Prevalence of Deep Vein Thrombosis by bedside Ultrasound screening in advanced cancer patients with Lower limb swelling admitted in Palliative Care Ward - a prospective observational study.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 76
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Presence or absence of deep vein thrombosis identified by bedside Ultrasound screening in advanced cancer patients with Lower limb swelling admitted in Palliative Care Ward
研究概览
简要总结
This study is a prospective observational study identifying the prevalence of deep vein thrombosis in advanced cancer patients with lower limb swelling admitted in Palliative Care ward by bedside Ultrasound screening for 12 months. The primary outcome is to determine the presence or absence of deep vein thrombosis in advanced cancer patients with lowerlimb edema with bedside Ultrasound screening. The secondary objectives include estimation of prevalence of other causes of lower limb swelling in advanced cancer patients, association of Deep Vein Thrombosis with stage of cancer, type of cancer, performance status, and serum albumin levels, and assessment of symptom burden in patients with deep vein thrombosis.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18.00 Year(s) 至 80.00 Year(s)（—）
- 性别
- All
入选标准
- •Patient admitted in Palliative Care Ward Patient with lower limb edema (bilateral or unilateral) Patient consented for Ultrasound bedside screening.
排除标准
- •Patient who are previously diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis Patients who are on anticoagulants Patient not not consented for bedside Ultrasound screening.
结局指标
主要结局
Presence or absence of deep vein thrombosis identified by bedside Ultrasound screening in advanced cancer patients with Lower limb swelling admitted in Palliative Care Ward
时间窗: At the time of admission in palliative care ward
次要结局
- To estimate the prevalence of other causes of lower limb swelling in advanced cancer patients(At the time of admission in palliative care ward)
- Association of Deep Vein Thrombosis with stage of cancer, type of cancer, performance status, and serum albumin levels(At the time of admission in palliative care ward)
- Assessment of symptom burden inpatients with deep vein thrombosis(At the time of admission in palliative care ward)
研究者
Dr Santhini Chandran
Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute