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Clinical Management of Argatroban in Patients With Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia Type II

An Open-label, Multi-centre, Clinical Study to Collect Information on the Clinical Use of Argatroban in Patients With Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) Type II Who Require Parenteral Antithrombotic Therapy

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00861692
Enrollment
20
Registered
2009-03-13
Start date
2009-04-30
Completion date
2011-02-28
Last updated
2026-01-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia Type II

Keywords

Argatroban, heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), direct thrombin inhibitor (DTI)

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to collect data on the clinical management of Argatroban in patients with suspected or confirmed heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Type II, with or without ongoing thrombosis who require parenteral antithrombotic therapy

Interventions

DRUGargatroban

Sponsors

Tanabe Pharma Corporation
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Subjects aged \>= 18 years * Females of child bearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test prior to entry into the study * Patients with suspected or confirmed heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Type II, with or without ongoing thrombosis who require parenteral anticoagulation * Signed written informed consent by the subject, or if the subject is unable to do so, consent will be sought from their family member, or a trusted person nominated by the subject or the legal representative

Exclusion criteria

* Uncontrolled bleeding * Severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh Class C) * Hypersensitivity to argatroban or to any of the excipients (sorbitol and ethanol) * Pregnancy (exclusion by routine urine test) * Lactating woman

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Composite of All-cause Death, Thrombosis (New and Extended) and Unplanned AmputationDuring and 30 days after argatroban treatment
All-cause DeathDuring and 30 days after argatroban treatment
Death Related to Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)During and 30 days after argatroban treatment
Number of Patients With Thrombosis (New and Extended)During and 30 days after argatroban treatment
Number of Patients With Unplanned AmputationDuring and 30 days after argatroban treatment
Number of Patients With Major or Minor BleedingDuring and 30 days after argatroban treatmentMajor bleeding is defined as i) overt and associated with a fall in the haemoglobin level 2 g/dl or more, ii) leads to transfusion of 2 units or more, iii) is retroperitoneal, iv) occurs into a major prosthetic joint, or v) in intracranial. Minor bleeding is defined as overt bleeding that does not meet the criteria of major bleeding.
Number of Patients With Platelet Count RecoveryDay 3Platelet increase of ≥ 100G/L or 50%.

Countries

France

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Argatroban
start with 1μg/kg/min infusion to be adjusted to aPTT 1.5-3.0 times the baseline values
20
Total20

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyDeath6

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicArgatroban
Age, Continuous71.7 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.4
Sex: Female, Male
Female
6 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
14 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
17 / 20
serious
Total, serious adverse events
14 / 20

Outcome results

Primary

All-cause Death

Time frame: During and 30 days after argatroban treatment

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ArgatrobanAll-cause Death6 participants
Primary

Composite of All-cause Death, Thrombosis (New and Extended) and Unplanned Amputation

Time frame: During and 30 days after argatroban treatment

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ArgatrobanComposite of All-cause Death, Thrombosis (New and Extended) and Unplanned Amputation10 participants
Primary

Death Related to Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)

Time frame: During and 30 days after argatroban treatment

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ArgatrobanDeath Related to Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)0 participants
Primary

Number of Patients With Major or Minor Bleeding

Major bleeding is defined as i) overt and associated with a fall in the haemoglobin level 2 g/dl or more, ii) leads to transfusion of 2 units or more, iii) is retroperitoneal, iv) occurs into a major prosthetic joint, or v) in intracranial. Minor bleeding is defined as overt bleeding that does not meet the criteria of major bleeding.

Time frame: During and 30 days after argatroban treatment

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ArgatrobanNumber of Patients With Major or Minor Bleeding4 participants
Primary

Number of Patients With Platelet Count Recovery

Platelet increase of ≥ 100G/L or 50%.

Time frame: Day 3

Population: Data are missing in 3 patients.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ArgatrobanNumber of Patients With Platelet Count Recovery12 participants
Primary

Number of Patients With Thrombosis (New and Extended)

Time frame: During and 30 days after argatroban treatment

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ArgatrobanNumber of Patients With Thrombosis (New and Extended)5 participants
Primary

Number of Patients With Unplanned Amputation

Time frame: During and 30 days after argatroban treatment

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ArgatrobanNumber of Patients With Unplanned Amputation0 participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026