Acute Venous Thrombosis: Thrombus Removal With Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2017-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of adjunctive Pharmacomechanical
Catheter Directed Thrombolysis, which includes the intrathrombus administration of
rt-PA--Activase (Alteplase),can prevent the post-thrombotic syndrome(PTS)in patients with
symptomatic proximal deep vein thrombosis(DVT)as compared with optimal standard DVT therapy
alone.
Phase:
Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Washington University School of Medicine
Collaborators:
Boston Scientific Corporation BSN Medical Inc Genentech, Inc. Massachusetts General Hospital McMaster University Medtronic - MITG Mid America Heart Institute National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Ontario Clinical Oncology Group (OCOG) Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation