Prolongation of the Interval Between Prothrombin Time Tests in Stable Patients II (PRINT-II)
Prolongation of the Interval Between Prothrombin Time Tests in Stable Patients II (the PRINT II Study): a Randomized Controlled, Non-inferiority Trial Comparing 4-weekly With 12-weekly Testing and Dose-assessment
Studieoversigt
Status
Status
Betingelser
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljeret beskrivelse
Undersøgelsestype
Undersøgelsestype
Fase
Fase
- Fase 3
Kontakter og lokationer
Studiesteder
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Ontario
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8L 2X2
- Hamilton Health Sciences - General Hospital
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Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- long-term warfarin for prophylaxis of arterial embolism due to atrial fibrillation or mechanical heart valve replacement OR secondary prophylaxis after VTE
- therapeutic INR range of 2.0-3.0 or 2.5-3.5
- anticoagulation therapy has been managed by the study site for at least 6 months prior to enrollment
- warfarin maintenance dose has remained unchanged for the previous 6 months or longer
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age < 18 years
- Life expectancy of less than 1 year
- Congestive heart failure or other diagnosis where the condition or its treatment is expected to affect the stability of INR (e.g. cancer requiring chemotherapy)
- Attending physician believes that patient is not suitable for the study (for instance, psychiatric disorder; history of non-compliance; newly diagnosed disease which by itself, via the treatment required or the effects thereof may cause instability of INRs)
- Patients who perform self-testing
- Geographic inaccessibility
- Failure to obtain written consent
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Primært formål: Behandling
- Tildeling: Randomiseret
- Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
- Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)
Antal våben
Våben og indgreb
Deltagergruppe / ArmDeltagergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / BehandlingIntervention / Behandling |
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Ingen indgriben: Standard interval between PT testing
Prothrombin time (PT) is tested every 4 weeks, according to American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Guidelines up to 2008 for stable patients on warfarin.
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Eksperimentel: Prolonged interval between PT testing
Prothrombin time (PT) is tested every 12 weeks, according to suggestion in American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Guidelines of 2012 for stable patients on warfarin.
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Patients in the intervention group will be scheduled for prothrombin time testing and dosing of warfarin every 12 weeks instead of every 4 weeks.
This has been suggested in the latest edition of the ACCP guidelines as a possibility for very stable patients.
In order to change this from a suggestion to a formal recommendation a study powered for clinically important outcomes is needed.
Andre navne:
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Composite of major bleeding and objectively verified arterial or venous thromboembolism
Tidsramme: Average 3 years
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The justification for a composite outcome including both bleeding and thromboembolism is that the study is not reflecting a "trade-off" scenario where one regimen is expected to be more effective at the cost of increased harm compared to the other regimen.
Conversely, the potential disadvantage of the experimental regimen in this trial is increased variability in prothrombin time, which may result in an increased rate of short as well as long prothrombin times and therefore potentially an increase of both types of clinical events.
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Average 3 years
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Sekundære resultatmål
Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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All-cause mortality
Tidsramme: Average 3 years
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Average 3 years
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Any bleeding
Tidsramme: Average 3 years
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This is the composite of major and minor bleeding
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Average 3 years
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Sponsor
Publikationer og nyttige links
Generelle publikationer
- Schulman S, Parpia S, Stewart C, Rudd-Scott L, Julian JA, Levine M. Warfarin dose assessment every 4 weeks versus every 12 weeks in patients with stable international normalized ratios: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2011 Nov 15;155(10):653-9, W201-3. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-10-201111150-00003.
- Pengo V, Barbero F, Biasiolo A, Pegoraro C, Cucchini U, Iliceto S. A comparison between six- and four-week intervals in surveillance of oral anticoagulant treatment. Am J Clin Pathol. 2003 Dec;120(6):944-7. doi: 10.1309/U716-4E0X-H5UE-RKRV.
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart
Studiestart
Primær færdiggørelse (Forventet)
Primær færdiggørelse
Studieafslutning (Forventet)
Studieafslutning
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Skøn)
Først opslået
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)
Sidste opdatering sendt
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Sidst verificeret
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
- Patologiske processer
- Hjerte-kar-sygdomme
- Karsygdomme
- Luftvejssygdomme
- Åreforkalkning
- Arterielle okklusive sygdomme
- Lungesygdomme
- Embolisme og trombose
- Åreforkalkning
- Arytmier, hjerte
- Hjertesygdomme
- Embolisme
- Perifer arteriel sygdom
- Perifere vaskulære sygdomme
- Atrieflimren
- Trombose
- Venøs trombose
- Hjerteklapsygdomme
- Lungeemboli
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- PRINT-II-2012
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