Status:
COMPLETED
Oral Anticoagulant Apixaban for Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism
Lead Sponsor:
New York Medical College
Conditions:
Venous Thromboembolism
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
Patients who have developed a venous thrombosis will receive apixaban to treat and prevent a secondary thromboembolism.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Children and adolescents with a newly diagnosed primary VTE.
- Treatment with apixaban has to begin within 72 hours of the diagnosis of VTE.
- Patients who have received heparin at the beginning of their diagnosis and are willing to switch to apixaban, are allowed to do so within 72 hours of their treatment. Patients who are switched to apixaban are not allowed to receive any other systemic anticoagulant therapy.
- VTE confirmed by diagnostic imaging.
- Children with body weight of ≥ 40 kg and are able to tolerate medication by mouth or administered via an NG or GT tube.
- Adequate liver function: AST and/or ALT \<5 times ULN, and/or Direct bilirubin \<2 times ULN
- Platelet count of at least ≥ 30,000/ul.
- Adequate renal function: \>30% of GFR for age
- Female subjects of childbearing potential must not be nursing or pregnant with negative urine pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to dosing with study medication.
- Signed written informed consent
Exclusion
- Current or recent (within 3 months) apixaban administration.
- Patient is unable to tolerate medications by oral route or by n/g administration, peptic ulcer disease, intestinal obstruction, toxic megacolon, typhlitis, or short gut syndrome.
- History of primary bleeding disorder and first degree family history of bleeding disorder.
- Active bleeding or high risk of bleeding at the time of study entry.
- History of significant head injury and/or any history of intracranial hemorrhage.
- Conditions predispose to intracranial bleed; e.g. brain tumor, brain metastasis.
- Uncontrolled Grade 3 or 4 severe hypertension.
- History of allergy to apixaban or factor Xa inhibitors.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 2 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 31 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
25 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04041843
Start Date
June 2 2017
End Date
May 31 2022
Last Update
October 25 2022
Active Locations (1)
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New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York, United States, 10595