Anticoagulation Therapy: Patients will be enrolled after at least 3 months of therapeutic anticoagulation for an acute catheter-related upper extremity DVT while they are treated with therapeutic anticoagulation as standard of care. After enrollment, patients will be managed with prophylactic dose of anticoagulation as long as either a CVC or active cancer is present. If cancer goes into remission, at the time of CVC removal, anticoagulation will be stopped, but patients will continue to be followed until the end of the study at 6 months.
Study summary
This trial seeks to evaluate a management strategy after the acute treatment duration (≥ 3 months of therapeutic anticoagulation) for patients with cancer and catheter-related upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
Adult patients (≥ 18 years old) with active cancer, defined as cancer (other than localized non-melanoma skin cancer) diagnosed or treated within 6 months, or the presence of metastatic, recurrent, or progressive malignancy, ongoing anticancer therapy, or hematological malignancy not in complete remission.
Objectively confirmed catheter-related upper extremity DVT and treated with any standard therapeutic anticoagulation (including LMWH dose reduction to 75% after the first month) for at least 3 months.
Able and willing to provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
Active bleeding or other reasons for which anticoagulation is contraindicated.
Other indications requiring ongoing therapeutic dose of anticoagulation as deemed necessary by treating physicians (such as atrial fibrillation, mechanical heart valve, etc.).
Anticoagulation has been permanently stopped or reduced to prophylactic dose for \> 5 days prior to enrollment for any reasons.
Pregnancy or breast feeding in patients who are prescribed a direct oral anticoagulant.
Concomitant use of strong inhibitors or inducers of both cytochrome P450 3A4 and P-glycoprotein in patients who are prescribed a direct oral anticoagulant.
Cancer is in remission and CVC is removed prior to enrollment.
Requirement of dual antiplatelet therapies.
Platelet count \< 50 x 109/L or creatinine clearance \< 30 ml/min.
Life expectancy of less than 3 months.
Primary outcome measure(s)
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Rate — 6 months The rates of symptomatic, objectively confirmed new or recurrent major VTE (proximal upper or lower extremity DVT, segmental or larger pulmonary embolism (PE)) with corresponding 95% Confidence Interval (CI) at 6 months.
Trial sites (2)
Facility
City
Region
Status
The Ottawa Hospital
Ottawa
Ontario
Recruiting
Sault Area Hospital
Sault Ste. Marie
Ontario
Recruiting
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