Clinical Decision Rule Validation Study to Predict Low Recurrent Risk in Patients With Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism

NCT ID: NCT00967304

Last Updated: 2016-09-01

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

2779 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-11-30

Study Completion Date

2016-07-31

Brief Summary

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The main objective of this study is to verify whether a new clinical decision rule identifying patients diagnosed with unprovoked blood clots who have a low risk of recurrence can safely stop oral anticoagulant therapy after 5-7 months of treatment.

Detailed Description

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Up to 50% of patients with a first episode of venous thromboembolism (VTE) have no identifiable cause (i.e. are unprovoked VTEs). The risk of recurrent VTE in this large group of patients with unprovoked VTE after 3-6 months of anticoagulant therapy is 5-10.8% in the year following discontinuation of oral anticoagulant therapy. One in six to one in twenty recurrences of a new VTE are fatal. Given the intermediate risks of recurrence in unselected unprovoked VTE patients, clinicians do not have clear guidance on whether to continue or discontinue anticoagulants in patients with unprovoked VTE. Recently attention has turned to the concept of risk stratification to identify subgroups of patients with unprovoked VTE who could safely discontinue oral anticoagulation therapy (OAT).

In the REVERSE I study, a clinical decision rule derivation study conducted from 2001 to 2006, we developed and internally validated the clinical decision rule "Men continue and HER DOO2" that identifies patients with a first unprovoked VTE who likely have a low risk of recurrent VTE and could safely discontinue OAT subsequent to 5-7 months of OAT. The present study will evaluate if the "Men continue and HER DOO2" rule (comprised of gender, elevated D-dimer levels, post-thrombotic signs, obesity, and older age) is safe, clinically useful, and reproducible when prospectively implemented in multiple centers and a variety of settings. If this clinical decision rule is validated, it will provide physicians with important information to allow them to more confidently identify unprovoked VTE patients at low risk of VTE recurrence who may not need to continue OAT.

Conditions

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Idiopathic Venous Thromboembolism

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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1 Discontinue OAT or AAA

Patients classified as being at low risk of recurrent VTE by the "HER DOO2"rule.

If the clinical decision rule indicates that a patient is at low recurrence risk (\<3% per year); anticoagulant therapy will be withdrawn and the participant will then be followed for 1 year for any VTE recurrence and/or bleeding.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Application of the"Men continue and HER DOO2" rule

Intervention Type OTHER

Consecutive patients will have the"Men continue and HER DOO2" rule applied by the attending physician between 5 - 12 months after treatment for a first unprovoked objectively proven major VTE.

"Men continue and HER DOO2" rule: all men continue oral anticoagulants and women with 2 or more of the following features after 5-7 months of OAT should continue oral anticoagulants:1) HER - any Hyperpigmentation, Edema and Redness of either lower extremity, 2) Vidas D-dimer ≥250ug/L, 3) Obesity - BMI ≥30 kg/m2 and 4) Older age - Age ≥65 years.

2 Observation arm

Men and patients classified as being at high risk of recurrent VTE by the "HER DOO2"rule.

If the clinical decision rule indicates that a patient is at high recurrence risk then the decision to continue or discontinue anticoagulant therapy will be left to the discretion of physicians and patients as per current standard of care and this decision recorded. High risk patients (females classified as being at high risk of recurrent VTE by the CDR, and all males) will then be followed as an observational cohort for 1 year for any VTE recurrence and/or bleeding.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Application of the"Men continue and HER DOO2" rule

Consecutive patients will have the"Men continue and HER DOO2" rule applied by the attending physician between 5 - 12 months after treatment for a first unprovoked objectively proven major VTE.

"Men continue and HER DOO2" rule: all men continue oral anticoagulants and women with 2 or more of the following features after 5-7 months of OAT should continue oral anticoagulants:1) HER - any Hyperpigmentation, Edema and Redness of either lower extremity, 2) Vidas D-dimer ≥250ug/L, 3) Obesity - BMI ≥30 kg/m2 and 4) Older age - Age ≥65 years.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Clinical Decision Rule

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* First episode of major unprovoked VTE
* VTE objectively proven
* VTE treated for 5-12 months with anticoagulant therapy authorized for the REVERSE II study (initial or ongoing therapy)
* Absence of recurrent VTE during the treatment period

Exclusion Criteria

* Less than 18 years of age
* Patients who have already discontinued anticoagulant therapy
* Patients requiring ongoing anticoagulation for reasons other than VTE
* Being treated for a recurrent unprovoked VTE
* Patients with high risk thrombophilia
* patients who plan on using exogenous estrogen(OCP,HRT)if anticoagulant therapy is discontinued
* Patients with pregnancy associated VTE
* Geographically inaccessible for follow-up
* Patients unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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BioMérieux

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Brest

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Marc Rodger, MD, MSc

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Locations

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UC Davis

Santa Monica, California, United States

Site Status

Penobscot Bay Medical Center

Rockport, Maine, United States

Site Status

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina, United States

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Prince of Wales Hospital

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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CUB Hopital Erasme

Brussels, , Belgium

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CDHA-Queen Elizabeth II Health Science Centre

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Hamilton Health Sciences Center

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Victoria Hospital

London, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Ottawa Health Research Institute

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

University Health Network

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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SMBD Jewish General Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Hopital Sacre Coeur

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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McGill University Health Centre

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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St. Mary's Hospital - CHUM

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Hopital Enfant Jesus

Québec, Quebec, Canada

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Saskatchewan Drug Research Institute

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Site Status

Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire de Brest

Brest, , France

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Orange Lifesciences

Nirmaya, , India

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Sahyadri Speciality Hospital

Pune, , India

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Shefali Centre

Shefali, , India

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Jashvant Patel Clinic

Surat, , India

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Hopitaux Universitaires de Geneve

Geneva, , Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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United States Australia Belgium Canada France India Switzerland

References

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Rodger MA, Kahn SR, Wells PS, Anderson DA, Chagnon I, Le Gal G, Solymoss S, Crowther M, Perrier A, White R, Vickars L, Ramsay T, Betancourt MT, Kovacs MJ. Identifying unprovoked thromboembolism patients at low risk for recurrence who can discontinue anticoagulant therapy. CMAJ. 2008 Aug 26;179(5):417-26. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.080493.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18725614 (View on PubMed)

Rodger MA, Le Gal G, Anderson DR, Schmidt J, Pernod G, Kahn SR, Righini M, Mismetti P, Kearon C, Meyer G, Elias A, Ramsay T, Ortel TL, Huisman MV, Kovacs MJ; REVERSE II Study Investigators. Validating the HERDOO2 rule to guide treatment duration for women with unprovoked venous thrombosis: multinational prospective cohort management study. BMJ. 2017 Mar 17;356:j1065. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j1065.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28314711 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2008039-01H

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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