The SOX Trial: Compression Stockings to Prevent the Post-Thrombotic Syndrome
Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Deep Venous Thrombosis
In brief
The purpose of this study is to determine whether elastic compression stockings used for 2 years are effective in preventing the post-thrombotic syndrome in patients with symptomatic proximal deep venous thrombosis.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00143598
- Run by
- Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital
- People needed
- 806
- Starts
- 2004-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-08-18
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Consecutive patients with a first, symptomatic, objectively confirmed proximal DVT diagnosed within the last 14 days (with or without concurrent distal DVT or pulmonary embolism)
- Who have no contraindications to standard treatment with heparin and/or warfarin, and
- Who provide informed consent to participate
You may not qualify if…
- Contraindication to compression stockings
- Limited lifespan (estimated < 6 months)
- Geographic inaccessibility preventing return for follow-up visits
- Inability to apply stockings daily and unavailability of a caregiver to apply stockings daily
- Treatment of acute DVT with thrombolytic agents
Where it is running
- Henry Ford Health Systerm — Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Duke University Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
- Victoria Heart Institute Foundation — Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- St. Boniface General Hospital — Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- QE II Health Sciences Centre — Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Hamilton Health Sciences - General Hospital — Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Hamilton Health Sciences - Chedoke Division — Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Hamilton Health Sciences - McMaster University Medical Centre — Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton — Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Hamilton Health Sciences - Henderson General Hospital — Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- London Health Sciences Centre — London, Ontario, Canada
- The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Centre Hospitalier Pierre-Boucher — Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
- Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont — Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal - Hôpital Notre-Dame — Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal - Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu — Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Royal Victoria Hospital - McGill University Health Centre — Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital — Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- St. Mary's Hospital Center — Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Montreal General Hospital - McGill University Health Centre — Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal — Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire de Québec, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus — Québec, Quebec, Canada
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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