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