Leiden Thrombosis Recurrence Risk Prevention

NCT ID: NCT06087952

Last Updated: 2025-03-07

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

608 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-06-18

Study Completion Date

2027-06-01

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate tailored duration of long-term anticoagulant treatment after a first venous thromboembolism based on individualized risk assessments of recurrent VTE and major bleeding risks.

Participants will be asked to fill in a questionnaire and take a buccal swab, which are used for an individual estimation of the risks of recurrent VTE and bleeding. Based on these risks a treatment advise will be made, or randomised in a subgroup of patients.

Detailed Description

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Background: Patients with a first venous thromboembolism (VTE) are at risk of recurrence. A recurrent VTE can be prevented by prolonged anticoagulant therapy, but this may come at the cost of major bleeding. The L-TRRiP and VTE-BLEED prediction scores have been developed to classify the risk of recurrent VTE (low, intermediate, high) and major bleeding (low vs high), respectively. However, their combined use in finding the optimal balance to minimize both long-term risks is unclear.

Aims: To evaluate tailored duration of long-term anticoagulant treatment based on individualized risk assessments of recurrent VTE and major bleeding risks.

Methods:

The L-TRRiP study is a multicenter, open-label, cohort based randomized controlled trial in which patients with a first VTE will be included. For each patient the risk of recurrent VTE (low, medium, high) and major bleeding (low, high) will be determined using the L-TRRiP and VTE-BLEED prediction scores, respectively. After three months of initial anticoagulant therapy, patients with a low recurrent VTE risk (\<6% in 2 years) will discontinue anticoagulants, whereas patients with a high recurrent VTE risk(\>14% in 2 years) and low major bleeding risk will continue. The other groups, with unclear benefit of prolonged treatment, will be randomized to continue or discontinue anticoagulants. Patients will be followed for at least two years, during which they will be asked to fill in a questionnaire every 3 months during the first two years, followed by a questionnaire once a year for the remaining duration of the study (i.e., 2 years after inclusion of the last participant; which is expected to be in 2027). The total follow-up duration is therefore expected to vary between 2 to 6 years. The follow-up questionnaires are used to screen for potential outcomes (including recurrent VTE and bleeding), and includes the EQ-5D-5L to assess quality of life, the Post VTE functional status scale to assess functional outcomes and the Medical Consumption and Productivity Costs Questionnaire to asses cost-effectiveness. In case of a potential outcome additional information is retrieved from the medical record for adjudication. The clinical outcomes will be evaluated and classified by an independent committee blinded for treatment allocation.

Sample size: The sample size of this study is based on the randomized part of the study. To demonstrate a 7% difference in the combined endpoint (i.e., 10.6% vs 3.6%) with an alpha of 0.05 and a power of 90%, a sample size of 552 subjects for the randomized part of the study is required. Taking into account a drop-out rate of 10%, the aim is to include 608 patients in the randomized part of the study. After inclusion of 608 randomized patients, inclusion will stop. Based on the derivation studies it is expected the randomized group will form about 40% of the total included population, in which case the estimated total number of included patients will be 1600. Of note, this total number may change depending on the final proportion of the randomized group.

Ethics: The study has been approved by the Medical Ethics Committee Leiden Den Haag Delft. All participants will provide informed consent.

Conditions

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Venous Thromboembolism Venous Thromboses Pulmonary Embolism Deep Vein Thrombosis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Patients with low recurrent VTE risk are advised to stop anticoagulant therapy. Patients with high recurrent VTE risk and low bleeding risk are advised to continue anticoagulant therapy.

Patients with intermediate recurrent VTE risk, or high recurrent VTE risk and high bleeding risk are randomised to stop or continue anticoagulant therapy.
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Blinded endpoint adjudication

Study Groups

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Continue anticoagulation

Patients with high recurrent VTE risk and low major bleeding risks are advised to continue anticoagulant therapy.

Group Type OTHER

VTE-BLEED score

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Predict bleeding risk during extended anticoagulant treatment (high or low) using the VTE-BLEED score

L-TRRiP score

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Predict VTE recurrence risk after anticoagulant discontinuation (high, intermediate or low) using the L-TRRiP score

Advise to continue anticoagulant treatment after 3 months

Intervention Type OTHER

Advise to continue anticoagulant treatment after 3 months for patients with high VTE recurrence and low bleeding risk

Discontinue anticoagulation

Patients with low recurrent VTE risk are advised to discontinue anticoagulant therapy.

Group Type OTHER

VTE-BLEED score

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Predict bleeding risk during extended anticoagulant treatment (high or low) using the VTE-BLEED score

L-TRRiP score

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Predict VTE recurrence risk after anticoagulant discontinuation (high, intermediate or low) using the L-TRRiP score

Advise to discontinue anticoagulant treatment after 3 months

Intervention Type OTHER

Advise to discontinue anticoagulant treatment after 3 months for patients with low VTE recurrence risk

Randomised to continue anticoagulation

Patients with intermediate recurrent VTE risk or high recurrent VTE risk and high major bleeding risk are randomised to continue or discontinue anticoagulant therapy.

Group Type OTHER

Randomised treatment advice (discontinue vs continue after 3 months)

Intervention Type OTHER

Randomisation to continue or discontinue anticoagulant therapy in 1:1 ratio stratified on risk category of L-TRRiP and VTE-BLEED score

VTE-BLEED score

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Predict bleeding risk during extended anticoagulant treatment (high or low) using the VTE-BLEED score

L-TRRiP score

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Predict VTE recurrence risk after anticoagulant discontinuation (high, intermediate or low) using the L-TRRiP score

Randomised to discontinue anticoagulation

Patients with intermediate recurrent VTE risk or high recurrent VTE risk and high major bleeding risk are randomised to continue or discontinue anticoagulant therapy.

Group Type OTHER

Randomised treatment advice (discontinue vs continue after 3 months)

Intervention Type OTHER

Randomisation to continue or discontinue anticoagulant therapy in 1:1 ratio stratified on risk category of L-TRRiP and VTE-BLEED score

VTE-BLEED score

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Predict bleeding risk during extended anticoagulant treatment (high or low) using the VTE-BLEED score

L-TRRiP score

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Predict VTE recurrence risk after anticoagulant discontinuation (high, intermediate or low) using the L-TRRiP score

Interventions

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Randomised treatment advice (discontinue vs continue after 3 months)

Randomisation to continue or discontinue anticoagulant therapy in 1:1 ratio stratified on risk category of L-TRRiP and VTE-BLEED score

Intervention Type OTHER

VTE-BLEED score

Predict bleeding risk during extended anticoagulant treatment (high or low) using the VTE-BLEED score

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

L-TRRiP score

Predict VTE recurrence risk after anticoagulant discontinuation (high, intermediate or low) using the L-TRRiP score

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Advise to continue anticoagulant treatment after 3 months

Advise to continue anticoagulant treatment after 3 months for patients with high VTE recurrence and low bleeding risk

Intervention Type OTHER

Advise to discontinue anticoagulant treatment after 3 months

Advise to discontinue anticoagulant treatment after 3 months for patients with low VTE recurrence risk

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Provision of informed consent prior to any study specific procedures.
2. Be diagnosed with a first confirmed symptomatic deep vein thrombosis (including distal vein thrombosis, in Dutch: 'kuitvenetrombose') or pulmonary embolism with an indication for treatment with anticoagulant therapy for at least 3 months as prescribed by their treating physician.
3. Be aged 18 years or above.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with active cancer (i.e. cancer diagnosis within six months before VTE (excluding basal-cell or squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin), recently recurrent or progressive cancer or any cancer that required anti-cancer treatment within six months before the venous thromboembolism was diagnosed) or antiphospholipid syndrome
2. Patients who need to continue anticoagulant treatment for another indication (e.g. atrial fibrillation).
3. Patients with a strong indication for long-term antiplatelet therapy despite oral anticoagulation (e.g. those with recent STEMI)
4. Patients with COVID-19 associated VTE (hospital admission because of COVID-19 \<3 months before the VTE) or vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT)
5. Patients in whom the risk of bleeding is deemed extremely high by the treating physician, necessitating discontinuation of anticoagulant treatment for the first VTE after the initial 3 months or even during the initial 3 months.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Leiden University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Suzanne C. Cannegieter, MD PhD

Professor of Clinical Epidemiology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Suzanne Cannegieter, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Leiden University Medical Center

Locations

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Leiden University Medical Center

Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Amsterdam Medical Center, location AMC

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis

Assen, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Rode Kruis Ziekenhuis

Beverwijk, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Amphia Ziekenhuis

Breda, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Deventer Ziekenhuis

Deventer, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Nij Smellinghe Ziekenhuis

Drachten, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Ziekenhuis Gelderse Vallei

Ede, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Catharina Ziekenhuis

Eindhoven, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Admiraal de Ruyter Ziekenhuis

Goes, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Groene Hart Ziekenhuis

Gouda, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Martini Ziekenhuis

Groningen, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

University Medical Center Groningen

Groningen, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Radboud University Medical Center

Nijmegen, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Ikazia Ziekenhuis

Rotterdam, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Haaglanden Medisch Centrum

The Hague, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

HagaZiekenhuis

The Hague, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Diakonessenhuis

Utrecht, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Isala Klinieken

Zwolle, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Netherlands

Central Contacts

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Suzanne Cannegieter, MD, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+31715261508

References

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Burggraaf-van Delft JLI, van Rein N, Bemelmans RHH, van den Berg JK, Bruggeman CY, Cloos-van Balen M, Coppens M, Eefting M, Ende-Verhaar Y, van Es N, van Guldener C, de Jong WK, Kleijwegt F, Koster T, Kroon C, Kuipers S, Leentjens J, Luijten D, Mairuhu ATA, Meijer K, van de Ree MA, Roos R, Schrover I, Swart-Heikens J, van der Velden AWG, van den Akker-van Marle EM, le Cessie S, Geersing GJ, Middeldorp S, Huisman MV, Klok FA, Cannegieter SC; L-TRRiP investigators. Tailored anticoagulant treatment after a first venous thromboembolism: protocol of the Leiden Thrombosis Recurrence Risk Prevention (L-TRRiP) study - cohort-based randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2024 Mar 23;14(3):e078676. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078676.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38521524 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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848017007

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NL74711.058.20

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NL9003

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

P20.090

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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