# D-dimer to Select Patients With First Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism Who Can Have Anticoagulants Stopped at 3 Months

> **NCT00720915** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **McMaster University** · enrollment: 410 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Pulmonary Embolism

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Discontinue anticoagulant therapy (Negative d-dimer)
- **OTHER:** Continue on anticoagulant therapy (positive d-dimer)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00720915
- **Lead sponsor:** McMaster University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2008-09
- **Primary completion:** 2016-12
- **Final completion:** 2016-12
- **Target enrollment:** 410 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2016-12-13

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00720915

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00720915, "D-dimer to Select Patients With First Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism Who Can Have Anticoagulants Stopped at 3 Months". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00720915. Licensed CC0.

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