ISRCTN ISRCTN63594484
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN63594484
Protocol serial number N/A
Sponsor Sponsor not defined - Record provided by the Medical Research Council (UK)
Funder Medical Research Council (UK)
Submission date
07/09/2005
Registration date
08/09/2005
Last edited
29/05/2007
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Circulatory System
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof Tom Meade
Scientific

Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology Unit
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)20 7927 2182
Email tom.meade@lshtm.ac.uk

Study information

Primary study designInterventional
Study designRandomised controlled trial.
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study acronymTPT
Study objectivesThat primary prevention treatment in men at high risk with low intensity oral anticoagulation with warfarin and/or 75 mg aspirin daily (i.e. factorial design) reduces coronary heart disease events by 30%.
Ethics approval(s)Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedThrombosis
InterventionOral anticoagulation with warfarin to International Normalised Ratio of 1.5 and/or 75 mg aspirin daily compared with double placebo treatment, i.e. four treatment groups:
1. Active warfarin and active aspirin
2. Active warfarin and placebo aspirin
3. Placebo warfarin and active aspirin
4. Placebo warfarin and placebo aspirin
Intervention typeDrug
PhaseNot Specified
Drug / device / biological / vaccine name(s)Warfarin and aspirin
Primary outcome measure(s)

All coronary heart disease events; fatal and non-fatal coronary events separately.

Key secondary outcome measure(s)

Not provided at time of registration

Completion date01/09/1997

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
SexMale
Target sample size at registration5499
Key inclusion criteriaIn top 20% of risk score distribution based on smoking history, family history, systolic blood pressure, body mass index, blood cholesterol, factor VII activity, plasma fibrinogen. 5499 men aged 45-69 recruited in 108 practices in the Medical Research Council's General Practice Research Framework.
Key exclusion criteriaAlready on antithrombotic treatment; high risk of bleeding; liver or renal disease; serious concomitant disease; at discretion of general practitioner
Date of first enrolment01/09/1988
Date of final enrolment01/09/1997

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • United Kingdom
  • England

Study participating centre

Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology Unit
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article Results: 24/01/1998 Yes No