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. 2020 Dec 18;2020(12):CD008500. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008500.pub5

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