Oral Apixaban for the Treatment of Acute Venous Thromboembolism
Oral Apixaban for the Treatment of Acute Venous Thromboembolism
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DOI:
10.1056/nejmoa1302507
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发表时间:
2013-08-29
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158.5
通讯作者:
Weitz, Jeffrey I.
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作者:
Agnelli, Giancarlo;Buller, Harry R.;Weitz, Jeffrey I.
BackgroundApixaban, an oral factor Xa inhibitor administered in fixed doses, may simplify the treatment of venous thromboembolism.MethodsIn this randomized, double-blind study, we compared apixaban (at a dose of 10 mg twice daily for 7 days, followed by 5 mg twice daily for 6 months) with conventional therapy (subcutaneous enoxaparin, followed by warfarin) in 5395 patients with acute venous thromboembolism. The primary efficacy outcome was recurrent symptomatic venous thromboembolism or death related to venous thromboembolism. The principal safety outcomes were major bleeding alone and major bleeding plus clinically relevant nonmajor bleeding.ResultsThe primary efficacy outcome occurred in 59 of 2609 patients (2.3%) in the apixaban group, as compared with 71 of 2635 (2.7%) in the conventional-therapy group (relative risk, 0.84; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.60 to 1.18; difference in risk [apixaban minus conventional therapy], -0.4 percentage points; 95% CI, -1.3 to 0.4). Apixaban was noninferior to conventional therapy (P