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Current pharmacoprophylaxes of VTE are inefficient and associated with adverse events. Intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) could represent a novel, efficient and safe VTE-prophylactic alternative that may enhance injury healing. The aim of STOP leg clots is to assess the efficacy of adjuvant IPC-therapy on reduction of VTE incidence and improvement of healing in lower leg immobilised outpatients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods and analysis<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>STOP leg clots is a multicentre randomised controlled superiority trial. Eligible patients (700 patients\/arm) with either an acute ankle fracture or Achilles tendon rupture will be randomised to either addition of IPC during lower-leg immobilisation or to treatment-as-usual. The primary outcome will be the total VTE incidence, that is, symptomatic and asymptomatic deep venous thrombosis (DVT) or symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE), during the leg immobilisation period, approximately 6\u20138 weeks. DVT incidence will be assessed by screening whole leg compression duplex ultrasound at removal of leg immobilisation and\/or clinically diagnosed within the time of immobilisation. Symptomatic PE will be verified by CT.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>Secondary outcomes will include patient-reported outcome using validated questionnaires, healing evaluated by measurements of tendon callus production and changes in VTE-prophylactic mechanisms assessed by blood flow and fibrinolysis. Data analyses will be blinded and based on the intention-to-treat.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Ethics and dissemination<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Ethical approval was obtained by the ethical review board in Stockholm, Sweden, Dnr 2016\/1573-31. The study will be conducted in accordance with the Helsinki declaration. The results of the study will be disseminated in peer-reviewed international journals.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Trial registration<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"clintrialgov\" xlink:href=\"NCT03259204\">NCT03259204<\/jats:ext-link>\n                      .\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Time schedule<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>1 September 2018 to 31 December 2022<\/jats:p>\n                  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