Effectiveness of Interventions for Hospital Medical Thromboprophylaxis: a Bicentric Swiss Quality-improvement Study
TPX-ENHANCE
1 other identifier
interventional
600
1 country
2
Brief Summary
The primary objective is to evaluate and compare the short-term and medicum-term effectiveness of 2 types of interventions in 2 different hospitals to improve the adequacy of hospital thromboprophylaxis among acute medical inpatients.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Sep 2020
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
2 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
September 1, 2020
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 2, 2022
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 1, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 31, 2024
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 31, 2024
CompletedMay 10, 2023
May 1, 2023
4.3 years
February 2, 2022
May 8, 2023
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Proportion of patients with an adequate thromboprophylaxis
90 days
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Incidence of venous thromboembolism
90 days
Incidence of major bleeding
90 days
Study Arms (2)
Implementation of an electronic tool for risk stratification and thromboprophylaxis prescription
EXPERIMENTALImplementation of educative sessions and pocket cards for thromboprophylaxis
EXPERIMENTALInterventions
Use of a comprehensive electronic tool in the electronic medical chart to help the stratification of risk of VTE and the subsequent prescription of an adequate thromboprophylaxis
Educative sessions on thromboprophylaxis
Pocket card (guide for thromboprophylaxis)
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- acute medical inpatients hospitalized at the Geneva University Hospitals or the Lugano Regional Hospitals
You may not qualify if:
- patients already on therapeutic anticoagulation
- patients with an estimated life expectancy of \<3 months
- pregnancy
- patients hospitalized for COVID-19
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Marc Blondonlead
Study Sites (2)
Geneva University Hospitals
Geneva, Switzerland
Ospedale Regionale di Lugano
Lugano, Switzerland
Related Publications (1)
Marando M, Blondon K, Darbellay Farhoumand P, Nendaz M, Grauser D, Sallet A, Tamburello A, Pons M, Righini M, Gianella P, Blondon M. Contemporary adequacy of thromboprophylaxis in acutely ill medical patients in Switzerland: a bi-centric prospective cohort. Swiss Med Wkly. 2023 Nov 1;153:40117. doi: 10.57187/smw.2023.40117.
PMID: 37956238DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Principal Investigator
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 2, 2022
First Posted
April 1, 2022
Study Start
September 1, 2020
Primary Completion
December 31, 2024
Study Completion
December 31, 2024
Last Updated
May 10, 2023
Record last verified: 2023-05