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After reports from observational studies suggesting an association between acutely ill medical patients and venous thromboembolism (VTE), interventional trials with anticoagulants drugs have demonstrated a significant reduction of VTE during and immediately after hospitalisation. Although several guidelines suggest the clinical relevance of reducing this outcome, there is a low tendency to use anticoagulants in patients hospitalised for acute medical illness. This observational multicentre study wants to evaluate the incidence of venous thrombo-embolism in acutely ill patients hospitalized in internal medicine wards.


Clinical Trial Description

Epidemiological studies have provided evidence of a high rate of thromboembolism in patients hospitalised in medical wards. Based on this, several clinical trials with anticoagulants including low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and fondaparinux have been performed in patients hospitalised for acute medical illness to prevent thromboembolism. Interventional trials consistently showed that prophylaxis with anticoagulants reduces the risk of composite endpoints of deep venous thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE) and DVT-related death. These results prompted recommendation to the use anticoagulant prophylaxis in patients hospitalised for acute medical illness, but, despite this, there is a widespread underuse of anticoagulant prophylaxis in the medical wards of hospitals.

This observational multicentre study wants to evaluate the incidence of venous thrombo-embolism in acutely ill patients hospitalized in internal medicine wards. ;


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NCT number NCT03157843
Study type Observational
Source University of Roma La Sapienza
Contact Francesco Violi, MD
Phone 064461933
Email francesco.violi@uniroma1.it
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date February 2015
Completion date January 2018

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