Monthly shot vs. daily pills: new hope for cancer patients with dangerous blood clots

NCT ID NCT05171049

Summary

This study tested whether a monthly injection (abelacimab) works better than twice-daily pills (apixaban) to prevent recurring blood clots in people with cancer. It aimed to see if the monthly option reduces both clot recurrence and bleeding risks while being more convenient for patients who struggle with swallowing pills. The trial involved about 1,150 participants with active cancer who had recently developed blood clots.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • 1st Affiliate Hospital of Xi'an Jiao

    Xi'an, 710061, China

  • A.O.U. Policlinico di Modena

    Modena, 41124, Italy

  • Akershus Univeristy Hospital

    Lørenskog, 1478, Norway

  • Albert Schweitzer Ziekenhuis, Dordwijk

    Dordrecht, 3317, Netherlands

  • Amsterdam University Medical Center

    Holland, 1105AZ, Netherlands

  • Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova Azienda Ospedaliera di Reggio Emilia

    Bologna, 40133, Italy

  • Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova Azienda Ospedaliera di Reggio Emilia

    Reggio Emilia, 42123, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedale - Università Padova

    Padua, 35128, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana

    Pisa, 56126, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria San Martino

    Genova, 16132, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Parma

    Parma, 43100, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia

    Udine, 33100, Italy

  • Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII

    Bergamo, 24127, Italy

  • Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Santi Paolo e Carlo

    Milan, 20142, Italy

  • Bacs-Kiskun County Hospital

    Kecskemét, 6000, Hungary

  • Barts Health NHS Trust

    London, ENG, E1 188, United Kingdom

  • Beaumont Hospital

    Dublin, V2N0, Ireland

  • Beijing Shijitan Hosp.

    Beijing, 100038, China

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215-5400, United States

  • Blacktown Hospital

    Blacktown, New South Wales, 2148, Australia

  • Blood Center of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Bon Secour Hospital

    Cork, Ireland

  • Box Hill Hospital

    Box Hill, Victoria, 3128, Australia

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • CH Le Puy en Velay

    Le Puy-en-Velay, 43000, France

  • CHU Amiens - Hopital Nord

    Amiens, 80057, France

  • CHU Angers - Hôpital Hôtel Dieu

    Angers, 49933, France

  • CHU Clermont Ferrand - Hopital Gabriel Montpied

    Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, France

  • CHU Dijon - Hôpital Bocage Central

    Dijon, 21079, France

  • CHU Strasbourg - Nouvel Hôpital Civil

    Strasbourg, 67091, France

  • CHU de Brest - Hôpital de la Cavale Blanche

    Brest, 29609, France

  • CHU de Grenoble - Hôpital Albert Michallon

    Grenoble, 38043, France

  • CHU de Limoges - Hôpital Dupuytren

    Limoges, 87042, France

  • CHU de Nancy - Hôpital de Brabois Adultes

    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54500, France

  • CHU de Nancy - Hôpital de Brabois Adultes

    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54511, France

  • CHU de Rouen - Hôpital de Bois Guillaume

    Rouen, 76031, France

  • CHU de Saint-Etienne - Hopital Nord

    Saint-Etienne, 42000, France

  • CHU de Toulouse - Hôpital Rangueil

    Toulouse, 31059, France

  • Castle Hill Hospital, Department of Oncology & Haematology

    Cottingham, ENG, HU16 5JQ, United Kingdom

  • Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Toulon

    Toulon, 83000, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

    Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland

  • Centre hospitalier des pays de Morlaix

    Morlaix, 29600, France

  • Chibaken Saiseikai Narashino Hospital

    Chiba, 275-0006, Japan

  • China Medical University Hospital

    Taichung, 40447, Taiwan

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Clinica Universidad de Navarra

    Madrid, 28027, Spain

  • Clinica Universidad de Navarra

    Pamplona, 31008, Spain

  • Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Orense

    Ourense, 32005, Spain

  • Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago

    Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Spain

  • Concord Repatriation General Hospital

    Concord, New South Wales, 2139, Australia

  • Cork University Hospital

    Cork, Ireland

  • Corporacio Sanitaria Parc Tauli

    Sabadell, 8208, Spain

  • Daegu Catholic University Medical Center

    Daegu, 42472, South Korea

  • Daugavpils Regional Hospital

    Daugavpils, LV-5417, Latvia

  • Debreceni Egyetem

    Debrecen, H-4032, Hungary

  • Dong-A University Hospital

    Seogu, 49201, South Korea

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital

    Yangcheon, 07985, South Korea

  • Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

    New Taipei City, 220, Taiwan

  • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS.

    Roma, 168, Italy

  • Groupe Hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere

    Paris, 75651, France

  • Gundersen Health System

    La Crosse, Wisconsin, 54601, United States

  • Haga Ziekenhuis

    The Hague, 2545 AA, Netherlands

  • Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital

    Anyang, 14068, South Korea

  • Hamilton Health Sciences, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre

    Hamilton, Ontario, L8V 1C3, Canada

  • Henry Ford Health System

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

  • Hopital Timone Adultes

    Marseille, 13385, France

  • Hopital Universitaire Geneve

    Geneva, 1205, Switzerland

  • Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL) - Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud

    Pierre-Bénite, 69310, France

  • Hospital Clinic de Barcelona

    Barcelona, 8036, Spain

  • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon

    Madrid, 28007, Spain

  • Hospital General Universitario de Elche

    Elche, 3203, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Ciudad de Jaen

    Jaén, 23007, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Clinico San Carlos

    Madrid, 28040, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Del Vinalopo

    Elche, 03001, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor

    Madrid, 28031, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti

    Lugo, 27003, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla

    Santander, 39012, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda

    Majadahonda, 28220, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves

    Granada, 18014, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio

    Seville, 41013, Spain

  • Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau

    Barcelona, 8041, Spain

  • Huizhou Municipal Central Hospital

    Huizhou, 516001, China

  • Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou

    Paris, 75015, France

  • Hôpital Louis Mourier

    Colombes, 92700, France

  • IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II

    Bari, 70124, Italy

  • Ikazia Ziekenhuis

    Rotterdam, 3083 AN, Netherlands

  • International University of Health and Welfare MITA Hospital

    Tokyo, 108-8329, Japan

  • Istituto Clinico Humanitas

    Rozzano, 20089, Italy

  • Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione G. Pascale

    Naples, 80131, Italy

  • Jeonbuk National University Hospital

    Jeonju, 54907, South Korea

  • Jewish General Hospital

    Montreal, Quebec, H3T-1E2, Canada

  • Jiangsu Province Hospital

    Nanjing, 210029, China

  • Jilin Province Tumor Hospital

    Ch’ang-ch’un, 130012, China

  • Juntendo University Hospital

    Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan

  • Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

    Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan

  • Klinikum der Universitaet Muenchen

    München, 80336, Germany

  • Kobe University Hospital

    Kobe, 650-0017, Japan

  • Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center

    Taipei, 112, Taiwan

  • Kumamoto University Hospital

    Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan

  • Kyorin University Hospital

    Tokyo, 181-8611, Japan

  • Kyoto University Hospital

    Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan

  • Kyushu University Hospital

    Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

  • LK Wiener Neustadt

    Neustadt, 2700, Austria

  • LKH - Universitätsklinikum Graz

    Graz, 8010, Austria

  • Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum

    Leiden, 2333 ZA, Netherlands

  • Liepaja Regional Hospital

    Liepāja, LV3414, Latvia

  • Lipson Cancer Institute

    Rochester, New York, 14621, United States

  • Länssjukhuset Sundsvall-Härnösand

    Sundsvall, 85186, Sweden

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • MD Anderson Cancer Centre

    Madrid, 28033, Spain

  • Markhot Ferenc Oktatokorhaz es Rendelointezet

    Eger, H-3300, Hungary

  • Masarykuv onkologicky ustav

    Brno, 65653, Czechia

  • McGill University Health Centre

    Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada

  • McGill University Health Centre

    Québec, H4A 3J1, Canada

  • Meander Medisch Centrum

    Amersfoort, 1066 EC, Netherlands

  • Meander Medisch Centrum

    Amersfoort, 3813, Netherlands

  • Medical University of Vienna

    Vienna, 1090, Austria

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10021-0005, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center-Commack

    Commack, New York, 11725, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center-Middletown

    Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center-West Harrison

    Harrison, New York, 10604, United States

  • Mie University Hospital

    Mie, 514-8507, Japan

  • Monash Medical Centre Clayton

    Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia

  • Msdyrt Midericordiae University Hospital

    Dublin, Ireland

  • Myongji Hospital

    Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10475, South Korea

  • Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University

    Guangzhou, 510515, China

  • Nanjing First Hospital

    Nanjing, 210006, China

  • National Cancer Center Hospital

    Tsukiji, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan

  • National Cheng Kung University Hospital

    Tainan, 70403, Taiwan

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    Taipei, 100, Taiwan

  • Nemocnice Na Pleši s.r.o.

    Nová Ves pod Pleší, 26204, Czechia

  • Niagara Health System

    Saint Catharines, Ontario, L2S 0A9, Canada

  • NorthShore University Health System

    Evanston, Illinois, 60201, United States

  • Northern Health

    Epping, Victoria, 3076, Australia

  • Nouvel Hôpital Civil de Strasbourg

    Strasbourg, 67091, France

  • Okayama Medical Center

    Okayama, 7011192, Japan

  • Onkologická klinika VFN a 1. LF UK

    Prague, 128 08, Czechia

  • Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Locatie Oost

    Amsterdam, 1091 AC, Netherlands

  • Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Locatie Oost

    Amsterdam, 1091, Netherlands

  • Osaka International Cancer Institute

    Osaka, 541-8567, Japan

  • Ospedale Civile Dell Annunziata

    Cosenza, 87100, Italy

  • Ospedale Degli Infermi

    Faenza, 48018, Italy

  • Ospedale SS. Giovanni e Paolo

    Venezia, 30122, Italy

  • Ospedale San Bortolo di Vicenza

    Vicenza, 36100, Italy

  • Ospedale Santa Maria di Cà Foncello

    Treviso, 35128, Italy

  • Ospedalemichele e Pietro ferrer

    Verduno, 12060, Italy

  • Ottawa Hospital

    Ottawa, Ontario, K1H BL6, Canada

  • Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital

    Riga, LV-1002, Latvia

  • Peking University Third Hospital

    Beijing, 100191, China

  • Perth Blood Institute

    Perth, 6005, Australia

  • Praxis für Gefäßmedizin

    Görlitz, 2827, Germany

  • Presidio Ospedaliero di Castelfranco Veneto

    Castelfranco Veneto, 31033, Italy

  • Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre

    Nova Scotia, B3H 2Y9, Canada

  • Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus

    Glasgow, SCO, G514TF, United Kingdom

  • Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum

    Nijmegen, 6525, Netherlands

  • Rode Kruis Ziekenhuis

    Beverwijk, 1942, Netherlands

  • SS. ma Annunziata

    Chieti, 66100, Italy

  • Sault Area Hospital

    Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, P6A 0A8, Canada

  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

    Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea

  • SoonChunHyang University Hospital Bucheon

    Bucheon-si, 14584, South Korea

  • Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital

    Seoul, 4401, South Korea

  • Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital

    Yŏngsan, 04401, South Korea

  • Southern Medical University - Zhujiang Hospital

    Guangdong, 510280, China

  • Spaarne Gasthuis (Kennemer Gasthuis) - Haarlem-Zuid

    Hoofddorp, 2134TM, Netherlands

  • Staedtisches Klinikum Dresden Standort Dresden-Friedrichstadt

    Dresden, 1067, Germany

  • Taichung Veterans General Hospital

    Taichung, 40705, Taiwan

  • Tergooiziekenhuizen, Hilversum

    Hilversum, 1213, Netherlands

  • The Alfred Hospital

    Prahran, 3181, Australia

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University

    Wenzhou, 325000, China

  • The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals

    Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG, NE7 7DN, United Kingdom

  • The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University

    Guangzhou, 510655, China

  • Thomayerova nemocnice

    Prague, 14059, Czechia

  • Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine

    Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan

  • Tokai University Hospital

    Isehara, 259-1193, Japan

  • Tokyo Saiseikai Central Hospital

    Minatoku, 108-0073, Japan

  • Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College

    Wuhan, 430030, China

  • Toronto General Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada

  • Tri-Service General Hospital

    Taipei, 114, Taiwan

  • Union Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science &Technology

    Wuhan, 430023, China

  • Universit degli Studi di Perugia - Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia

    Perugia, 6132, Italy

  • Universitaetsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus TU Dresden

    Dresden, 1307, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

    Hamburg, 20246, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Magdeburg A.oe.R

    Magdeburg, 39120, Germany

  • Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

    Groningen, 9713, Netherlands

  • University Hospital Hradec Kralove

    Hradec Králové, 50005, Czechia

  • University Hospital of Wales

    Cardiff, England, CF14 4XW, United Kingdom

  • University Hospital, Limerick

    Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland

  • University Hospitals of North Midlands

    Stafford, England, ST16 3SA, United Kingdom

  • University Hospitals of North Midlands

    Stoke-on-Trent, England, ST4 6QG, United Kingdom

  • University of Alberta Hospital

    Edmonton, Alberta, T6G2V2, Canada

  • University of Calgary

    Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada

  • University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Kentucky, Markey Cancer Center

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40536-0093, United States

  • University of Miami Health

    Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

  • University of Pennsylvania - Penn Blood Disorders Center

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • University of Texas Mays Cancer Center

    San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States

  • University of Zürich

    Zurich, 8091, Switzerland

  • Università dell'Insubria

    Varese, 21100, Italy

  • Universitätsklinik Leipzig

    Leipzig, 4103, Germany

  • Universitätsklinik der Christian-Albrechts-Universität

    Kiel, 24105, Germany

  • VA Connecticut Healthcare System

    West Haven, Connecticut, 06516-5907, United States

  • Washington DC VAMC

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20422, United States

  • Washington University

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Westmead Hospital

    Westmead, New South Wales, 2145, Australia

  • Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital

    Kanagawa, 236-0037, Japan

  • Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

    Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16995, South Korea

  • Østfold Hospital Kalnes

    Fredrikstad, 1603, Norway

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