3 Months' Versus 6 Months' Anticoagulation in Patients With DVT and/or PE

Summary

To determine whether 3 months' anticoagulation is as good as or better than 6 months' for the treatment of DVT/PE

Timeline

Start

1999-09

Primary completion

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Completion

2003-12

Publications

• Campbell IA, Bentley DP, Prescott RJ, Routledge PA, Shetty HG, Williamson IJ. Anticoagulation for three versus six months in patients with deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, or both: randomised trial. BMJ. 2007 Mar 31;334(7595):674. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39098.583356.55. Epub 2007 Feb 8.

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