PROphylaxis for ThromboEmbolism in Critical Care Trial (PROTECT Pilot)

Summary

PROTECT Pilot objective is to assess: 1) the feasibility of timely enrollment and complete, blinded study drug administration, 2) the bioaccumulation of LMWH in patients with acquired renal insufficiency and its association with bleeding, 3) the feasibility of scheduled twice weekly lower limb ultrasounds, and 4) recruitment rates for a future randomized trial.

Timeline

Start

2003-02

Primary completion

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Completion

2004-02

Publications

• Background Clarke F, McDonald E, Rocker G, Cook DJ. Research coordinator activities in the ICU: An observational study. Abstract #108. Crit Care Med 2004;31(12)(suppl):A26.
• Results Cook DJ, Rocker G, Meade M, Guyatt G, Geerts W, Anderson D, Skrobik Y, Hebert P, Albert M, Cooper J, Bates S, Caco C, Finfer S, Fowler R, Freitag A, Granton J, Jones G, Langevin S, Mehta S, Pagliarello G, Poirier G, Rabbat C, Schiff D, Griffith L, Crowther M; PROTECT Investigators; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Prophylaxis of Thromboembolism in Critical Care (PROTECT) Trial: a pilot study. J Crit Care. 2005 Dec;20(4):364-72. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2005.09.010.
• Results McDonald E, Poirier G, Hebert P, Pagliarello J, Rocker G, Langevin S, LeBlanc F F, Mehta S, Skrobik Y, Fowler R, Granton J, Freitag A, Jones G, Cooper DJ, Meade M, Guyatt GH, Anderson D, Geerts W, Crowther M, Zytaruk N, Griffith LE, Cook DJ, for the PROTECT Investigators and Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. PROphylaxis for ThromboEmbolism in Critical care Trial. Blood 2004;104(ii):A1784.
• Results Zytaruk N, Cook DJ, Meade M, Rocker G, Poirier G, Langevin S, LeBlanc F, Hebert P, Mehta S, Granton J, Freitag A, Guyatt GH, Anderson D, Geerts W, Crowther M, for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Prophylaxis for thromboembolism in critical care trial: A pilot study. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2004;169(7):A666.
• Results McDonald E, Kho M, Wynne C, Duffet M, McNeil A, Provost L, Rioux A, LaRouche G, Davidson C, McCardle T, Watpool I, Foxall J, Lewis M, Pagliarello J, Jones G, Meade M, Crowther M, Rocker G, Cook DJ, for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Multicenter RCT pilot studies: Exclusion criteria revisited. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2004;169(7):A257.

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