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. 2016 Dec 1;2016(12):CD008500. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008500.pub4

NCT02285738.

Trial name or title Anti‐platelet and statin therapy to prevent cancer‐associated thrombosis: a pilot study
Methods Open‐label, parallel‐assignment RCT
Participants Patients with a histologic diagnosis of malignancy of a solid organ or lymphoma who have a VTE risk score of 1 or higher and will be initiating a new systemic chemotherapy regimen
Interventions Intervention 1: aspirin
 Intervention 2: simvastatin
 Control: observation
Outcomes Primary outcome: change in average sP‐selectin levels
Secondary outcomes: major bleeding complications or clinically significant non‐bleeding complications, change in circulating biomarkers, thrombotic events including venus thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, visceral vein thrombosis as well as arterial thromboembolic events including stroke, myocardial infarction, or arterial embolism
Starting date December 2014
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Notes ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02285738