Standard-dose Apixaban AFtEr Very Low-dose ThromboLYSis for Acute Intermediate-high Risk Acute Pulmonary Embolism
NCT ID: NCT03988842
Last Updated: 2021-06-11
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TERMINATED
PHASE4
4 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2019-07-25
2020-04-05
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
QUADRUPLE
Study Groups
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Alteplase & Unfractionated Heparin & Apixaban
Alteplase 24mg intravenous infusion for 20 minutes followed by unfractionated heparin intravenous infusion over 24 hours followed by apixaban 10mg tablet twice-daily for one week followed by apixaban 5mg tablet twice-daily for at least 6 months.
Alteplase
Lyophilized powder for reconstitution in 50mg vials
Unfractionated heparin
Heparin sodium in 0.45% sodium chloride injection for intravenous use
Apixaban
Apixaban tablet
Placebo & Unfractionated Heparin & Apixaban
Alteplase placebo solution 24mg intravenous infusion for 20 minutes followed by unfractionated heparin intravenous infusion over 24 hours followed by apixaban 10mg tablet twice-daily for one week followed by apixaban 5mg tablet twice-daily for at least 6 months.
Unfractionated heparin
Heparin sodium in 0.45% sodium chloride injection for intravenous use
Placebo
Saline solution reconstituted to mimic Alteplase 50mg vial
Apixaban
Apixaban tablet
Interventions
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Alteplase
Lyophilized powder for reconstitution in 50mg vials
Unfractionated heparin
Heparin sodium in 0.45% sodium chloride injection for intravenous use
Placebo
Saline solution reconstituted to mimic Alteplase 50mg vial
Apixaban
Apixaban tablet
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* PE symptom duration ≤14 days
* Intermediate-high risk PE: defined as RV dysfunction with an RV/LV diameter ≥ 0.9, sPESI \> 0, and either troponin \> 0.05ng/mL or BNP \> 100 pg/mL, and hemodynamically stable (systolic blood pressure \> 90mmHg without the use of vasopressor support)
* Randomization within 24 + 4 hours of anticoagulation
* Signed and dated informed consent obtained from subject or legally authorized representative before initiation of any study procedures
Exclusion Criteria
* Stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), head trauma, or other active intracranial or intraspinal disease within one year
* Recent (within one month) or active bleeding from a major organ
* Major surgery within 14 days
* Clinician deems the subject too high-risk for bleeding using HAS-BLED criteria
* History of any hematologic disease or coagulopathy
* Cirrhosis (as determined by Child-Pugh B or C)
* History of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)
* Hemodynamic instability defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) less than 90mmHg and/or use of vasopressors for greater than 15 minutes
* Severe hypertension as defined as SBP greater than 180mmHg
* Cardiac arrest or active cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
* Receiving neuraxial anesthesia or undergoing spinal puncture
* Patient with prosthetic heart valves
* Evidence of irreversible neurological compromise
* Evidence of poor functional status
* History of major gastrointestinal bleed within the last month
* Active gastric or duodenal ulcers
* Use of thrombolytics or glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonists within 3 days prior to diagnosis
* Lovenox administration within 12 hours of randomization
* Direct-acting oral anticoagulant use (dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban, or edoxaban) with last known dose within 48 hours
* Hemoglobin \< 10 g/dL
* Creatinine clearances \< 60 mL/min
* Platelets \< 100 thousand/µL
* INR \> 1.4
* Alanine transaminase (ALT) or aspartate transaminase (AST) ≥ 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* Total bilirubin (TBL) ≥ 1.5 times ULN (except due to confirmed Gilbert's syndrome)
* Patient is pregnant (positive pregnancy test; women of childbearing capacity must be tested prior to enrollment) or breast feeding
* Patient who is a prisoner, or if subject who becomes compulsory detained
* Active cancer defined as diagnosis of cancer within six months before the study inclusion, or receiving treatment for cancer at the time of inclusion or any treatment for cancer during 6 months prior to randomization, or recurrent locally advanced or metastatic cancer
* Known allergy, hypersensitivity or thrombocytopenia from heparin, tPA, or apixaban or iodinated contrast except for mild-moderate contrast allergies for which steroid pre-medication can be administered within 12 hours prior to the CTA
* HIV/AIDS
18 Years
75 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Bristol-Myers Squibb
INDUSTRY
Victor Tapson, MD
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Victor Tapson, MD
Director, Clinical Research for the Women's Guild Lung Institute; Director, Venous Thromboembolism and Pulmonary Vascular Disease Research Program; Associate Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division
Principal Investigators
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Victor F Tapson, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Aaron S Weinberg, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Locations
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, United States
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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Pro00054951
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Identifier Source: org_study_id
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