NCT06087952

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate tailored duration of long-term anticoagulant treatment after a first venous thromboembolism based on individualized risk assessments of recurrent VTE and major bleeding risks. Participants will be asked to fill in a questionnaire and take a buccal swab, which are used for an individual estimation of the risks of recurrent VTE and bleeding. Based on these risks a treatment advise will be made, or randomised in a subgroup of patients.

Trial Health

75
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
608

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable

Timeline
13mo left

Started Jun 2021

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

19 active sites

Status
active not recruiting

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress82%
Jun 2021Jun 2027

Study Start

First participant enrolled

June 18, 2021

Completed
2.1 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

July 25, 2023

Completed
3 months until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

October 18, 2023

Completed
3.6 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

June 1, 2027

Expected
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

June 1, 2027

Last Updated

February 20, 2026

Status Verified

February 1, 2026

Enrollment Period

6 years

First QC Date

July 25, 2023

Last Update Submit

February 18, 2026

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Recurrent VTE and major bleeding

    Incidence of the combined endpoint recurrent VTE and major bleeding in the randomised arms

    2 years

Secondary Outcomes (9)

  • Primary outcome weighted for quality of life (EQ-5D-5L)

    2 years

  • Primary outcome weighted for functional status (PFVS)

    2 years

  • Cost-effectiveness

    Up to 2 years

  • Recurrent VTE and major bleeding in non-randomised arms

    2 years

  • Clinically relevant non-major bleeding

    2 years

  • +4 more secondary outcomes

Study Arms (4)

Continue anticoagulation

OTHER

Patients with high recurrent VTE risk and low major bleeding risks are advised to continue anticoagulant therapy.

Diagnostic Test: VTE-BLEED scoreDiagnostic Test: L-TRRiP scoreOther: Advise to continue anticoagulant treatment after 3 months

Discontinue anticoagulation

OTHER

Patients with low recurrent VTE risk are advised to discontinue anticoagulant therapy.

Diagnostic Test: VTE-BLEED scoreDiagnostic Test: L-TRRiP scoreOther: Advise to discontinue anticoagulant treatment after 3 months

Randomised to continue anticoagulation

OTHER

Patients with intermediate recurrent VTE risk or high recurrent VTE risk and high major bleeding risk are randomised to continue or discontinue anticoagulant therapy.

Other: Randomised treatment advice (discontinue vs continue after 3 months)Diagnostic Test: VTE-BLEED scoreDiagnostic Test: L-TRRiP score

Randomised to discontinue anticoagulation

OTHER

Patients with intermediate recurrent VTE risk or high recurrent VTE risk and high major bleeding risk are randomised to continue or discontinue anticoagulant therapy.

Other: Randomised treatment advice (discontinue vs continue after 3 months)Diagnostic Test: VTE-BLEED scoreDiagnostic Test: L-TRRiP score

Interventions

Randomisation to continue or discontinue anticoagulant therapy in 1:1 ratio stratified on risk category of L-TRRiP and VTE-BLEED score

Randomised to continue anticoagulationRandomised to discontinue anticoagulation
L-TRRiP scoreDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Predict VTE recurrence risk after anticoagulant discontinuation (high, intermediate or low) using the L-TRRiP score

Continue anticoagulationDiscontinue anticoagulationRandomised to continue anticoagulationRandomised to discontinue anticoagulation
VTE-BLEED scoreDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Predict bleeding risk during extended anticoagulant treatment (high or low) using the VTE-BLEED score

Continue anticoagulationDiscontinue anticoagulationRandomised to continue anticoagulationRandomised to discontinue anticoagulation

Advise to continue anticoagulant treatment after 3 months for patients with high VTE recurrence and low bleeding risk

Continue anticoagulation

Advise to discontinue anticoagulant treatment after 3 months for patients with low VTE recurrence risk

Discontinue anticoagulation

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Provision of informed consent prior to any study specific procedures.
  • Be diagnosed with a first confirmed symptomatic deep vein thrombosis (including distal vein thrombosis, in Dutch: 'kuitvenetrombose') or pulmonary embolism with an indication for treatment with anticoagulant therapy for at least 3 months as prescribed by their treating physician.
  • Be aged 18 years or above.

You may not qualify if:

  • Patients with active cancer (i.e. cancer diagnosis within six months before VTE (excluding basal-cell or squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin), recently recurrent or progressive cancer or any cancer that required anti-cancer treatment within six months before the venous thromboembolism was diagnosed) or antiphospholipid syndrome
  • Patients who need to continue anticoagulant treatment for another indication (e.g. atrial fibrillation).
  • Patients with a strong indication for long-term antiplatelet therapy despite oral anticoagulation (e.g. those with recent STEMI)
  • Patients with COVID-19 associated VTE (hospital admission because of COVID-19 \<3 months before the VTE) or vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT)
  • Patients in whom the risk of bleeding is deemed extremely high by the treating physician, necessitating discontinuation of anticoagulant treatment for the first VTE after the initial 3 months or even during the initial 3 months.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (19)

Leiden University Medical Center

Leiden, South Holland, 2333 ZA, Netherlands

Location

Amsterdam Medical Center, location AMC

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Location

Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis

Assen, Netherlands

Location

Rode Kruis Ziekenhuis

Beverwijk, Netherlands

Location

Amphia Ziekenhuis

Breda, Netherlands

Location

Deventer Ziekenhuis

Deventer, Netherlands

Location

Nij Smellinghe Ziekenhuis

Drachten, Netherlands

Location

Ziekenhuis Gelderse Vallei

Ede, Netherlands

Location

Catharina Ziekenhuis

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Location

Admiraal de Ruyter Ziekenhuis

Goes, Netherlands

Location

Groene Hart Ziekenhuis

Gouda, Netherlands

Location

Martini Ziekenhuis

Groningen, Netherlands

Location

University Medical Center Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

Location

Radboud University Medical Center

Nijmegen, Netherlands

Location

Ikazia Ziekenhuis

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Location

Haaglanden Medisch Centrum

The Hague, Netherlands

Location

HagaZiekenhuis

The Hague, Netherlands

Location

Diakonessenhuis

Utrecht, Netherlands

Location

Isala Klinieken

Zwolle, Netherlands

Location

Related Publications (1)

  • Burggraaf-van Delft JLI, van Rein N, Bemelmans RHH, van den Berg JK, Bruggeman CY, Cloos-van Balen M, Coppens M, Eefting M, Ende-Verhaar Y, van Es N, van Guldener C, de Jong WK, Kleijwegt F, Koster T, Kroon C, Kuipers S, Leentjens J, Luijten D, Mairuhu ATA, Meijer K, van de Ree MA, Roos R, Schrover I, Swart-Heikens J, van der Velden AWG, van den Akker-van Marle EM, le Cessie S, Geersing GJ, Middeldorp S, Huisman MV, Klok FA, Cannegieter SC; L-TRRiP investigators. Tailored anticoagulant treatment after a first venous thromboembolism: protocol of the Leiden Thrombosis Recurrence Risk Prevention (L-TRRiP) study - cohort-based randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2024 Mar 23;14(3):e078676. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078676.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Venous ThromboembolismVenous ThrombosisPulmonary Embolism

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

ThromboembolismEmbolism and ThrombosisVascular DiseasesCardiovascular DiseasesThrombosisLung DiseasesRespiratory Tract DiseasesEmbolism

Study Officials

  • Suzanne Cannegieter, MD, PhD

    Leiden University Medical Center

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Masking Details
Blinded endpoint adjudication
Purpose
OTHER
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Model Details: Patients with low recurrent VTE risk are advised to stop anticoagulant therapy. Patients with high recurrent VTE risk and low bleeding risk are advised to continue anticoagulant therapy. Patients with intermediate recurrent VTE risk, or high recurrent VTE risk and high bleeding risk are randomised to stop or continue anticoagulant therapy.
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

July 25, 2023

First Posted

October 18, 2023

Study Start

June 18, 2021

Primary Completion (Estimated)

June 1, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

June 1, 2027

Last Updated

February 20, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will share

After data collection and data cleaning are finished deidentified data will be registered in a repository and be made available for further research upon reasonable request to the corresponding author.

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