Overview

Primary Thromboprophylaxis in Patients With Malignancy and Central Venous Catheters

Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2026-09-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The purpose of the full trial is to determine the efficacy and safety of prophylactic dose rivaroxaban to prevent VTE among cancer patients with CVC.
Phase:
Phase 3
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Treatments:
Rivaroxaban
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients 18 years of age or older with a new or existing diagnosis of cancer and a CVC
inserted in the last 72 hours.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. CVC in place for >72 hours

2. Patient requires anticoagulation for other indication

3. Concomitant use of dual antiplatelet therapy

4. Major bleeding event in the last 4 weeks

5. Patients receiving concomitant systemic treatment with strong inhibitors of both CYP
3A4 and P-gp (such as cobicistat, ketoconazole, itraconazole, posaconazole, or
ritonavir).

6. Pregnancy (documentation of use of effective contraception if sexually active or
negative B- Hcg required)

7. Severe renal insufficiency (Creatinine clearance <30 mL/min (defined by
Cockcroft-Gault) in the previous 3 months

8. Documented severe liver disease (eg. acute clinical hepatitis, chronic active
hepatitis or cirrhosis) in the previous 3 months

9. Known thrombocytopenia (platelet count < 50x 109/L) in the previous 3 months

10. Allergy to rivaroxaban

11. Life expectancy <3 months

12. History of condition at increased bleeding risk including, but not limited to:

a. cerebral infarction (hemorrhagic or ischemic), active peptic ulcer disease with
recent bleeding, spontaneous or acquired impairment of hemostasis in the past 4 weeks.
b. Chronic hemorrhagic disorder

13. Primary malignancy diagnosis of basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin

14. Refused or unable to obtain consent