Stroke Training and Awareness Resources (STARs)

CLOTS 3 Trial

DIAGRAM depicting Clots 3 trial - see view text alternative for details

  • The CLOTS 3 trial was a large multi-centre randomised trial which recruited patients in 94 UK hospitals
  • The primary outcome was a proximal (above knee) DVT by 30 days
  • Patients were also followed up to identify any DVT, PE for the first 6 months
  • Also to measure survival, disability and quality of life at 6 months
Immobile Stroke patient Day 0-3 of admission

Conduct the following treatment streams concurrently:

  • Routine care and IPC
  • Routine care and no IPC (control)

Then carry out these tasks at the following timescales:

  1. Duplex of both legs at 7-10 days
  2. Duplex of both legs at 25-30 days
  3. 6 months follow up

 

Page last reviewed: 23 Apr 2020