SR34006 Compared to Vitamin K Antagonist (VKA) in the Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism

Summary

Patients who have a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lung) will be treated in this study. The purpose of the study is to compare the safety and effectiveness of a new injectable anticoagulant (blood-thinning) drug, SR34006, with the standard way of treating a pulmonary embolism. The standard treatment includes injections or infusions of an anticoagulant drug, (LMW)heparin, for about a week followed by anticoagulant tablets (warfarin or acenocoumarol) which are taken by mouth. Assignment to either SR34006 or (LMW)heparin plus warfarin or acenocoumarol will be purely by chance and will be known by both patients and their doctors.

Timeline

Start

2003-06

Primary completion

2005-10

Completion

2005-10

Publications

• Prins MH, Guillemin I, Gilet H, Gabriel S, Essers B, Raskob G, Kahn SR. Scoring and psychometric validation of the Perception of Anticoagulant Treatment Questionnaire (PACT-Q). Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2009 Apr 7;7:30. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-7-30.
• van Gogh Investigators; Buller HR, Cohen AT, Davidson B, Decousus H, Gallus AS, Gent M, Pillion G, Piovella F, Prins MH, Raskob GE. Idraparinux versus standard therapy for venous thromboembolic disease. N Engl J Med. 2007 Sep 13;357(11):1094-104. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa064247.

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