Study in Cancer Patients With Central Line Associated Clots in the Upper Extremity Treated With Rivaroxaban (Catheter 2)

Summary

Patients with cancer and an upper extremity DVT associated with a central venous catheter (CVC) will receive rivaroxaban. CVC survival will be assessed and compared to previous rates with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and warfarin, along with secondary safety outcomes including bleeding and recurrent venous thromboembolism. The investigators hypothesize that anticoagulation with rivaroxaban in patients with UEDVT secondary to central venous catheters in patients with active malignancy is an effective therapy as quantified by the success of catheter preservation. Prolonged line salvage rate without recurrence of UEDVT will improve the management of cancer patients who develop an upper extremity deep venous thrombosis in the setting of a central venous catheter.

Timeline

Start

2012-11

Primary completion

2016-05

Completion

2016-06

Publications

• Background Kovacs MJ, Kahn SR, Rodger M, Anderson DR, Andreou R, Mangel JE, Morrow B, Clement AM, Wells PS. A pilot study of central venous catheter survival in cancer patients using low-molecular-weight heparin (dalteparin) and warfarin without catheter removal for the treatment of upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (The Catheter Study). J Thromb Haemost. 2007 Aug;5(8):1650-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2007.02613.x. Epub 2007 May 7.

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