The Swiss Venous Thromboembolism Cohort 65+ (SWITCO65+)

Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Venous Thromboembolism

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00973596

33CSCO-122 659/139 470

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this prospective multicenter cohort study is to examine long-term medical outcomes, quality of life, and medical resource utilization in elderly patients (>= 65 years) with acute venous thromboembolism (i.e., acute pulmonary embolism and/or deep vein thrombosis)

Enrollment: 1,003 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Objectively confirmed acute pulmonary embolism and/or deep vein thrombosis
• Age >=65 years

Exclusion criteria

• Thrombosis at a different site than lower limb
• Catheter-related thrombosis
• Insufficient spoken language ability in German or French
• Follow-up not possible (e.g., terminally ill patients)
• Informed consent not possible (e.g., severe dementia)
• Prior enrolment in the study