Full Anticoagulation Versus Prophylaxis in COVID-19: COALIZAO ACTION Trial

Summary

Pragmatic randomized clinical trial of patients admitted to the hospital with confirmed COVID-19 infection and elevated D-Dimer. Randomization 1:1 - Group 1 will undergo a routine full anticoagulation (oral or parenteral when needed) strategy; and group 2 will receive usual standard of care with prophylactic anticoagulation

Timeline

Start

2020-06-21

Primary completion

2021-03-26

Completion

2021-05-30

Publications

• de Barros E Silva PGM, Furtado RHM, de Alcantara Chaud MS, Macedo AVS, Bronhara B, Damiani LP, Barbosa LM, Suiama MA, Ramacciotti E, de Aquino Martins P, de Oliveira AL, Nunes VS, Ritt LEF, Rocha AT, Tramujas L, Santos SV, Diaz DRA, Viana LS, Melro LMG, Figueiredo EL, Neuenschwander FC, Dracoulakis MDA, Lima RGSD, de Souza Dantas VC, Fernandes ACS, Gebara OCE, Hernandes ME, Queiroz DAR, Veiga VC, Canesin MF, de Faria LM, Feitosa-Filho GS, Gazzana MB, Liporace IL, de Oliveira Twardowsky A, Maia LN, Machado FR, de Matos Soeiro A, Conceicao-Souza GE, Armaganijan L, Guimaraes PO, Rosa RG, Azevedo LCP, Alexander JH, Avezum A, Berwanger O, Cavalcanti AB, Lopes RD; ACTION Coalition COVID-19 Brazil IV Investigators. Predictors of bleeding and thrombotic events among patients admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 and elevated D-dimer: insights from the ACTION randomized clinical trial. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2024 Aug;57(6):1031-1039. doi: 10.1007/s11239-024-02995-y. Epub 2024 May 18.
• Flumignan RL, Civile VT, Tinoco JDS, Pascoal PI, Areias LL, Matar CF, Tendal B, Trevisani VF, Atallah AN, Nakano LC. Anticoagulants for people hospitalised with COVID-19: a rapid review. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Mar 4;3(3):CD013739. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013739.pub2.
• Lopes RD, de Barros E Silva PGM, Furtado RHM, Macedo AVS, Bronhara B, Damiani LP, Barbosa LM, de Aveiro Morata J, Ramacciotti E, de Aquino Martins P, de Oliveira AL, Nunes VS, Ritt LEF, Rocha AT, Tramujas L, Santos SV, Diaz DRA, Viana LS, Melro LMG, de Alcantara Chaud MS, Figueiredo EL, Neuenschwander FC, Dracoulakis MDA, Lima RGSD, de Souza Dantas VC, Fernandes ACS, Gebara OCE, Hernandes ME, Queiroz DAR, Veiga VC, Canesin MF, de Faria LM, Feitosa-Filho GS, Gazzana MB, Liporace IL, de Oliveira Twardowsky A, Maia LN, Machado FR, de Matos Soeiro A, Conceicao-Souza GE, Armaganijan L, Guimaraes PO, Rosa RG, Azevedo LCP, Alexander JH, Avezum A, Cavalcanti AB, Berwanger O; ACTION Coalition COVID-19 Brazil IV Investigators. Therapeutic versus prophylactic anticoagulation for patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and elevated D-dimer concentration (ACTION): an open-label, multicentre, randomised, controlled trial. Lancet. 2021 Jun 12;397(10291):2253-2263. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01203-4. Epub 2021 Jun 4.
• Lopes RD, de Barros E Silva PGM, Furtado RHM, Macedo AVS, Ramacciotti E, Damini LP, Bronhara B, Cavalcanti AB, Rosa RG, Azevedo LCP, Veiga VC, Machado FR, Ritt LE, Martins PA, Alexander JH, Avezum A, Berwanger O; Coalition COVID-19 Brazil IV Investigators. Randomized clinical trial to evaluate a routine full anticoagulation Strategy in Patients with Coronavirus Infection (SARS-CoV2) admitted to hospital: Rationale and design of the ACTION (AntiCoagulaTlon cOroNavirus)-Coalition IV trial. Am Heart J. 2021 Aug;238:1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2021.04.005. Epub 2021 Apr 20.
• Flumignan RL, Tinoco JDS, Pascoal PI, Areias LL, Cossi MS, Fernandes MI, Costa IK, Souza L, Matar CF, Tendal B, Trevisani VF, Atallah AN, Nakano LC. Prophylactic anticoagulants for people hospitalised with COVID-19. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Oct 2;10(10):CD013739. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013739.

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