Meybohm 2019.

Study name	Liberal Transfusion Strategy to Prevent Mortality and Anaemia‐associated, Ischaemic Events in Elderly NOn‐cardiac Surgical Patients ‐  the LIBERAL Trial
Methods	RCT (multicentre)
Participants	Elderly (≥ 70 years) surgical patients for non‐cardiac surgery Estimated enrolment: 2470
Interventions	Liberal vs restrictive transfusions (9 g/dL vs 7.5 g/dL)
Outcomes	All‐cause mortality, myocardial infarction, stroke, kidney injury
Starting date	2018
Contact information	Patrick Meybohm; patrick.meybohm@kgu.de
Notes	Trial registration (prospective): NCT03369210 Funding: support from the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; grant no. ME 3559/3–1) (Germany)