Selective D-Dimer Testing Compared With Uniform D-Dimer Testing in the Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis (SELECT)

NCT00157677 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1727

Last updated 2011-10-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare two diagnostic interventions to improve the way D-dimer blood testing (MDA D-dimer) is used to diagnose first time symptomatic deep vein thrombosis.

Conditions

  • Deep Vein Thrombosis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

D-dimer testing

Uniform D-dimer use

PROCEDURE

D-dimer testing

Selective D-Dimer use

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Lori Linkins, MD · McMaster University

  • Clive Kearon, MD · McMaster University

  • Jim Julian, MMath · McMaster University, Dept. of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-10-31
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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