The Treatment of Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) of GSK576428 (Fondaparinux Sodium) in Japanese Patients

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy (as measured by the rate of recurrent symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism \[VTE\] (i.e., Pulmonary thromboembolism \[PE\] and Deep Vein Thrombosis \[DVT\])) and safety of GSK576428 as the initial treatment in subjects with acute symptomatic DVT in an open-label design.

Timeline

Start

2008-06

Primary completion

2009-11

Completion

2009-11

Publications

• Background Nakamura M, Okano Y, Minamiguchi H, Munemasa M, Sonoda M, Yamada N, Hanzawa K, Aoyagi N, Tsujimoto H, Sarai N, Nakajima H, Kunieda T. Multidetector-row computed tomography-based clinical assessment of fondaparinux for treatment of acute pulmonary embolism and acute deep vein thrombosis in Japanese patients. Circ J. 2011;75(6):1424-32. doi: 10.1253/circj.cj-10-1036. Epub 2011 Apr 22.

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