,"sex":70,"minAge":71,"maxAge":26,"enrollmentInfo":72,"targetDuration":26,"studyType":75,"phases":76,"briefSummary":78,"conditions":79,"keywords":83,"overallStatus":90,"whyStopped":26,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":91,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":92,"startDateStruct":95,"completionDateStruct":97,"leadSponsor":99,"locationsCount":100},{"fullName":5,"class":6},"Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital","OTHER",[8,15],{"label":9,"type":10,"description":11,"interventionNames":12},"PTS-First Sequence","EXPERIMENTAL","Participants from whom two yellow-cap serum separator blood tubes are drawn simultaneously. Tube #1 (first drawn) is transported via the pneumatic tube system (PTS), and Tube #2 (second drawn) is transported by manual personnel. Both tubes are dispatched simultaneously.",[13,14],"Procedure: Pneumatic Tube System Transport","Procedure: Manual Personnel Transport",{"label":16,"type":17,"description":18,"interventionNames":19},"Personnel-First Sequence","ACTIVE_COMPARATOR","Participants from whom two yellow-cap serum separator blood tubes are drawn simultaneously. Tube #1 (first drawn) is transported by manual personnel, and Tube #2 (second drawn) is transported via the pneumatic tube system (PTS). Both tubes are dispatched simultaneously.",[13,14],[21,27],{"type":22,"name":23,"description":24,"armGroupLabels":25,"otherNames":26},"PROCEDURE","Pneumatic Tube System Transport","Blood sample transport using the Sumetzberger Power Control pneumatic tube system (Sumetzberger, Austria). The system operates at a speed of 4-5 m\u002Fs over a distance of approximately 120 meters using cushioned capsules. Transport duration ranges between 50 and 90 seconds.",[9,16],null,{"type":22,"name":28,"description":29,"armGroupLabels":30,"otherNames":26},"Manual Personnel Transport","Blood sample transport performed manually by emergency department staff carrying the tube on foot from the phlebotomy area to the central clinical laboratory. Transport is dispatched simultaneously with the paired pneumatic tube sample.",[9,16],[32],{"name":33,"affiliation":34,"role":35},"Emir Ünal","Marmara University","PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR",[37,42],{"name":38,"role":39,"phone":40,"phoneExt":26,"email":41},"Emir Ünal, Assistant Professor","CONTACT","+905327766010","emirunal@gmail.com",{"name":43,"role":39,"phone":26,"phoneExt":26,"email":41},"Emir Unal, Assistant Professor",[45],{"facility":5,"status":26,"city":46,"state":47,"zip":48,"country":49,"countryCode":26,"cosmosGeoPoint":50,"geoPoint":55,"contacts":56},"Istanbul","Pendik","34899","Turkey (Türkiye)",{"type":51,"coordinates":52},"Point",[53,54],28.94966,41.01384,{"lat":54,"lon":53},[57],{"name":58,"role":39,"phone":59,"phoneExt":26,"email":41},"Emir ünal","05327766010",{"type":35,"investigatorFullName":33,"investigatorTitle":61,"investigatorAffiliation":5,"oldNameTitle":26,"oldOrganization":26},"Assistant Professor","100651035","effect-of-pneumatic-tube-system-vs-personnel-transport-on-hemolysis-index-in-emergency-department-blood-samples-a-randomized-within-patient-matched-trial-100651035",false,"NCT07755007","Effect of Pneumatic Tube System vs. Personnel Transport on Hemolysis Index in Emergency Department Blood Samples: A Randomized, Within-Patient Matched Trial","Comparison of the Effect of Pneumatic Tube System and Personnel Transport on Hemolysis Index in Blood Samples From the Emergency Department: A Randomized, Within-Patient Matched, Single-Blind, Prospective Study","PTS-HEMO-ED","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Adults aged 18 years or older\n* Presenting to the emergency department of Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital\n* Venous blood draw required for routine clinical care needing two or more yellow-cap (serum separator) tubes\n* Written informed consent provided by the participant\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Known underlying hemolytic disorder (e.g., hemolytic anemia, sickle cell disease, G6PD deficiency, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, or TTP\u002FHUS)\n* Macroscopic hemolysis visible in the sample tube immediately after phlebotomy\n* Age younger than 18 years","ALL","18 Years",{"count":73,"type":74},166,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[77],"NA","Hemolysis is the most common pre-analytical error in emergency department (ED) laboratory specimens and can lead to false elevation of intracellular analytes (potassium, LDH, AST, hemoglobin), resulting in misdiagnosis and unnecessary testing. Blood samples in the ED are transported to the laboratory either by pneumatic tube systems (PTS) or manually by personnel. Although PTS shortens turnaround time, the forces generated during transport may damage erythrocyte membranes and promote hemolysis. Evidence on whether PTS increases hemolysis compared with personnel transport is inconsistent, partly because existing studies use parallel-group designs that cannot control for between-subject biological variability, and partly because findings differ across PTS brands and configurations. The Sumetzberger Power Control PTS installed at Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital (speed 4-5 m\u002Fs, 120 m, cushioned capsule) has not been prospectively validated for hemolysis risk. This study uses a randomized, within-patient matched, single-blind design in which two simultaneously drawn yellow-cap tubes from the same patient are randomly allocated-one to PTS and one to personnel transport-thereby eliminating between-patient variability. The primary outcome is the Hemolysis Index (HI) category (ordinal scale 0-5 corresponding to free hemoglobin thresholds of \\\u003C50, 50-99, 100-199, 200-299, 300-500, and \\>500 mg\u002FdL). Secondary outcomes include the rate of clinically significant hemolysis (HI ≥ 1 \u002F free Hb ≥ 50 mg\u002FdL) and the correlation between transport time and HI.",[80,81,82],"Hemolysis","Diagnostic Errors","Blood Specimen Collection",[84,85,86,87,88,89],"Pneumatic Tube System","Blood Specimen Transport","Hemolysis Index","Emergency Service, Hospital","Pre-Analytical Variability","Sumetzberger","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2026-08-05",{"date":93,"type":94},"2026-08-10","ACTUAL",{"date":96,"type":74},"2026-08",{"date":98,"type":74},"2027-01",{"name":5,"class":6},1]