Bleeding of Unknown Cause: a Swiss Case-control Study

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age16-65
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Geneva

About this trial

The goal of this prospective cohort is to identified specific biological patterns in patients with a bleeding of unknown cause and to study the specific mechanisms of the bleeding disorder for each subset of patients.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Man with ISTH BAT>3. If the calculated score includes a surgical bleeding, then two other items of the score should be >0

Woman with ISTH BAT >5 points. If the calculated score includes a surgical or a postpartum bleeding, then two other items of the score should be >0

Disqualifiers

Ongoing pregnancy

Intake of antithrombotic treatment or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for least 10 days at time of blood collection

Intake of antifibrinolytic or blood product administration (factor concentrate, frozen fresh plasma, prothrombin complex concentrate) for least 14 days before blood collection

Active cancer (defined as cancer diagnosis within the last five years or treatment within the two last years before study inclusion)

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Thrombin generation
  • Fibrinolysis
  • Fibrin clot structure
  • Coated platelets

Treatment groups

400 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators