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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY
Volume 93, Issue 5, Pages 664-671Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.25059
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- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC
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Anticoagulation is used to treat venous thromboembolism (VTE) in cancer patients, but may be associated with an increased risk of bleeding. VTE recurrence and major bleeding were assessed in cancer patients treated for VTE with the most currently prescribed anticoagulants in clinical practice. Newly diagnosed cancer patients (first VTE 1/1/2013-05/31/2015) who initiated rivaroxaban, low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH), or warfarin were identified from Humana claims data and observed until end of eligibility or end of data availability. VTE recurrence was a hospitalization with a primary diagnosis of VTE >= 7 days after first VTE. Major bleeding events on treatment were identified using validated criteria. Cohorts were compared using Kaplan-Meier rates at 6 and 12 months and Cox proportional hazards models. Cohorts were adjusted for their differences at baseline. A total of 2428 patients (rivaroxaban: 707; LMWH: 660; warfarin: 1061) met inclusion criteria. Patient characteristics were well balanced after weighting. There was a trend for lower VTE recurrence rates in rivaroxaban users compared to LMWH users at 6 months (13.2% vs. 17.1%; P=.060) and significantly lower at 12 months (16.5% vs. 22.2%; P=.030) [HR: 0.72, 95% CI: (0.52-0.95); P=.024]. VTE recurrence rates were also lower for rivaroxaban than warfarin users at 6 months (13.2% vs. 17.5%; P=.014) and 12 months (15.7% vs. 19.9%; P=.017) [HR: 0.74, 95% CI: (0.56-0.96); P=.028]. Major bleeding rates were similar across cohorts. This real-world analysis suggests cancer patients with VTE treated with rivaroxaban had significantly lower risk of recurrent VTE and similar risk of bleeding compared to those treated with LMWH or warfarin.
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