Multi-Center Single Arm Trial to Determine The Effectiveness of Warfarin Therapy Duration For Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)

Status unconfirmed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia

In brief

Key facts

Study ID: NCT03147638
Run by: Marshall University
People needed: 70
Starts: 2017-01-11
Expected to finish: 2019-06-30
Last updated by the study team: 2018-08-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 97. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Patient must be able to provide an informed consent
Patient older than 18 years' old
Patient with suspected diagnosis of HIT, need 2 of the following:
have a fall in platelet count of > 30% from a baseline prior to heparin/LMWH Platelet factor 4 (PF4) ELISA positive Develop skin lesions secondary to subcutaneous heparin With T score more than 4 For those less than 4 we will use serotonin release assay-SRA
Patient received the bridging therapy of non-heparin anticoagulant
Patient is receiving the standard of care treatment for HIT
Patient is willing to be followed up for by one of the physicians listed in the delegation log
The Primary physician responsible for the patient is agreeing for the patient to participate
Patients are not involved in a clinical trial for HIT management

You may not qualify if…

Patient is unable to sign an informed consent
Patient doesn't have a confirmed diagnosis of HIT
Patient Does not have Pulmonary embolus
Patient does is not on Warfarin for other indications
Patient is a known case of hypercoagulable disorder
Patient is not willing to come back for follow up
Patient is critically ill or has a life expectancy of less than 3 months
Pregnancy that is in First trimester.
Multi-system organ failure or estimated survival of less than 30 days
Uncontrolled hypertension defined as a blood pressure >180/110 mm Hg

Where it is running

Marshall University — Huntington, West Virginia, United States (enrolling)

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