Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Acute Venous Thrombosis: Thrombus Removal With Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis--The ATTRACT Trial
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of adjunctive Pharmacomechanical Catheter Directed Thrombolysis, which includes the intrathrombus administration of rt-PA--Activase (Alteplase),can prevent the post-thrombotic syndrome(PTS)in patients with symptomatic proximal deep vein thrombosis(DVT)as compared with optimal standard DVT therapy alone.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

1. First episode of acute symptomatic PE that was objectively diagnosed\* within last 10 days
2. Treated with anticoagulants
3. ≥ 18 years old

   * PE will be diagnosed if there is a high probability V/Q scan (as per PIOPED Study criteria 66), an intraluminal filling defect in segmental or larger vessels on CTPA or a constant intraluminal filling defect or abrupt cut-off of vessels greater than 2.5 mm diameter on pulmonary angiography 8,10. Patients with non-definitive test results (e.g. low or intermediate probability V/Q scan, subsegmental PE on CTPA (\~5% of PE patients 12) will not be included in order to have a strictly defined population of patients with definite PE.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Contraindication or unable to perform CPET or 6MWT (amputated or paralyzed limb(s), severe lower extremity arthritis, preexisting cardiopulmonary condition precluding exercise including unstable angina or myocardial infarction in last 6 weeks, uncontrolled hypertension, serious cardiac dysrhythmia on resting EKG \[severe bradycardia or tachycardia, sick sinus syndrome or multifocal premature ventricular contractions\] and syncope)
2. Contraindication to CTPA (allergy to iodinated contrast, CrCl or eGFR \< 30 ml/min)
3. Severe comorbidity (congestive heart failure \[LVEF \< 35%\], severe COPD or restrictive lung disease \[FEV1\<50%, chronic need for oxygen therapy\])
4. Previous DVT (as \~40% of patients with proximal DVT have asymptomatic PE on lung imaging 67)
5. Life expectancy \< 1 year (e.g. active or terminal cancer, end-stage cardiac or respiratory disease).
6. Pregnancy or lactation
7. Unable to read questionnaire in English or French
8. Unable to return to study centre for required follow-up visits
9. Unable or unwilling to provide written informed consent
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* consecutive age adult trauma patients who are:

  1. Deemed unable to receive medial VTE prophylaxis within 72 hours post injury based on traumatologists' suspicion of increased bleeding risk, peri-spinal cord bleeding risk, or need for multiple surgical interventions.

     AND
  2. have at-least on of the following high risk VTE injuries as per EAST Guidelines:

     1. severe closed head injury (GCS 8 or less upon presentation)
     2. incomplete spinal cord injury with paraplegia or quadriplegia
     3. complex pelvic fracture with associated long bone fracture(s)
     4. multiple long bone fractures

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients not expected to survive for at least 72 hours post trauma
2. Patients with known uncorrectable coagulopathy
3. Patients known to be unable to receive a rIVC filter as part of this trial (for anatomical reasons or standard contraindication for device insertion)
4. Known active venous thromboembolic disease
5. Pregnancy
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Symptomatic proximal DVT involving the iliac, common femoral, and/or femoral vein.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Age less than 16 years or greater than 75 years.
* Symptom duration \> 14 days for the DVT episode in the index leg (i.e., non-acute DVT).
* In the index leg: established PTS, or previous symptomatic DVT within the last 2 years.
* In the contralateral (non-index) leg: symptomatic acute DVT a) involving the iliac and/or common femoral vein; or b) for which thrombolysis is planned as part of the initial therapy.
* Limb-threatening circulatory compromise.
* Pulmonary embolism with hemodynamic compromise (i.e., hypotension).
* Inability to tolerate PCDT procedure due to severe dyspnea or acute systemic illness.
* Allergy, hypersensitivity, or thrombocytopenia from heparin, rt-PA, or iodinated contrast, except for mild-moderate contrast allergies for which steroid pre-medication can be used.
* Hemoglobin \< 9.0 mg/dl, INR \> 1.6 before warfarin was started, or platelets \< 100,000/ml.
* Moderate renal impairment in diabetic patients (estimated glomerular filtration rate \[GFR\] \< 60 ml/min) or severe renal impairment in non-diabetic patients (estimated GFR \< 30 ml/min).
* Active bleeding, recent (\< 3 mo) GI bleeding, severe liver dysfunction, bleeding diathesis.
* Recent (\< 3 mo) internal eye surgery or hemorrhagic retinopathy; recent (\< 10 days) major surgery, cataract surgery, trauma, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, obstetrical delivery, or other invasive procedure.
* History of stroke or intracranial/intraspinal bleed, tumor, vascular malformation, aneurysm.
* Active cancer (metastatic, progressive, or treated within the last 6 months). Exception: patients with non-melanoma primary skin cancers are eligible to participate in the study.
* Severe hypertension on repeated readings (systolic \> 180 mmHg or diastolic \> 105 mmHg).
* Pregnant (positive pregnancy test, women of childbearing potential must be tested).
* Recently (\< 1 mo) had thrombolysis or is participating in another investigational drug study.
* Use of a thienopyridine antiplatelet drug (except clopidogrel) in the last 5 days.
* Life expectancy \< 2 years or chronic non-ambulatory status.
* Inability to provide informed consent or to comply with study assessments (e.g. due to cognitive impairment or geographic distance).
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Informed consent
* Acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism; AND
* Deep or superficial vein thrombosis; AND
* At least one of the risk factors below :

  * More than 75 years old
  * Evolutiv cancer (excepting locally cutaneous cancer)
  * Known chronic heart failure treated
  * Chronic respiratory insufficiency treated
  * Bilateral deep vein thrombosis
  * Ilio-cava thrombosis
  * Ischemic stroke \> 3 days and \< 6 months, with lower limb deficit
  * Cardiac repercussion of pulmonary embolism assessed by echocardiography or increasing troponin I or T, or Brain Natriuretic Peptid or proBNP

Exclusion Criteria:

* Contrindication to an anticoagulant treatment or recurrent thromboembolic event despite adequate anticoagulation
* Vena cava filter already inserted
* Filter insertion impossible due to caval thrombosis
* More than 72 hours pre-randomized treatment with therapeutic dosage of anticoagulant therapy
* Non carcinologic surgery within 3 months prior randomization
* Carcinologic surgery within 10 days prior randomization
* Hypersensitivity to contrast media
* Access port in place or programmed within 3 months
* Woman who are child bearing
* Life expectancy \< 6 months

Answer: C