Heparin or Enoxaparin in Patients With Cancer

NCT00004875 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 6

Last updated 2011-02-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Heparin or enoxaparin may be effective in preventing the formation of blood clots in patients with cancer who are undergoing surgery to remove the tumor.

PURPOSE: Randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of heparin with that of enoxaparin in patients who have cancer.

Conditions

  • Lymphoma
  • Thromboembolism
  • Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Interventions

DRUG

enoxaparin

DRUG

heparin

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Hau C. Kwaan, MD · Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lakeside Chicago

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1996-07-31
Primary Completion
1999-03-31
Completion
1999-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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