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Venous thromboembolism

Bayer Identifier:

18787

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

Not Available

EudraCT Number:

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EU CT Number:

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An Observational Study on Incidence, Natural History and Treatment Patterns of Venous Thromboembolism in Taiwan

Trial purpose

The research question addressed by this study is primarily on the clinical epidemiology of VTE in Taiwan. The study aims to estimate the incidence of VTE and describe natural history of VTE, including long term clinical outcomes in adult Taiwanese population, utilizing population-based electronic health data in Taiwan.

Key Participants Requirements

Sex

Both

Age

20 - N/A
  • - The source population was the adult population in Taiwan. The legal age for definition as an adult (without additional research ethics review requirement) in Taiwan is 20; therefore all National Health Insurance (NHI) enrollees age 20 or older at any time during the study period were evaluated for VTE.
  • - Person-time before an eligible subject turned 20 were not evaluated.
    - Study subjects having inconsistent data on gender and unrealistic date of birth (birth year before 1890 and after 2015) were identified and excluded from the analysis.

Trial summary

Enrollment Goal
104215
Trial Dates
December 2016 - July 2017
Phase
N/A
Could I Receive a placebo
N/A
Products
Unspecified
Accepts Healthy Volunteer
No

Where to participate

StatusInstitutionLocation
Completed
Taipei, Taiwan

Primary Outcome

  • Incident VTE
    Incident VTE cases were those who had a first VTE diagnosis after 1 January 2005 and with at least 5 years of look-back period. Those with a first VTE diagnosis less than 5 years of look-period were considered as undetermined VTE cases.
    date_rangeTime Frame:
    4 years
  • Potential risk factors that occurred before the incident VTE events
    Events during the 3 months before the first VTE recurrence will be described. Potential risk factors that will be evaluated include age, gender, and treatment regimen for VTE, adherence to treatment regimen, concomitant medications, and comorbidity. The analysis will be stratified by the nature of the first VTE (provoked and unprovoked). Due to the unknown number of repeated recurrence and complex clinical nature of patients with multiple VTE recurrence, risk factors for multiple recurrences will be evaluated at a less detailed level than that for the first recurrence.
    date_rangeTime Frame:
    4 years
  • Treatment patterns and adherence
    Usage patterns of anticoagulants among incident VTE patients were evaluated during incident VTE hospital admission and after discharge. Adherence of oral anticoagulant treatment was also evaluated with the calculation of MPR within 6 months and 12 months after discharge.
    date_rangeTime Frame:
    4 years
  • All-cause mortality
    All deaths before 31 December 2014 among the incident VTE patients were identified through the mortality records. Patients were followed from incident VTE index date, and the patients were censored on 31 December 2014 or termination of NHI coverage without further medical or mortality records. If the patient died during the same hospitalization during the incident VTE, the death date was defined as the discharge date of that specific hospitalization.
    date_rangeTime Frame:
    4 years
  • Major bleeding
    Major bleeding (intracranial bleed and gastrointestinal bleed) was the major morbidity of interest and incident VTE patients were followed from incident VTE index date till 31 December 2014, death or termination of NHI coverage without any further medical records. Patients died during the incident VTE hospitalization were excluded for major bleeding follow up.
    date_rangeTime Frame:
    4 years
  • Recurrent VTE
    Recurrent VTE events after the incident VTE diagnosis were evaluated during the follow-up period through 31 December 2014 or until the patient died or NHI coverage terminated without any further medical records after the termination. The same VTE operational definitions according to different algorithm in incident VTE were consistently applied in recurrent VTE.
    date_rangeTime Frame:
    4 years

Trial design

An Observational Study on Incidence, Natural History and Treatment Patterns of Venous Thromboembolism in Taiwan
Trial Type
Observational
Intervention Type
N/A
Trial Purpose
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Blinding
N/A
Assignment
N/A
Trial Arms
N/A

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