Study tests tools to spot repeat blood clots
NCT ID NCT02297373
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 744 people who had a blood clot before and were suspected of having another one. Researchers tested three different checklists (called clinical decision rules) to see how well they could tell if a new clot was really there. The goal was to help doctors avoid missing dangerous clots or giving unnecessary blood thinners.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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744 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2014
- Finished
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Jan 2019
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Outpatients presenting with suspected acute recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE).
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Outpatients with clinically suspected acute recurrent DVT or PE regardless of whether the previous event was a DVT or PE * Age ≥18 years old * Willing and able to give informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Life expectancy less than 3 months * Suspicion of upper extremity thrombosis or thrombosis at an unusual site (e.g. cerebral or abdominal venous thrombosis) * Previous VTE was distal DVT or subsegmental PE * Suspected recurrent VTE is asymptomatic * Previously enrolled in this study
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Geneva University Hospital
Geneva, Switzerland
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Hamilton Health Sciences Centre
Hamilton, Ontario, L8L 2X2, Canada
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Hopital Montfort
Ottawa, Ontario, K1K 0T2, Canada
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Humber River Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, M3M 0B2, Canada
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Lawson Health Research Institute
London, Ontario, N6G 4A5, Canada
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Leiden University Medical Centre
Leiden, Netherlands
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Nova Scotia Health Authority
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 1V7, Canada
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Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital
Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1E2, Canada
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The Ottawa Hospital
Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L6, Canada
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