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NCT Number: NCT06142825

Developing, Implementing and Evaluating Effective Community-facility Interactions to Improve Blood Availability and Transfusion in Three Distinct County Settings in Kenya

The strategy of the CoBAnK study is to establish and enable the function of Community-Facility Transfusion Committees (CFTCs) incorporating diverse representation involving hospital, community, and county leadership, to improve blood availability and transfusion at the point-of-care.

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Key information

Conditions

Blood Transfusion

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55414, United States

About this study

The strategy of the CoBAnK study is to establish and enable the function of Community-Facility Transfusion Committees (CFTCs) incorporating diverse representation involving hospital, community, and county leadership, to improve blood availability and transfusion at the point-of-care. The CFTC strategy will be evaluated across nine transfusing facilities across three counties in Kenya (two intervention and one control site in each county). While the intervention will be tested in "beta" facilities (i.e., facilities without a co-located blood bank) in each county, blood availability will also be measured in "alpha" facilities (i.e., facilities with co-located blood banks) in the three counties, which supply blood to the beta facilities.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Eligibility criteria for study sites (beta hospitals):

  • Transfusing hospital at level 3 or higher
  • Has conducted at least 20 blood transfusions in the preceding year
  • Does not have a KTTA-approved blood bank (regional or satellite) in the facility premises
  • Receives blood from a blood bank at an Alpha Facility in the same county

Treatment and study plan

Community-Facility Transfusion Committee (CFTC)

Other

Community-Facility Transfusion Committees (CFTCs) are intended to incorporate diverse representation involving hospital, community, and county leadership, to improve blood availability and transfusion at the point-of-care.

Primary outcomes

  1. Met blood need

    Time frame: The time required for the hospital laboratory to process a request for blood for transfusion, up to two weeks.

    The proportion of transfusion requests resulting in dispatch of blood products from the laboratory

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Minnesota

Other

Collaborators

  • Center for Public Health and Development, Kenya (CPHD)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
  • Strathmore University
  • University of Pittsburgh

Registry information

Official study title

Developing, Implementing and Evaluating Effective Community-facility Interactions to Improve Blood Availability and Transfusion in Three Distinct County Settings in Kenya (CoBAnK): A Type III Hybrid Effectiveness-implementation Trial.

Acronym: CoBAnK

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Nov 22, 2023
Registry last updated
Jun 18, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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