PEITHO Pulmonary Embolism Thrombolysis Study (PEITHO)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00639743 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : March 20, 2008
Last Update Posted : November 9, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Pulmonary Embolism | Drug: placebo ( group B) Drug: tenecteplase (group A) | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 1005 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Comparison Trial Evaluating Efficacy and Safety of Single i.v. Bolus Tenecteplase Plus Standard Anticoagulation as Compared With Standard Anticoagulation in Normotensive Patients |
Actual Study Start Date : | November 16, 2007 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | July 26, 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | November 2014 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: group A
tenecteplase (group A)
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Drug: tenecteplase (group A)
tenecteplase (group A) |
Placebo Comparator: group B
placebo ( group B)
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Drug: placebo ( group B)
placebo ( group B) |
- Clinical composite endpoint of all-cause mortality or haemodynamic collapse within 7 days [ Time Frame: Day 7 ]
- Haemodynamic collapse is defined as: need for cardiopulmonary resuscitation; or systolic blood pressure < 90 mm Hg for at least 15 min or drop of syst [ Time Frame: Day 7 ]
- Death within 7 days [ Time Frame: Day 7 ]
- Haemodynamic collapse within 7 days [ Time Frame: Day 7 ]
- Confirmed symptomatic pulmonary embolism recurrence within 7 days [ Time Frame: Day 7 ]
- Death within 30 days [ Time Frame: Day 30 ]
- Total strokes (intra cranial haemorrhage or ischaemic stroke) within 7 days [ Time Frame: Day 7 ]
- Major bleeding (other intracranial haemorrhage or ischaemic stroke) [ Time Frame: Day 7 ]

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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:
- Age 18 years or older
- Acute PE (first symptoms occurring 15 days or less before randomisation) confirmed by lung scan, or a positive spiral computed tomogram, or a positive pulmonary angiogram
- Right ventricular dysfunction confirmed by echocardiography or spiral computed tomography of the chest and a positive troponin I or T test
Exclusion criteria:
- Haemodynamic collapse at presentation as defined above
- Known significant bleeding risk
- Administration of thrombolytic agents within the previous 4 days
- Vena cava filter insertion or pulmonary thrombectomy within the previous 4 days
- Uncontrolled hypertension defined as systolic BP >180 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP >110 mm Hg at randomisation
- Treatment with an investigational drug under another study protocol in the previous 7 days or greater, according to local requirements
- Previous enrolment in this study
- Known hypersensitivity to tenecteplase, alteplase, unfractionated heparin, or to any of the excipients
- Pregnancy, lactation or parturition within the previous 30 days. Women of childbearing age must have a negative pregnancy test or use a medically accepted method of birth control
- Known coagulation disorder (including vitamin K antagonists)
- Any other condition that the investigator feels would place the patient at increased risk if the investigational therapy is initiated

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00639743
Austria | |
Vienna Medical University | |
Vienne, Austria | |
Belgium | |
Hospital St. Luc | |
Brussels, Belgium | |
France | |
CHU Hopital Jean Minjoz | |
Besançon, France | |
Germany | |
Universistaetsklinik | |
Freiburg, Germany | |
Greece | |
Democritus University of Thrace | |
Alexandroupolis, Greece | |
Hungary | |
University of Pécs | |
Pécs, Hungary | |
Israel | |
Rambam Health Care Campus | |
Haifa, Israel | |
Italy | |
Istituto di Cardiologia, Policlinico S.Orsola-MaBologna | |
Bologna, Italy | |
Poland | |
Medical University of Warsaw | |
Warsaw, Poland | |
Portugal | |
Hospital Garcia de Orta | |
Almada, Portugal | |
Slovenia | |
University Medical Center | |
Ljubljana, Slovenia | |
Spain | |
Ramon y Cajal Hospital | |
Madrid, Spain |
Principal Investigator: | Guy MEYER, MD PhD | Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris - Department of pneumology - European Hospital George Pompidou - Paris 15 | |
Principal Investigator: | Stavros Konstantinides, MD, PhD | Department of Cardiology and Pulmonolog - Universitaetsmedizin Goettingen - 37099 Goettingen, Germany |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00639743 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
P030444 |
First Posted: | March 20, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 9, 2020 |
Last Verified: | November 2020 |
Pulmonary embolism Heparin Thrombolytic therapy Bleeding |
Pulmonary Embolism Embolism Embolism and Thrombosis Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Lung Diseases |
Respiratory Tract Diseases Tenecteplase Fibrinolytic Agents Fibrin Modulating Agents Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |