Active clinical trials for "Venous Thromboembolism"

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) can be the earliest sign of cancer. Identifying occult cancers at the time of VTE diagnosis may lead to significant improvement of patients' care. This is also an upmost issue for patients who want to know if an underlying cancer might have triggered the VTE. An individual patient-level data meta-analysis (IPDMA) supports extensive screening strategies for occult cancer especially based on FDG PET/CT, and suggests that the best target population for cancer screening would be patients with unprovoked VTE older than 50 years of age (6.7% in patients aged 50 years or more vs. 1.0% in patients of less than 50 years (OR: 7.1, 95% CI: 3.1 to 16%).

Lower limb immobilization is associated with high risk of complications, i.e. venous thromboembolism (VTE) and failed healing. Pharmacoprophylaxis of VTE is in leg-immobilized patients, however, low- or non-effective and associated with adverse events. Thus, there is a need for novel treatments. This study aims to demonstrate in leg immobilized patients who have suffered an ankle fracture (1000 patients) or an Achilles tendon rupture (400 patients) that adjuvant intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) therapy, which targets impaired vascular flow, compared to treatment-as-usual with plaster cast, reduces VTE incidence and improves healing.

The purpose of this study is to determine if additional interventions will assist with decreasing the risk and/or severity of thromboembolism (clotting complications) in patients who have experienced a major traumatic event.

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate tailored duration of long-term anticoagulant treatment after a first venous thromboembolism based on individualized risk assessments of recurrent VTE and major bleeding risks. Participants will be asked to fill in a questionnaire and take a buccal swab, which are used for an individual estimation of the risks of recurrent VTE and bleeding. Based on these risks a treatment advise will be made, or randomised in a subgroup of patients.

The researchers hypothesize that existing-prescription notifications directed to pharmacists are more likely to lead to a prescription change than existing-prescription notifications directed to prescribers. Furthermore, the researchers hypothesize that the availability of a pharmacist referral option is associated with a higher rate of prescription changes for initial-prescription alerts that are directed to the prescriber at the time of initial-prescribing errors. Findings from this project will establish a framework for implementing prescriber-pharmacist collaboration for high risk medications, including anticoagulants

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), which includes deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism, is a common cardiovascular disease associated with significant morbidity ranging from painful leg swelling, chest pain, shortness of breath, and even death. About 50% of all VTE events occur as a result of a current or recent hospital admission for surgery or acute medical illness. Hospital-acquired VTE is preventable, with interventions including anticoagulants and mechanical measures, including compression stockings and intermittent pneumatic compression. Prevented hospital acquired VTE is the focus of health services and the strongest hospital strategy to improve patient health in the world.

Investigators identified a high risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in patients presenting myotonic dystrophy type 1 treated in our hospital, 10 times higher than general population matched on age and sex. These venous thromboembolic events were frequently severe and lethal. Investigators suspect that this high risk of venous thromboembolism is due to coagulation abnormalities specific to myotonic dystrophy type 1. The purpose of this study is to determine: 1/ if there is a hypercoagulable state in myotonic dystrophy type 1 by testing patient's coagulation, and 2/ if genes encoding factors involved in coagulation have modified expression resulting in this hypercoagulable state. Understanding the pathophysiology will help preventing venous thromboembolism in these patients. It is the first study to describe this specific issue.

Aspirin and low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) are both commonly employed pharmacologic methods of venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis after orthopaedic surgery. Data comparing these two methods of VTE prophylaxis in patients undergoing pelvic/lower extremity orthopaedic surgery for malignancy are lacking, however, as compared to the data and guidelines present for VTE chemoprophylaxis after joint arthroplasty and hip fracture surgery. In this clinical trial, our specific aim is to compare the post operative incidence of VTE between patients receiving aspirin and LMWH after pelvic/lower extremity orthopaedic oncology procedures.

This study is a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, prospective phase 2 dose ranging study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Dimolegin - DD217 in prevention of venous thromboembolic complications in patients underwent knee replacement. The study model is at each stage in parallel groups. Dimolegin - DD217 efficacy and safety in prevention of venous thromboembolic complications during knee replacement in groups of 80 patients will be investigated. Patients who meet all inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria will be randomized into three therapy groups: two therapy groups of the test drug Dimolegin - DD217 (40 mg (group 1a) and 60 mg (group 1b)) and one reference group (Fragmin). Bilateral phlebography (preferably) or ultrasound duplex scanning (USDS) will be performed on the Day of the V13 visit. It is planned to randomize 240 patients (160 patients in two different groups of Dimolegin - DD217 therapy and 80 patients in the reference group of Fragmin (INN: dalteparin). The number of patients included in the study and randomized to receive Dimolegin - DD217, at the first stage, can be increased in the case of starting recruitment to additional group 1b. The maximum number of patients who can be included in the study at the first stage is 320. In total, no more than 480 patients can take part in the screening. Pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) parameters will be determined in patients who voluntarily give their consent to participate in the pharmacokinetic study (PKS) and pharmacodynamic study (PDS) and sign a Patient Information Leaflet with an informed consent form for participation in the PKS and PDS. PK parameters are planned to be determined in 18-20 patients (50 % of each sex) in each patient group. Participation in the voluntary part of PK study will be offered to all patients. The analysis of the composite endpoint frequency will be carried out using a generalized linear model for binary response. A formal conclusion about superiority will be made if the lower limit of the specified confidence intervals exceeds the value of 0.0. A formal conclusion on non-inferiority will be made if the lower limit of the specified confidence intervals exceeds the value of -0.05 (-5.0 %).

This study aims to investigate a novel positron emission tomography(PET)-probe for imaging of fresh intravascular blood clots in pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep venous thrombosis (DVT).