NCT00927602

Fondaparinux 1,5 mg for the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) in Medical Patients With Renal Insufficiency

The Safety and Efficacy of Fondaparinux 1,5 mg for the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Medical Patients With Renal Insufficiency

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 206 (actual)
• Sponsor: Università degli Studi dell'Insubria · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Fondaparinux is a parenteral anticoagulant drug and is approved for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in high risk medical patients. A relevant proportion of medical patients have moderate to severe renal insufficiency, which is an independent risk factor for bleeding. This risk may be further increased when low molecular weight heparin or fondaparinux are administered in patients with severe renal insufficiency, defined by a creatinine clearance of lower than 30 mL/min. No clear indications are available to reduce such risk in patients who require thromboprophylaxis. A lower dose of fondaparinux, 1.5 mg daily, has been recently approved for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in the specific population of patients with a creatinine clearance between 20 and 50 mL/min (European Marketing Authorization). However, there are to our knowledge no clinical studies that have assessed the safety and efficacy of this reduced dosage in medical patients.

Conditions

• Medical Patients
• Renal Insufficiency

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	fondaparinux	once daily sc injection, 1,5 mg, max 14 days

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-04-01
• Primary completion: 2011-12-01
• Completion: 2012-03-01
• First posted: 2009-06-25
• Last updated: 2012-04-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy