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Venous Thromboembolism and Haemostatic Disturbances in Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer

NCT00660205 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 285

Last updated 2012-03-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Cancer is a well known risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE) such as deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). Today we know that patients with adenocarcinomas of the gastro intestinal tract (GI-tract) often is in a hypercoagulable state.

In our observational study we collect patients admitted to department with a tentative diagnosis of upper GI cancer including pancreas cancer and offer them flow doppler ultrasounds of both legs for diagnosis of DVT in the entire treatment time. The routine CT-scan of the chest is modified to diagnose PE. This will be compared with blood samples analysed for coagulation markers including D-dimer - a fibrinogen degradation product.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Aarhus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ole Thorlacius-Ussing, Professor, DMSC, MD · Aalborg Hospital department of Aarhus University Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-02-29
Primary Completion
2011-02-28
Completion
2011-02-28

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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