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RecruitingNCT06442267CASUAL-ECMOUpdated Oct 29, 2024

Comparing Anticoagulation Strategies Using UFH, Argatroban and LMWH for ECMO Support

A Phase 4 interventional study of Enoxaparin Injectable Solution and Argatroban, 1 Mg/mL Intravenous Solution in Respiratory Insufficiency, Circulatory Failure and Thromboembolism, sponsored by Medical University of Vienna. Recruiting at 1 site in Austria. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-10-29.

Sponsored by Medical University of Vienna · Phase 4, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jul 2024; still recruiting 2 years 3 months later.
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
90
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

A three-arm randomized controlled non-inferiority pilot study comparing anticoagulation strategies using unfractionated heparin, argatroban and enoxaparin for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support conducted as an investigator-initiated, prospective, parallel group, open-label, active comparator controlled, single center, phase IV study to evaluate the non-inferiority of enoxaparin or argatroban for anticoagulation during ECMO therapy in comparison to the current standard, unfractionated heparin, as measured by the incidence of thromboembolic events during the duration of ECMO therapy

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Conditions studied

  • Respiratory Insufficiency
  • Circulatory Failure
  • Thromboembolism
  • Bleeding

Keywords

  • ECMO
  • Anticoagulation
  • Thromboembolic Event
  • Bleeding
  • extracorporeal life support
  • anticoagulant
  • heparin
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In context

Respiratory Insufficiency

1,369 studies on the registry are indexed under Respiratory Insufficiency; 264 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 90 is above the median of 60 across 860 interventional studies indexed under Respiratory Insufficiency.

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Lead sponsor

Medical University of Vienna is the lead sponsor of 1,109 studies on the registry; 184 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • either

    • require ECMO support or
    • have been started on ECMO therapy within the last 12 hours

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients exhibiting to anticoagulation in general or any of the three investigated substances
  • Patients who are pregnant
  • Patients suffering from a pre-existing coagulopathy
  • Patients, for whom screening, randomization and implementation of study protocol cannot be initiated within 12 hours after cannulation
  • Patients receiving ongoing therapeutic systemic anticoagulation prior to ECMO implantation, or exhibiting an indication for therapeutic anticoagulation (e.g., pulmonary embolism)
  • Patients whose total duration of ECMO support lasts less than 24 hours
  • Patients with start of ECMO support during CPR (eCPR)
  • Patients with passive decarboxylation, without an active pumping system
  • Patients, who have been weaned off ECMO support within the last 30 days
  • Patients with central ECMO cannulation and/or after cardiopulmonary bypass
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
90 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Enoxaparin group

    Anticoagulation for the duration of the study will be conducted using subcutaneous Enoxaparin

    Drug: Enoxaparin Injectable Solution

  • Experimental
    Argatroban group

    Anticoagulation for the duration of the study will be conducted using intravenous Argatroban.

    Drug: Argatroban, 1 Mg/mL Intravenous Solution

  • Active comparator
    Unfractionated heparin group

    Anticoagulation for the duration of the study will be conducted using intravenous unfractionated heparin

    Drug: Unfractionated heparin

Interventions

  • Subcutaneous Enoxaparin will be dosed at 0.5 mg/kg twice daily

  • DrugArgatroban, 1 Mg/mL Intravenous Solution

    Drug page: Argatroban

    Intravenous Argatroban will be administered as a continuous infusion of 0.1-1 µg/kg/min with a target modified thrombin time measured using Hemoclot of 0,40 - 0,60 µg/mL.

  • Unfractionated heparin will be administered as a continuous infusion of 7.5-20 units/kg/h with a target Anti FXa calibrated for UFH of 0.3-0.5 u/mL.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of thromboembolic events during ECMO therapy

    Clinically relevant thromboembolic events (Clinical suspicion; confirmation via imaging) * Pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis * Intracardiac thrombosis * Arterial thromboembolism including myocardial and cerebral infarction * Deep vein thrombosis (detected during daily routine sonography) * Need to exchange ECMO circuit due to acute or incipient clotting

    Time frame: through duration of the ECMO run; an average of 14 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Bleeding events

    Incidence of bleeding events classified according to BARC Criteria

    Time frame: through duration of the ECMO run; an average of 14 days

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 29, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06442267
Responsible party
Johannes Gratz (Principal Investigator, Medical University of Vienna) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jun 4, 2024
Start date
Jul 30, 2024
Primary completion
Jan 30, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 30, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 29, 2024

Study contacts

Vincenz Scharner, MD
Contact
vincenz.scharner@meduniwien.ac.at
+43 1 40400 ext. 4100
Johannes Gratz, PD, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Medical Univeristy of Vienna

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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