Prevention of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism (PREVENT)

Summary

A multicenter randomized, double blind placebo controlled trial to determine the efficacy of long-term, low dose warfarin in the secondary prevention of venous thromboembolism.

Timeline

Start

1998-09

Primary completion

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Completion

2004-08

Publications

• Background Ridker PM. Long-term, low-dose warfarin among venous thrombosis patients with and without factor V Leiden mutation: rationale and design for the Prevention of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism (PREVENT) trial. Vasc Med. 1998;3(1):67-73. doi: 10.1177/1358836X9800300114.
• Background Ridker PM, Goldhaber SZ, Danielson E, Rosenberg Y, Eby CS, Deitcher SR, Cushman M, Moll S, Kessler CM, Elliott CG, Paulson R, Wong T, Bauer KA, Schwartz BA, Miletich JP, Bounameaux H, Glynn RJ; PREVENT Investigators. Long-term, low-intensity warfarin therapy for the prevention of recurrent venous thromboembolism. N Engl J Med. 2003 Apr 10;348(15):1425-34. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa035029. Epub 2003 Feb 24.
• Background Schafer AI. Warfarin for venous thromboembolism - walking the dosing tightrope. N Engl J Med. 2003 Apr 10;348(15):1478-80. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe030018. Epub 2003 Feb 24. No abstract available.
• Background Miles JS, Miletich JP, Goldhaber SZ, Hennekens CH, Ridker PM. G20210A mutation in the prothrombin gene and the risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001 Jan;37(1):215-8. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)01080-9.
• Background Sick PB, Brosteanu O, Ulrich M, Thiele H, Niebauer J, Busch I, Schuler G. Prospective randomized comparison of early and late results of a carbonized stent versus a high-grade stainless steel stent of identical design: the PREVENT Trial [corrected]. Am Heart J. 2005 Apr;149(4):681-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.07.011.

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