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Filter by:CACTUS-PTS is a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study which aims primarily to determine the effectiveness of a 6 week course of therapeutic-dose LMWH (nadroparine) injections vs. placebo in patients with a first symptomatic isolated distal (calf) deep-vein thrombosis (IDDVT), as measured by rate of proximal DVT and symptomatic PE at 6 weeks. Additionally, the study aims to determine if the 6 week course of treatment with therapeutic-dose LMWH (nadroparine) injections, compared to placebo, decreases the frequency of post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) at 1 year.
To determine whether fondaparinux as monotherapy without warfarin is effective and safe for long-term (90 days) treatment of DVT and/or PE, thus gaining new long-term experience and data using fondaparinux.
To investigate the efficacy and safety of once daily enoxaparin as a "bridge" to warfarin for the outpatient treatment of acute deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism.
To evaluate physician response to human alerts that inform the clinician that his/her patient may be eligible for thromboprophylaxis. Medical records are reviewed to evaluate prescribing decision and to evaluate rates of venous thromboembolism.
In this research study, the investigators are trying to find a better way to set the dose of a common blood-thinning medication. Patients with blood clots or a risk of blood clots (or stroke) sometimes have to take an approved medication called warfarin. Warfarin is a commonly prescribed, approved blood thinning medicine taken by mouth. There is a certain level of warfarin that is best for each patient at a particular time. It is hard for a doctor to choose and maintain the right dose of warfarin for each patient. Too much or too little warfarin in the blood can cause serious health problems. A "nomogram" is a tool that helps doctors decide on the right dose of warfarin. The usual way for finding the right dose of warfarin is for doctors to take an educated guess and use a "trial and error" approach. Patients have frequent blood tests to help doctors keep track of how well the dose level is working. Up until now, if a patient had good blood test results over half of the time, that was as well as doctors could do. The purpose of this study is to see whether the investigators can create a reliable new warfarin nomogram that will allow them to dose a patient correctly more often, perhaps about 3 times out of 4. The nomogram the investigators are studying uses information about a patient's health and genes to decide on the best dose of warfarin. The investigators don't yet have a reliable, safe way to choose the correct dose. In this study, the investigators will use a genetic blood test to try to find a better way. Genes are the parts of each living cell that allow characteristics to be passed on from parents to children. The investigators know that people with certain genes seem to respond to warfarin in a certain way. From a blood sample, the investigators can look at patients' genes and try to predict the response to the blood-thinning medication. There will be about 500 subjects taking part in this study. They will come from participating Partners' Hospitals, including Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Faulkner Hospital, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and North Shore Medical Center. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved warfarin for use as a blood thinner.
The purpose of this study is to determine the optimal dose of BAY 59-7939 and to compare the safety and effectiveness of this new drug with the standard way of treatment of deep vein thrombosis (heparin infusion plus one of the vitamin K antagonists), taking into account new events of thrombosis and pulmonary embolism and bleeding risk.
Venous thrombosis is the development of a blood clot in a vein. Post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) is a painful condition that can develop following a venous thrombosis in one of the deep veins of the leg. While PTS is mainly thought to occur because of damage to the vein, other factors may be responsible for the development of this condition. This study will analyze genetic and biologic samples from participants of a previous study to examine other possible causes of venous diseases and PTS.
Prospective controlled randomized clinical trial. Consecutive patients with acute proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the lower extremities, with or without contemporary manifestations of pulmonary embolism, are randomized to receive either a fixed duration of anticoagulant therapy (three months in patients with DVT secondary to transitory risk factors, six months in patients with idiopathic DVT) or a flexible duration of anticoagulant therapy, according to the persistence of residual thrombi, as shown by leg veins ultrasonography (up to 1 year in patients with secondary DVT, up to 2 years in those with idiopathic DVT). All patients are followed up to three years to assess the development of (objectively documented) recurrent thromboembolism. The rate of recurrent thromboembolism is compared between the two study groups, as well as the rate of major bleeding complications occurring during anticoagulation.
The purpose of this study is to learn if apixaban can prevent blood clots in the leg (deep vein Thrombosis [DVT]) and lung (pulmonary embolism [PE]) that sometimes occur after knee replacement surgery and to learn how apixaban compares to enoxaparin (Lovenox®) for preventing these clots. The safety of apixaban will also be studied.
To determine whether 3 months' anticoagulation is as good as or better than 6 months' for the treatment of DVT/PE