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Ancillary Study of the ULTREC Project

Completed
Conditions
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Interventions
Other: Color Doppler Ultrasound
Registration Number
NCT05300139
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Toulon La Seyne sur Mer
Brief Summary

The ULTREC research project is designed to assess the safety of a negative strategy relying on Colour Doppler Ultrasound (CDUS) for excluding the diagnosis of a new thrombosis. The ULTREC project does not take into account the validity of the CDUS positive criteria used to confirm the diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) recurrence.

The risk of considering only the negative strategy is to ignore the possibility of having an improvement in sensitivity and negative predictive value at the expense of specificity and positive predictive value and therefore to increase the false positive rate leading to an overdiagnosis of recurrence and an overtreatment, and a potential bleeding risk.

In the ULTREC-ANCILLARY study, the research will aim at assessing the validity of baseline CDUS positive criteria for the diagnosis of DVT recurrence. As there is no diagnostic standard to which the results could be compared, it is suggested to validate these criteria based on the evolution of the thrombosis on CDUS performed at D90±5.

The hypothesis is that an unchanged appearance under anticoagulation would be in favor of sequelae and will invalidate the initial diagnosis (diagnostic failure)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
18
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Age ≥ 18 years
  2. Known history of objectively documented deep vein thrombosis of the lower limb (with or without pulmonary embolism)
  3. Out-patients referred for clinically suspected acute recurrent ipsilateral DVT of the lower limb
  4. Patients covered by social security or an equivalent regimen
  5. No objection to the use of the data
  6. Inclusion in the ULTREC study
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Known current pregnancy
  2. Any condition, which may prevent from performing the colour doppler ultrasound test
  3. Delay from onset of symptoms to inclusion of more than 10 days
  4. Therapeutic anticoagulation for more than 48 hours in the two days prior to consent to ULTREC Study
  5. Presence of clinical symptoms or signs of pulmonary embolism
  6. Life expectancy less than 3 months
  7. Patient unable to adhere to ULTREC protocol follow-up
  8. Participants under judicial protection or incapacity

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Patients included in the ULTREC study who had a recurrence of deep vein thrombosisColor Doppler UltrasoundPatients who have a baseline CDUS diagnosis of recurrent DVT as identified in the ULTREC study.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Evolution of the thrombosis at D90±590 days

Failure rate judged on the stable aspect of the thrombosis at D90±5 defined by the absence of change in the obstruction and the extent of the thrombosis and the absence of change in the venous diameter under compression (no increase or increase \< 4 mm). Vein diameter is measured under compression by ultrasound in a cross-sectional view from the external wall to the external wall of the vein segment.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Validation of positive DVT criteria by comparison between D30±2 and baseline CDUS30 days

Failure rate judged on the stable aspect of the thrombosis at D30±2 defined by the absence of change in the obstruction and the extent of the thrombosis and the absence of change in the venous diameter under compression (no increase or increase \< 4 mm)

Clinical and Imaging characteristics90 days

Comparison of clinical and CDUS imaging characteristics between day-0 and day-90 visits

Venous diameter90 days

Evolution of venous diameter at day-90 as measured under compression by ultrasound in a cross-sectional view from the external wall to the external wall of the vein segment

Diagnosis of individual characteristics of DVT recurrence90 days

Failure rate related to the baseline measurement of vein diameter and ULTREC diagnostic recurrence positivity criteria (defined as an occlusive thrombus or a partially obstructive thrombus without reflux, or a free-floating thrombus).

Evolution during follow-up90 days

Rate of worsening, stabilization and improvement (regression, normalization) Worsening is defined by : a transition from partial obstruction to complete occlusion of a vein segment, an increase ≥ 4 mm in vein diameter measurement or progression of thrombus to another vein segment.

Stabilization is defined by : an unchanged pattern. Improvement (regression, normalization) is defined by : a transition from a complete occlusion to a partial obstruction or normalization of the vein segment.

Baseline characteristics for favorable outcome1 day

Imaging and clinical characteristics of thrombus at Day-0 visit

Trial Locations

Locations (12)

Clinique Rive Gauche

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Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France

Cabinet d'angiologie Dias

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Martigues, Bouches Du Rhône, France

Cabinet d'angiologie De Mari

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Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud, France

Cabinet d'angiologie Cazaux

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Auch, Gers, France

Clinique des fleurs

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Ollioules, Var, France

Cabinet d'angiologie Cazanave

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Carcassonne, Aude, France

Centre Hospitalier de Carcassonne

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Carcassonne, Aude, France

Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Toulon La Seyne sur Mer

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Toulon, Var, France

Cabinet d'angiologie Bensedrine

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Six-Fours-les-Plages, Var, France

Cabinet d'angiologie Secondi

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Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud, France

Centre Hospitalier d'Auch

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Auch, Gers, France

Cabinet d'angiologie Bonavita

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Bastia, Haute-Corse, France

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