POST (Prospective Observational Superfial Thrombophlebitis)

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
• Main ID: NCT00818688
• Date of registration: 07/01/2009
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
• Public title: POST (Prospective Observational Superfial Thrombophlebitis) POST
• Scientific title: Superficial Thrombophlebitis and Venous Thromboembolism: A Large Prospective Epidemiological Study
• Date of first enrolment: March 2005
• Target sample size: 844
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00818688
• Study type: Observational
• Study design: Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

France

Contacts

• Name: Hervé DECOUSUS, Pr
• Affiliation: CHU de SAINT-ETIENNE

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- all consecutive patients aged 18 years or over, with a symptomatic ST of the lower
limbs at least 5 cm long on compression ultrasonography.

Exclusion Criteria:

- patients who had undergone surgery under general or loco-regional anaesthesia in the
previous 10 days, those in whom ST had occurred after sclerotherapy within the
previous 30 days and those whose follow-up was not considered to be feasible were
ineligible



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Thrombophlebitis

Intervention(s)

Procedure: compression ultrasonography at 3 months

Primary Outcome(s)

Incidence of confirmed venous thromboembolism at three months. [Time Frame: 3 months]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Overall mortality at three months [Time Frame: 3 months]

Secondary ID(s)

0401080

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors