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Enoxaparin Metabolism in Reconstructive Surgery Patients

NCT02411292 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2018-11-16

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Summary

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a leading cause of death among hospitalized patients, and is an important patient safety issue in plastic surgery. Previous work has shown that enoxaparin prophylaxis can prevent many post-operative VTE events, and current American Society of Plastic Surgeons guidelines support enoxaparin prophylaxis for high-risk patients. Highest risk patients often have cancer or trauma reconstruction. Primary outcomes include 1) peak and trough steady-state aFXa levels in response to standard and escalated doses of enoxaparin and 2) the proportion of patients with appropriate aFXa levels pre and post initiation of a clinical protocol for enoxaparin dose adjustment. The investigators expect that standard dosing will result in inadequate aFXa peak and trough levels, and that the clinical dose adjustment protocol will significantly improve the proportion of in-range aFXa levels. The investigators will also develop a linear regression-based equation to calculate, based on patient-level factors, the required dose of enoxaparin to generate in-range aFXa levels. This research may show that the current "one size fits all" approach to enoxaparin prophylaxis is insufficient. In the trauma and orthopaedic populations, patients with low initial aFXa levels are significantly more likely to develop deep venous thrombosis. Thus, this study has important implications for appropriate enoxaparin dose magnitude and frequency, and may ultimately help to decrease the substantial morbidity and mortality associated with post-operative VTE.

Conditions

  • Venous Thromboembolism
  • Deep Venous Thrombosis
  • Pulmonary Embolus
  • Reconstructive Surgery

Interventions

DRUG

Enoxaparin

Enrolled patients will receive real-time monitoring of peak and trough steady state anti-Xa levels. Out-of-range patients will receive real time dose adjustment of Enoxaparin using a clinical protocol developed with our inpatient pharmacists.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Christopher Puccini, MD · University of Utah

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-31
Primary Completion
2016-03-31
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • United States

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