Outpatient Treatment of PE and DVT in the Emergency Department

Completed

Conditions studied: Pulmonary Embolism, Deep Vein Thrombosis

In brief

Standardize the approach to outpatient Pulmonary Embolism (PE) and Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02532387

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

400

Starts

2015-08-01

Expected to finish

2017-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-03-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subject is 18 years of age or older at time of enrollment.
• Subject is diagnosed with acute VTE (DVT or PE) in the MGH or BWH ED or transferred to the MGH or BWH ED (e.g from a clinic or outside hospital) with a diagnosis of acute VTE.
• Subject is treated as an outpatient (i.e. discharged) directly from the ED or admitted to the ED Observation Unit/ED Short Stay Unit on the outpatient treatment protocol.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects admitted from the ED to an inpatient service will not be enrolled as study subjects, but will be used as contemporary controls.
• Subjects who are unable to understand or provide informed consent.
• Subjects unable or unlikely to follow up (e.g. prisoners).

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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