Personalized blood clot prevention for pregnant women put to the test
NCT ID NCT03659708
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a special scoring tool (the Lyon-VTE score) can better prevent dangerous blood clots in pregnant women at high risk compared to standard care. About 600 pregnant women with a personal history of blood clots or a clotting disorder will be randomly assigned to either score-guided prevention or usual recommendations. The goal is to see if personalized care is safer, more effective, and more cost-efficient.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Lyon-VTE score (risk assessment tool)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a validated, personalized approach to prevent dangerous blood clots during pregnancy, reducing unnecessary treatment and costs.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively early-stage trial (phase not specified) and the score has only been tested in retrospective and small prospective studies. It may not prove more effective or cost-saving than current care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2021
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2031
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
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18 to 50 years
- 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: * Adult pregnant women at high risk of VTE (with a personal history of VTE and/or thrombophilia) * At the time of inclusion, be at most in the 7th month of pregnancy * giving informed consent to participate to the study Exclusion Criteria: * contraindication to heparin therapy, * women with obstetrical complications only, with no history of VTE (pre-eclampsia, HELLP\[ Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes, Low Platelet count\],intra-uterine growth retardation, miscarriage, etc), * patients with a history of superficial venous thrombosis, and those with the highest VTE risk for whom clear recommendations with a high level of evidence are available (patients on long-term anticoagulants, or those with antiphospholipid syndrome or antithrombin deficiency). * Patient participating in an ongoing study that could interfere with the study, * Patient under legal protection measure.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Cardiologique L. Pradel
RECRUITINGBron, 69677, France
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