| E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation | 
| E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated  | 
| Long-term prevention of recurrent symptomatic venous thromboembolism in patients with symptomatic deep-vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism. | 
 
 
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| MedDRA Classification | 
| E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease  |  No  | 
| E.2 Objective of the trial | 
| E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial  | 
The primary efficacy objective is to evaluate whether rivaroxaban is superior to placebo in the long-term prevention of recurrent symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with symptomatic deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE) who completed 6 or 12 months of treatment with vitamin K antagonist (VKA) or rivaroxaban. | 
 
 
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| E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial  |  | 
| E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study  |  No  | 
| E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria  | 
1. Patients with confirmed symptomatic PE or DVT who have been treated for 6 or     12 months with VKA (either warfarin or acenocoumarol ) or rivaroxaban 2. Written informed consent | 
 
 
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| E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria | 
1. Legal lower age limitations (country specific) 2. Indication for VKA other than DVT and/or PE 3. Patients in whom anticoagulant treatment for their index PE or DVT should be continued 4. Significant liver disease (e.g. acute hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis, cirrhosis) or ALAT > 3 x ULN 5. Creatinine clearance < 30 ml/min 6. Bacterial endocarditis 7. Active bleeding or high risk for bleeding. 8. Systolic blood pressure >180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure >110 mmHg 9. Childbearing potential without proper contraceptive measures, pregnancy or breast feeding 10. Participation in another pharmacotherapeutic study other than the Einstein VTE program (rivaroxaban/11702) within the prior 30 days 11. Life expectancy <3 months 12. Concomitant use of strong CYP3A4 inhibitors (e.g., HIV protease inhibitors, systemic ketoconazole) | 
 
 
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| E.5 End points | 
| E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) | 
The primary efficacy outcome is symptomatic recurrent VTE, i.e., the composite of recurrent DVT or fatal or non-fatal PE 
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| E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial | 
| E.6 | Scope of the trial | 
| E.6.1 | Diagnosis |  No  | 
| E.6.2 | Prophylaxis |  Yes  | 
| E.6.3 | Therapy |  Yes  | 
| E.6.4 | Safety |  Yes  | 
| E.6.5 | Efficacy |  Yes  | 
| E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic |  No  | 
| E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic |  No  | 
| E.6.8 | Bioequivalence |  No  | 
| E.6.9 | Dose response |  No  | 
| E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic |  No  | 
| E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic |  No  | 
| E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic |  No  | 
| E.6.13 | Others |  No  | 
| E.7 | Trial type and phase | 
| E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) |  No  | 
| E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans |  No  | 
| E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study |  No  | 
| E.7.1.3 | Other |  No  | 
| E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description |  | 
| E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) |  No  | 
| E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) |  Yes  | 
| E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) |  No  | 
| E.8 Design of the trial | 
| E.8.1 | Controlled |  Yes  | 
| E.8.1.1 | Randomised |  Yes  | 
| E.8.1.2 | Open |  No  | 
| E.8.1.3 | Single blind |  No  | 
| E.8.1.4 | Double blind  |  Yes  | 
| E.8.1.5 | Parallel group |  Yes  | 
| E.8.1.6 | Cross over  |  No  | 
| E.8.1.7 | Other |  No  | 
| E.8.2 |  Comparator of controlled trial | 
| E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) |  No  | 
| E.8.2.2 | Placebo  |  Yes  | 
| E.8.2.3 | Other |  No  | 
| E.8.3 | 
                                The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
                             |  No  | 
| E.8.4 |  The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned  |  Yes  | 
| E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States |  Yes  | 
| E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA | 
| E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA |  Yes  | 
| E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA |  Information not present in EudraCT  | 
| E.8.6.3 | If E.8.6.1 or E.8.6.2 are Yes, specify the regions in which trial sites are planned | 
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| E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee |  Yes  | 
| E.8.8 | 
                        Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
                        visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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| E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 1 | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 6 | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days |  | 
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 2 | 
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 6 |