Overview

Evaluation of Maintenance Dosing vs Loading Dosing Upon Restarting Warfarin Therapy: A Prospective Randomized Trial

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-08-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
A prospective, randomized trial to compare the time taken to achieve a therapeutic INR upon re-starting warfarin at a "loading" dose (namely 1.5 times the "maintenance" dose for 3 days) compared to the known "maintenance" dose.
Phase:
Phase 1
Details
Lead Sponsor:
University of Alberta
Treatments:
Calcium heparin
Dalteparin
Heparin
Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight
Tinzaparin
Warfarin