Can a simple conversation prevent deadly blood clots?
NCT ID NCT06731244
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a shared decision-making process, which uses personalized risk scores, can help patients with unprovoked blood clots choose the best duration of blood-thinning medication. The goal is to reduce the chance of another clot or serious bleeding while improving patient satisfaction. About 2,400 adults who have had a first unprovoked clot will be randomly assigned to usual care or the shared decision-making approach.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- shared decision-making process
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help patients and doctors choose the right duration of blood-thinning therapy, reducing the risk of another clot or serious bleeding.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large but early-stage study testing a decision-making process, not a drug. The results may not change current practice if the intervention does not clearly improve outcomes.
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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 2,400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2035
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.
- 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: * Patient \> or = 18 years, * Patient with a first episode of symptomatic unprovoked pulmonary embolism (PE) and/or proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT) treated for 3 to 6 uninterrupted months with full dose anticoagulant therapy, * Signed informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Unable or refusal to give informed consent, * Isolated distal DVT, * Isolated sub-segmental PE * Previous unprovoked VTE * Known CTEPH * Indication for anticoagulation other than DVT or PE (e.g.; atrial fibrillation, mechanic valves…), * Interruption of anticoagulation for 14 days or more before the inclusion, * Active cancer of less than 24 months, * Current pregnancy, * Life expectancy \<18 months (e.g.; patients with an end-stage chronic disease) * Not affiliated to national insurance, social security (only for France)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
20 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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APHM - Hôpital la Timone
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMarseille, 13005, France
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APHP-Colombes
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGColombes, 92700, France
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Aphp-Hegp
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGParis, 75015, France
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Aphp-Hegp
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGParis, 75015, France
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CH Le Mans
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLe Mans, 72037, France
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CHU Brest
RECRUITINGBrest, France, 29609, France
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CHU Saint Etienne
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSaint-Etienne, 42270 Saint Priest En Jarez, France
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CHU d'Amiens - Picardie
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAmiens, 80054, France
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CHU d'Angers
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAngers, 49933, France
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CHU de Clermont Ferrand
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, 63000, France
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CHU de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterand
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGDijon, 21079, France
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CHU de Montpellier
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMontpellier, 34295, France
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CHU de Nancy
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNancy, 54511, France
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CHU de Nantes
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNantes, 44093, France
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CHU de Nîmes
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNîmes, 30029, France
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CHU de Rennes
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRennes, 35200, France
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CHU de Strasbourg
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGStrasbourg, 67091, France
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CHU de Toulouse
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGToulouse, 31000, France
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HCL - Hôpital Edouard Herriot
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLyon, 69003, France
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Hôpital National d'Instruction des Armées Percy
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGClamart, 92140, France
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