Using a Real-Time Risk Prediction Model to Predict Pediatric Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Events

NCT ID: NCT04574895

Last Updated: 2023-12-19

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

17427 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-11-02

Study Completion Date

2023-12-01

Brief Summary

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The study will evaluate the effectiveness of a novel, real-time risk prediction model for identifying pediatric patients at risk for developing in-hospital blood clots (or venous thromboembolism \[VTE\]) based on data easily extracted from the electronic medical record. The study will assess whether using the risk percentages for developing VTE derived from the model increases the number of high-risk patients screened by the pediatric hematology team, which may may lead to an overall reduction in the number of pediatric VTEs seen at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.

Detailed Description

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VTE risk factors in adult hospitalized patients are well established and prevention strategies have been implemented for many years. Unfortunately, VTE prevention guidelines are not well established in children, and the pathophysiology of pediatric VTE is sufficiently different from adults that adult studies cannot be extrapolated to pediatrics. There are no randomized trials in pediatrics to determine whether a risk prediction model helps prevent pediatric VTEs.

A risk prediction model was developed that can be applied at admission and updated daily to predict pediatric patients at higher risk for developing a VTE. This model was developed from electronically extracted data from all admissions to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt from January 1, 2010 to October 31, 2017. Cases were identified based on ICD-9/10 codes. Potential covariates were identified from previous studies and known risk factors for VTE development. The variables with the highest adjusted odds ratio (OR) for developing VTE were history of thrombosis (OR 8.7, 95% confidence interval (CI) 6.6-11.3, p\<0.01), presence of a central venous line (OR 4.9, 95%CI 4.0-5.8, p\<0.01), and cardiology consultation (OR 4.0, 95%CI 3.3-4.8, p\<0.01). Additional significant variables include whether a blood gas was performed, infectious disease consultation, diagnosis of cancer, age, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), red cell distribution width (RDW), lactate, and whether surgery was performed.

There have been several smaller pediatric VTE risk prediction models that have been developed and published. However, none of these have been evaluated for efficacy in a prospective trial, and none of these studies have used a randomized trial approach to evaluate benefit in identifying pediatric patients at high risk for developing VTE. Therefore, the investigators are performing a randomized, pragmatic trial to evaluate the pediatric VTE risk prediction model and its efficacy at predicting pediatric patients at higher risk for developing a VTE.

Conditions

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Venous Thromboembolism Pediatrics Deep Vein Thrombosis Pulmonary Embolism

Keywords

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Pediatric Hematology Venous Thromboembolism Risk Prediction Model General Pediatrics

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SCREENING

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
Team biostatistician will remain blinded to the group assignments for performing outcome statistics.

Study Groups

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VTE risk prediction scores

Patients in the intervention arm will have their VTE risk prediction scores presented to the study team daily on weekdays via an automated report, which will list patients in descending order of risk severity for review by the VTE research team each weekday. Starting with the highest risk patients, the VTE research team will review each patient and clinical situation, and then the VTE research team will directly discuss risks/benefits of prophylactic anticoagulation with the admitting team. Patients with a risk score \<2.5% will not be reviewed, and the investigators anticipate most of the intervention arm patients will fall into this category (based on our previous data, the investigators anticipate \>90% of all patients will score \<2.5%). The VTE risk report will be re-calculated based on updated EHR data every day at midnight.

Group Type OTHER

Hematology Review

Intervention Type OTHER

VTE study team will review VTE risk percentages provided via automated report daily on weekdays and approach the primary team directly if the patient is appropriate for clinical antithrombotic interventions.

Standard of care

Patients randomized to the control arm will continue to receive current standard of care anticoagulation practice, which is at the discretion of the admitting team. In general, nearly no pediatric patients are offered prophylactic anticoagulation unless a previous VTE has been identified. This currently is at the discretion of the provider and no risk scoring is used. VTE risk prediction scores will be calculated and stored for analysis, these will not be visible to the study team in real time.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Hematology Review

VTE study team will review VTE risk percentages provided via automated report daily on weekdays and approach the primary team directly if the patient is appropriate for clinical antithrombotic interventions.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1\. All pediatric patients 0-21 years of age who are admitted to an inpatient unit of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Receiving prophylactic or therapeutic dosing of anticoagulants, including enoxaparin, warfarin, bivalirudin, apixaban, rivaroxaban, dabigatran, and edoxaban.
2. Patients admitted under "observation status"
Minimum Eligible Age

0 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Shannon Walker

Clinical Fellow

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Allison P Wheeler, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Buddy Creech, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Locations

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Walker SC, Creech CB, Domenico HJ, French B, Byrne DW, Wheeler AP. A Real-time Risk-Prediction Model for Pediatric Venous Thromboembolic Events. Pediatrics. 2021 Jun;147(6):e2020042325. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-042325. Epub 2021 May 19.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34011634 (View on PubMed)

Walker SC, French B, Moore R, Domenico HJ, Wanderer JP, Balla S, Creech CB, Byrne DW, Wheeler AP. Use of a real-time risk-prediction model to identify pediatric patients at risk for thromboembolic events: study protocol for the Children's Likelihood Of Thrombosis (CLOT) trial. Trials. 2022 Oct 22;23(1):901. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06823-7.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 36273203 (View on PubMed)

Walker SC, French B, Moore RP, Domenico HJ, Wanderer JP, Mixon AS, Creech CB, Byrne DW, Wheeler AP. Model-Guided Decision-Making for Thromboprophylaxis and Hospital-Acquired Thromboembolic Events Among Hospitalized Children and Adolescents: The CLOT Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Oct 2;6(10):e2337789. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.37789.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 37831448 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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201629

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id