Skip to main content
. 2017 Sep 11;2017(9):CD006652. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006652.pub5

Germonpre 2008 (SYRINGES).

Study name Low molecular weight heparin in advanced non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): a randomized open label phase III study evaluating the effect of enoxaparin (Clexane) on survival and symptom control in patients with stage IIIB and IV NSCLC undergoing a cisplatin based first line chemotherapy: the SYRINGES Trial
Methods Study type: interventional
Allocation: randomized
Endpoint classification: safety/efficacy study
Intervention model: parallel assignment
Masking: open‐label
Primary purpose: treatment
Participants Locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC (stage IIIB or IV)
Interventions Intervention: enoxaparin daily 1 mg/kg/day sc
Control: no enoxaparin
Co‐intervention: cisplatin 75 mg/m2 d1 and docetaxel 75 mg/m2 d1 (every 3 weeks for 4 cycles)
Outcomes Progression‐free survival
Incidence of total documented thromboembolic and hemorrhagic events
Starting date June 2008
Contact information Paul R Germonpre, MD PhD Universiteit Antwerpen
Notes Sponsor: University Hospital, Antwerp Universiteit Antwerpen
Status as of August 2017: Completed (not published yet)