Inferior Vena Cava Retrievable Filters: Spanish Register (REFiVeC)

Group of Research in Minimally Invasive Techniques

Status: Completed

Conditions: Vena Cava Filters

Treatments: Other: Inferior vena cava filter placement and retrieval

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02757001

GITMI

Details and patient eligibility

About

Spanish registry of retrievable vena cava filters.

This registry is sponsored by the Spanish Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (SERVEI) and conducted by the Research Group GITMI (Group of Research in Minimally Invasive Techniques) of the University of Zaragoza (Spain).

A software tool hosted on the official website of SERVEI and the journal Intervencionismo will be used for data collection a(https://estudios.watsoncme.com).

Full description

This is an prospective observational study of patients that have been implanted a inferior vena cava filter with intention to be retrieved.

Patients are recruited when the filter is implanted, and the investigators observe when is it finally retrieved (dwell time), if retrieval is possible or not, and if there is any complication at the retrieval of the filter.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Indicated inferior vena cava filter implantation
• Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Permanent filters (including retrievable filters intended to be used as permanent ones)
• Impossibility of follow-up (3, 6 and 12 months)
• Life expectancy less than a year
• Patient refusal to be included in the study, at any time