Ventricular Assist Device Anti-Factor Xa (VAD ANTIX) Monitoring Study: a Prospective Randomized Feasibility Trial

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Left Sided Heart Failure, Left Ventricular Assist Device, Anticoagulant Therapy, Gastro Intestinal Bleeding, Thrombosis, LVAD, Anti-factor Xa, aPTT, Heparin

In brief

This study evaluates two different methods for monitoring a patient's anti-clotting \[heparin\] therapy after they receive a heart pump implant \[left ventricular assist device -LVAD\]. One method tests for how long it takes the patient's blood to clot and uses that to determine if they are on the right dose of heparin. The other method uses a more direct measure of how much heparin is in the blood. The hypothesis is that the method that more directly measures how much heparin is in the patient's blood will provide better medical results for the patient's care after they have the heart pump implant. To that end, the investigators are conducting this feasibility trial to establish the logistics associated with the implementation of these heparin monitoring approaches.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT03143569
Run by
Washington University School of Medicine
People needed
20
Starts
2017-05-20
Expected to finish
2018-07-12
Last updated by the study team
2020-02-25

Who can join

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

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Where it is running

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