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. 2020 Oct 2;2020(10):CD013739. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013739

3. Summary of characteristics of ongoing studies.

Study Country Design Primary outcomes Estimated number of participants Estimated primary completion date
ACTRN12620000517976 Australia RCT Time to separation from invasive ventilation 172 25 July 2021
ChiCTR2000030700 China RCT Time to virus eradication 60 30 September 2020
ChiCTR2000030701 China RCT Time to virus eradication 60 30 September 2020
ChiCTR2000030946 China Prospective cohort Biochemical indicators 120 24 April 2020
Marietta 2020 Italy RCT Clinical worsening (includes death and necessity for additional respiratory support) 300 June 2021
NCT04333407 UK RCT All‐cause mortality at 30 days after admission 3170 30 March 2021
NCT04344756 France RCT Survival without ventilation 808 31 July 2020
NCT04345848 Switzerland RCT Composite outcome of arterial or venous thrombosis, disseminated intravascular coagulation and all‐cause mortality 200 30 November 2020
NCT04352400 Italy RCT Time to clinical improvement 256 December 2021
NCT04359277 USA RCT Composite incidence of: all‐cause mortality, cardiac arrest, symptomatic deep venous thrombosis, PE, arterial thromboembolism, myocardial infarction, stroke, or shock 1000 21 April 2021
NCT04360824 USA RCT Risk of all‐cause mortality 170 16 April 2021
NCT04362085 Canada RCT Composite outcome of ICU admission (yes/no), non‐invasive positive pressure ventilation (yes/no), invasive mechanical ventilation (yes/no), or all‐cause death (yes/no) up to 28 days 462 November 2020
NCT04366960 Italy RCT Incidence of VTE detected by imaging 2712 August 2020
NCT04367831 USA RCT Total number of patients with clinically relevant venous or arterial thrombotic events in ICU 100 November 2020
NCT04372589 Canada RCT Intubation and mortality 3000 January 2021
NCT04373707 France RCT VTE 602 September 2020
NCT04377997 USA RCT
  • Risk of composite efficacy endpoint of death, cardiac arrest, symptomatic deep venous thrombosis, PE, arterial thromboembolism, myocardial infarction, or haemodynamic shock

  • Risk of major bleeding event according to the ISTH definition

300 1 January 2021
NCT04393805 Italy Retrospective cohort
  • Bleeding

  • Thrombosis

  • Mortality

877 December 2020
NCT04394377 Brazil RCT Hierarchical composite endpoint composed of mortality, number of days alive, number of days in the hospital and number of days with oxygen therapy at the end of 30 days 600 December 2020
NCT04397510 USA RCT Mean daily PaO2:FiO2 50 31 December 2020
NCT04401293 USA RCT Composite outcome of arterial thromboembolic events, venous thromboembolic events and all‐cause mortality at day 30 ± 2 days 308 22 October 2020
NCT04416048 Germany RCT Composite endpoint of VTE (DVT and/or fatal or non‐fatal PE), arterial thromboembolism, new myocardial infarction, non‐haemorrhagic stroke, all‐cause mortality or progression to intubation and invasive ventilation 400 30 April 2021
Total number of studies Australia: 1
Brazil: 1
Canada: 2
China: 3
France: 2
Germany: 1
Italy: 4
Switzerland: 1
UK: 1
USA: 6
Prospective cohort: 1
RCT: 20
Retrospective cohort: 1
12 studies considered mortality
Six studies considered additional respiratory support
15,727 participants
  • 997 from NRS

  • 14,730 from RCTs

13 studies to December 2020
8 studies to July 2021
1 study to December 2021
DVT: deep vein thrombosis; FiO2: fraction of inspired oxygen; ISTH: International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis; NRS: non‐randomised studies; PaO2: arterial oxygen pressure;PE: pulmonary embolism; RCT: randomised controlled trial; VTE: venous thromboembolism