Clot Dissolving Treatment for Blood Clots in the Lungs



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Cardiology
Therapuetic Areas:Cardiology / Vascular Diseases
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:11/30/-0001
Start Date:May 2008
Contact:Jeffrey A Kline, MD
Email:jkline@carolinas.org
Phone:704-355-7092

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Randomized Trial of Tenecteplase to Treat Severe Submassive Pulmonary Embolism


The purpose of this study is to determine if tenecteplase plus enoxaparin is safe and
effective in the treatment of patients with severe submassive pulmonary embolism.


This project is a phase III, six-center, randomized trial of tenecteplase to treat severe
submassive (systolic blood pressure >90 mm Hg) pulmonary embolism (PE). "Severe" requires
one of the following predictors of a adverse outcome: right ventricular (RV) hypokinesis on
echocardiography, hypoxemia (pulse oximetry reading <95%, <1000 feet above sea level), serum
troponin I (abnormal at local threshold) or brain natriuretic peptide concentration >90
pg/mL (or NT proBNP >900 pg/mL). Patients from the emergency department or inpatients can be
enrolled within 24 hours of a diagnostic positive CT angiography. After informed consent,
eligible patients will be randomized to the study or placebo arm. All patients will a
receive a 1mg/kg enoxaparin, SQ followed by a syringe prepared in pharmacy containing either
a body weight-adjusted dose of tenecteplase or a 0.9% saline placebo, given IV push.
Patients will be followed for five days post-treatment for composite acute adverse outcomes:
PE-related (death, any ACLS intervention, circulatory shock, respiratory failure, need for
vasopressors with organ dysfunction) and hemorrhage-related (intracranial or intraspinal
hemorrhage and any other hemorrhage requiring transfusion, surgical or endoscopic
intervention or a hemostatic drug). Survivors will return at three months for assessment of
a delayed adverse outcomes of death or cardiopulmonary functional limitation (CFL): interval
medical care for dyspnea + RV dysfunction or pulmonary hypertension on echo + either a NYHA
score ≥3 or a 6 minute walk distance <330 m. Together, the acute and delayed outcomes
represent composite serious adverse outcomes (SAOs). We hypothesize an absolute 20%
reduction in composite serious adverse outcomes in the study arm compared with the placebo
arm. The six hospitals represent geographic diversity: Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Denver,
New Haven, and Springfield, MA. To help maintain balance between sites, the six sites will
each enroll a maximum of 40 patients until the sample size of N=200 is reached, which allows
the 20% effect size to be tested at α =0.05 and β=0.20 with 15% loss to follow-up. The study
will employ an intent-to treat analysis. Secondary endpoints include recurrent venous
thromboembolism within three months, scores from two validated quality of life questionnaire
(VEINES-QOL and SF-36TM) at three months. Human subject safety include requirement that a
study MD verify the presence of all inclusion and absence of exclusions in real-time, a
method to allow unblinding to the clinical care team, an independent DSMB that will perform
6 interim analyses and will enforce predefined stopping criteria for either safety or
efficacy.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Pulmonary vascular imaging positive for PE within the previous 24 hours

- Ability to provide written informed consent and comply with study assessments for
the full duration of the study

- Age >17 years

- Evidence of severe PE: RV hypokinesis on echocardiography, abnormal troponin I or T
(any non-normal including indeterminate values, using local reference thresholds) or
BNP measurement >90 pg/mL or NT proBNP >900 pg/ml (not more than 6 hours prior to CT
angiography and not more than 30 hours before enrollment) or a pulse oximetry reading
<95% within previous two hours (<93% in Denver).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Systolic blood pressure < 90 mm Hg at time of informed consent

- Do not resuscitate or do not intubate order

- Systemic fibrinolytic treatment within previous 7 days

- Inability to follow-up at 3 months

- Documented gastrointestinal bleeding within previous 30 days

- Active hemorrhage in any of the following sites at the time of enrollment:
intraperitoneal, retroperitoneal, pulmonary, uterine, bladder, or nose.

- Head trauma causing loss of consciousness within previous 7 days

- Any history of hemorrhagic stroke

- Ischemic stroke within the past year

- Prior history of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

- History of intraocular hemorrhage

- Intracranial metastasis

- Known inherited bleeding disorder, e.g., hemophilia

- Platelet count < 50,000/uL

- Prothrombin time with an INR >1.7

- Chest, abdominal, intracranial or spinal surgery within the previous 14 days

- Subacute bacterial endocarditis

- Pregnancy (positive pregnancy test)

- Prior enrollment in the study

- Current treatment with fondiparinux, dalteparin, a direct thrombin inhibitor or
administration of a glycoprotein inhibitor within the previous 48 hours.

- Known pericarditis

- Allergy to heparins,or tenecteplase

- Elapsed time that would preclude drug or placebo administration within 24 hours after
diagnosis

- Evidence of non-end stage kidney injury (creatinine clearance < 30 ml/min without
chronic hemodialysis treatment; chronic hemodialysis-treated patients are eligible)

- Preexisting end-stage cardiopulmonary disease (heart failure with left ventricular
ejection fraction <20%, known severe pulmonary hypertension or other lung disease
causing permanent dependence upon oxygen)

- Any other condition that the investigator believes would pose a significant hazard to
the subject
We found this trial at
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185 Cambridge Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
617-724-5200
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1000 Blythe Blvd
Charlotte, North Carolina 28203
(704) 355-2000
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593 Eddy Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
401-444-4000
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251 E Huron St
Chicago, Illinois 60611
(312) 926-2000
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Denver, Colorado 80262
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Sacramento, California 95817
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Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
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