Clinical Trial: PREvention of VENous ThromboEmbolism Following Radical Prostatectomy

Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: A Randomized Controlled Trial for PREvention of VENous ThromboEmbolism Following Radical Prostatectomy (PREVENTER Trial)

Brief Summary: The PREVENTER Trial aims to compare the use of perioperative pharmacologic prophylaxis (subcutaneous heparin) with intermittent pneumatic compression devices (IPCs) to the use of IPCs alone for the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after radical prostatectomy (RP).