Status:

COMPLETED

HENOX: Enoxaparine in Hemodialysis

Lead Sponsor:

Sanofi

Conditions:

Hemodialysis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Primary objective: To assess clinical efficacy of single bolus anticoagulation with Enoxaparin in chronic hemodialysis Secondary objective: To assess safety and tolerability by the number of sponta...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • End stage renal failure requiring maintenance hemodialysis at least twice a week
  • Has arterio-venous fistula or arterio-venous graft in upper extremities which can apply to blood flow \> or = 250ml/min as a vascular access for hemodialysis.
  • Stable hemodialysis prescription at least 1 month before enrollment
  • UFH (Unfractionated Heparin) was prescribed as an anticoagulant in the previous hemodialysis prescription
  • No sign of active infection .
  • Absence of recent cardiovascular complication such as myocardial infarction, DVT (Deep Venous Thrombosis), arterial occlusion, pulmonary embolism, cerebrovascular disease in previous 3 months.

Exclusion

  • Women who are breastfeeding, pregnant or of childbearing age and not using medically acceptable effective contraception
  • Patients with any evidence of an active bleeding disorder
  • Contraindication to anticoagulation:
  • Prior history of cerebral hemorrhage at any time
  • Coagulopathy (acquired or inherited)
  • Recent surgery
  • Major surgery such as neurosurgery within the past 3 months
  • Minor surgery such as intraocular surgery within 1 month.
  • Uncontrolled predialytic arterial hypertension (systolic BP \> 200 mmHg or diastolic BP \> 110 mmHg) at 2 successive readings
  • Impaired hemostasis i.e., known or suspected coagulopathy (acquired or inherited): baseline platelet count \<100,000/mm3 in patients without baseline diagnosis of active cancer and undergoing chemotherapy treatment (for patients with diagnosis of cancer and undergoing chemotherapy, baseline platelet count \>70,000/mm3); aPTT (activated Partial Thromboplastin Time) 1.5X the laboratory upper limit of normal; or international normalized ratio (INR) \>1.5
  • Indication for thrombolytic therapy such as ischemic heart disease, ischemic stroke.
  • Need for a curative treatment of anticoagulant therapy(DVT ,pulmonary embolism, ischemic heart disease)
  • Patients treated with oral anticoagulant therapy within 72 hours prior to inclusion
  • Patients who have had spinal or epidural analgesia or lumbar puncture within the preceding 24 hours
  • Abnormal liver enzyme and total bilirubin within 2 weeks (SGPT, SGOT, total bilirubin above 2 times of Upper normal limit)
  • Known hypersensitivity to heparin or LMWH (Low Molecular Weight Heparin), or pork derived products
  • History of documented episode of heparin or LMWH induced thrombocytopenia and/or thrombosis.
  • The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a patient's potential participation in a clinical trial.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00347490

Start Date

May 1 2006

End Date

June 1 2007

Last Update

January 24 2008

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Sanofi-Aventis

Bangkok, Thailand