EVENT: Hydrotherapy and Deep Venous Thrombosis

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2006-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The main objective of this study is to demonstrate that hydrotherapy in a specific place can reduce the risk of post-thrombotic syndrome.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Association Francaise pour la Recherche Thermale

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• both sexes;

• 18 years old and more;

• clinical indication of thermal cure (first phase of deep venous thrombosis authenticated by unilateral venous echo-doppler

• curative anticoagulant treatment more than 3 month;

• oedema and/or spontaneous pain with functional discomfort;

• available for a thermal cure during 18 days and a follow-up period of 36 month;

• voluntary to participate to the study, informed consent form signed after appropriate information;

• affiliation to the social security system or equivalent;

• no previous participation to a thermal cure (in the indication of phlebology)

Exclusion Criteria:

• isolate distal thrombosis;

• asymptomatic thrombosis;

• cutaneous ulcer of lower limb;

• refusal to consent;

• refusal to benefit of thermal cure;

• contra-indication to hydrotherapy.