Apixaban for the Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Cancer (CARAVAGGIO)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03045406 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified November 2019 by Fadoi Foundation, Italy.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : February 7, 2017
Last Update Posted : November 14, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Venous Thromboembolism | Drug: Apixaban Drug: Dalteparin | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 1168 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Apixaban for the Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Cancer: A Prospective Randomized Open Blinded End-Point (Probe) Study |
Actual Study Start Date : | April 13, 2017 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | June 1, 2019 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 1, 2019 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Apixaban
orally administered, at the dose of 10 mg bid for 7 days, followed by 5 mg bid (total period of treatment: six months)
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Drug: Apixaban
Tablets |
Active Comparator: Dalteparin
subcutaneously administered, at a dose of 200 IU/kg SC o.i.d for 1 month. Thereafter, dalteparin will be administered at a dose of 150 IU/kg o.i.d. for 5 months
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Drug: Dalteparin
Injections |
- Recurrent venous thromboembolism [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
Primary efficacy outcome: objectively confirmed recurrent VTE occurring during the study period, that means the composite of:
· proximal DVT of the lower limbs (symptomatic or unsuspected), DVT of the upper limb (symptomatic), PE (symptomatic or unsuspected)

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Consecutive patients with a newly diagnosed, objectively confirmed: symptomatic or unsuspected, proximal lower-limb DVT or symptomatic PE or unsuspected PE in a segmental or more proximal pulmonary artery;
- Any type of cancer (other than basal-cell or squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin, primary brain tumor or intracerebral metastasis and acute leukemia);
- Signed and dated informed consent of the patient, available before the start of any specific trial procedure.
Exclusion Criteria:
- age <18 years;
- ECOG Performance Status III or IV;
- life expectancy of less than 6 months;
Related to anticoagulant treatment:
- administration of therapeutic doses of LMWH, fondaparinux, or unfractionated heparin (UFH) for more than 72 hours before randomization;
- 3 or more doses of a vitamin K antagonist before randomization;
- thrombectomy, vena cava filter insertion, or thrombolysis used to manage the index episode;
- indication for anticoagulant treatment for a disease other than the index VTE episode;
Related to bleeding risk:
- thienopyridine therapy (clopidogrel, prasugrel, or ticagrelor) or aspirin over 165 mg daily or dual antiplatelet therapy;
- active bleeding or a high risk of bleeding contraindicating anticoagulant treatment;
- recent (in the last 1 month prior to randomization) brain, spinal or ophthalmic surgery
- hemoglobin level lower than 8 g/dL (5.0 mmol/L) or platelet count <75x10^9/L or history of heparin induced thrombocytopenia;
- creatinine clearance < 30 ml /min based on the Cockcroft Gault equation;
- acute hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis, liver cirrhosis; or an alanine aminotransferase level 3 times or more and/or bilirubin level 2 times or more higher the upper limit of the normal range;
- uncontrolled hypertension (systolic BP> 180 mmHg or diastolic BP > 100 mmHg despite antihypertensive treatment);
- concomitant use of strong inhibitors or inducers of both cytochrome P-450 3A4 and P-Glycoprotein;
Standard criteria:
- bacterial endocarditis;
- hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients of study drug;
- patients participation in other pharmaco therapeutic program with an experimental therapy that is known to effect the coagulation system;
- childbearing potential without proper contraceptive measures, pregnancy, or breast feeding;
- any condition that as judged by the Investigator would place the subject at increased risk of harm if he/she participated in the study.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03045406

Study Director: | Gualberto Gussoni, MD | FADOI Foundation |
Responsible Party: | Fadoi Foundation, Italy |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03045406 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
FADOI.03.2016 |
First Posted: | February 7, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 14, 2019 |
Last Verified: | November 2019 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Thromboembolism Venous Thromboembolism Embolism and Thrombosis Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Dalteparin Tinzaparin Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight Apixaban |
Factor Xa Inhibitors Antithrombins Serine Proteinase Inhibitors Protease Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Anticoagulants Fibrinolytic Agents Fibrin Modulating Agents |