NCT01006486

Outcomes of an Anticoagulation Clinic in an University Hospital

Evaluation of Impact of the Implantation of an Anticoagulation Clinic in an University Hospital in Brazil

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 280 (actual)
• Sponsor: Federal University of Minas Gerais · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A clinical trial designed to compare the oral anticoagulation control obtained by an anticoagulation clinic and the usual medical care in Chagas and Non-Chagas disease patients.

Detailed description

A Randomized, Crossover, Clinical Trial performed to compare the results of oral anticoagulation for Chagas and non-Chagas disease patients treated at an anticoagulation clinic and by the usual clinical practice. The primary endpoint was the time that the International Normalized Ratio (INR) was in the therapeutic range and the secondary endpoints were thromboembolic/haemorragic events.

Conditions

• Cardiopathy
• Chagas Disease
• Hemorrhage
• Thrombosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Anticoagulation clinic	Patients randomized to this arm will be cared at an anticoagulation clinic, with educational measures and standardized procedures related to the use of coumarins.
OTHER	Standard anticoagulation care	Patients randomized to this arm will be cared by their physician, with standard care. No standardized protocol of the use of coumarins will be established.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-11-01
• Primary completion: 2011-08-01
• Completion: 2011-08-01
• First posted: 2009-11-02
• Last updated: 2011-10-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil