Home Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism

Summary

The best management in selected patients of pulmonary Embolism (PE) should be at home. The efficacy and safety treatment´s at home versus at hospital should be similar and quality of life should be better. Our purpose is to demostrate that Low weight molecular heparin (LWMH) at home for PE is at least as effective and safe at home as at hospital

Conditions

• Pulmonary Embolism

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

treatment at home

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery

  collaborator OTHER

• Carlos III Health Institute

  lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

• Remedios Otero, MD · Pneumology Service of Virgen de Rocio Hospital (Spain)

• Fernando Uresandi, MD · Pneumology Service.Cruces Hospital (Spain)

• David Jimenez, MD · Pneumology Service. Ramon y Cajal Hospital (Spain)

• Miguel A. Cabezudo, MD · Pneumology Service. H. Asturias (Spain)

• Francisco Conget, MD · Pneumology Service. Clinic Hospital of Zaragoza (Spain)

• Dolores Nauffal, MD · Pneumology Service. La Fe Hospital (Spain)

• Mikel Oribe, MD · Pneumology Service. Galdakao Hospital (Spain)

• Jose L. Lobo, MD · Pneumology Service. Txagorritxu Hospital (Spain)

• Fulgencio Gonzalez, MD · Pneumology Service. 12 de Octubre Hospital (Spain)

• Elena Laserna, MD · Pneumology Service. S.Juan de Dios Hospital (Spain)

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2004-12-31

Completion

2005-08-31

Countries

• Spain

Study Locations