The Catheter Study: Central Venous Catheter Survival in Cancer Patients Using Low Molecular Weight Heparin (Dalteparin) for the Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis

Summary

The purpose of this study is to obtain an estimate of catheter survival in the setting of upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (UEDVT) in patients treated with dalteparin and warfarin. Anticoagulation with dalteparin and warfarin in patients with UEDVT secondary to central venous catheters in patients with an active malignancy is an effective therapy as quantified by the success of catheter preservation. A prolonged line salvage rate without a recurrence of UEDVT will improve the management of cancer patients who develop upper extremity deep venous thrombosis in the setting of a central venous (CV) catheter.

Timeline

Start

2002-09

Primary completion

2006-03

Completion

2006-03

Publications

• Background Kommareddy A, Zaroukian MH, Hassouna HI. Upper extremity deep venous thrombosis. Semin Thromb Hemost. 2002 Feb;28(1):89-99. doi: 10.1055/s-2002-20567.
• Background Kooij JD, van der Zant FM, van Beek EJ, Reekers JA. Pulmonary embolism in deep venous thrombosis of the upper extremity: more often in catheter-related thrombosis. Neth J Med. 1997 Jun;50(6):238-42. doi: 10.1016/s0300-2977(97)00020-x.
• Background Monreal M, Raventos A, Lerma R, Ruiz J, Lafoz E, Alastrue A, Llamazares JF. Pulmonary embolism in patients with upper extremity DVT associated to venous central lines--a prospective study. Thromb Haemost. 1994 Oct;72(4):548-50.
• Background Volturo GA, Repeta RJ Jr. Non-lower extremity deep vein thrombosis. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2001 Nov;19(4):877-93, vi. doi: 10.1016/s0733-8627(05)70224-8.
• Background Monreal M, Davant E. Thrombotic complications of central venous catheters in cancer patients. Acta Haematol. 2001;106(1-2):69-72. doi: 10.1159/000046591.
• Background Elliott G. Upper-extremity deep vein thrombosis. Lancet. 1997 Apr 26;349(9060):1188-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)62408-7. No abstract available.
• Background Baarslag HJ, van Beek EJ, Koopman MM, Reekers JA. Prospective study of color duplex ultrasonography compared with contrast venography in patients suspected of having deep venous thrombosis of the upper extremities. Ann Intern Med. 2002 Jun 18;136(12):865-72. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-136-12-200206180-00007.
• Background Savage KJ, Wells PS, Schulz V, Goudie D, Morrow B, Cruickshank M, Kovacs MJ. Outpatient use of low molecular weight heparin (Dalteparin) for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis of the upper extremity. Thromb Haemost. 1999 Sep;82(3):1008-10.
• Background Kovacs MJ, Anderson DA, Wells PS. Prospective assessment of a nomogram for the initiation of oral anticoagulation therapy for outpatient treatment of venous thromboembolism. Pathophysiol Haemost Thromb. 2002 May-Jun;32(3):131-3. doi: 10.1159/000065215.

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