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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00781378
Date of registration: 21/10/2008
Primary sponsor: Beijing Chao Yang Hospital
Public title: Low Dosage of rt-PA in the Treatment of Pulmonary Thromboembolism in China
Scientific title: Efficacy and Safety Evaluation of Low Dosage of Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator (rt-PA) in the Treatment of Pulmonary Thromboembolism: A Multi-Center, Randomized Controlled Trial in China
Date of first enrolment: June 2002
Target sample size: 118
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00781378
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
China
Contacts
Name:   Chen WANG, Prof
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine,Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital,Capital Medical University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- age between 18 and 75

- symptomatic PE confirmed by: a high probability ventilation-perfusion lung scanning
(V/Q scan) or the presence of intraluminal filling defect on spiral computed
tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA)

- PTE patients with haemodynamic instability, or cardiogenic shock

- anatomic obstruction more than 2 lobes on CTPA, or defect more than 7 segments on V/Q
scan combined with evidence of right ventricular dysfunction(RVD) and pulmonary
hypertension on echocardiography

- written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- active bleeding or spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage

- major surgery, organ biopsy or recent puncture of a non-compressible vessel less than
10 days

- cerebral arterial thrombosis within 2 months

- gastro-intestinal bleeding within 10 days

- major trauma within the past 15 days

- neurosurgery or ophthalmologic operation with 30 days

- uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure > 180 mmHg and/or diastolic blood
pressure > 110 mmHg)

- recent external cardiac resuscitation manoeuvres

- platelet count < 100 000/mm3 at admission

- pregnancy, puerperium or lactation with 2 weeks

- infectious pericarditis or endocarditis

- severe hepatic and kidney dysfunction

- hemorrhagic retinopathy due to diabetes

- a known bleeding disorder



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pulmonary Embolism
Thromboembolism
Intervention(s)
Drug: rt-PA
Primary Outcome(s)
Perfusion defect score of lung V/Q scans [Time Frame: within the 1st 14 days]
Quantitative computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) score on 2d, 14d after treatment. [Time Frame: within the 1st 14 days]
The improvement of the right hart function on echocardiograms [Time Frame: within the 1st 14 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Death [Time Frame: within the 1st 14 days]
Major or minor bleeding [Time Frame: within 1st 14 days]
PE recurrence [Time Frame: within the 1st 14 days]
Secondary ID(s)
2001BA703B13
2004BA703B07
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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