Status:

COMPLETED

Anticoagulant Clinics and Vitamin K Antagonists

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Toulouse

Conditions:

Blood Coagulation Disorders

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Background: Whether the management of vitamin K antagonists (VKA) therapy by general practitioners with the collaboration of anticoagulation clinics (ACC) provides better clinical outcomes than that a...

Detailed Description

Study design The COMPARE (Comparison of Oral anticoagulation Monitoring Practice: A Randomized Evaluation) study is an open, centrally randomized, multicenter, prospective, controlled study comparing...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • inpatients and outpatients who are starting a course of VKA therapy scheduled to last for at least three months

Exclusion

  • life expectancy of less than three months
  • contraindication to anticoagulant therapy because of bleeding risk
  • refusal of his/her general practitioner to participate in the study
  • no general practitioner likelihood of poor follow-up or poor compliance (e.g., patients unable to care for themselves, lacking adequate home support or unwilling to comply with the treatment care plan)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2003

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

1006 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00966290

Start Date

February 1 2003

End Date

December 1 2006

Last Update

August 26 2009

Active Locations (7)

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1

University Hospital

Brest, France, 29609

2

Louis Pasteur Hospital

Dole, France, 39100

3

University Hospital

Lille, France, 59037

4

Dupuytren University Hospital

Limoges, France, 87042