Impact of Patient Characteristics on Treatment Outcomes in Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism: Results of HOKUSAI-VTE Randomized Trial Analysis.
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ABSTRACT: Introduction ?In patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE), direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) such as edoxaban, apixaban, dabigatran, and rivaroxaban are more convenient, safer, and just as effective as vitamin K antagonists (VKAs). Limited information is known about the effects of patient characteristics on VTE efficacy and safety of DOACs compared with VKAs, without appropriate effect modifier adjustment comparisons of DOACs may be biased. This study considers the effect of variables that can modify the efficacy and safety of edoxaban and warfarin, using patient-level data. Materials and Methods ?The primary efficacy and safety outcomes in the HOKUSAI-VTE study were VTE recurrence and clinically relevant bleeding, respectively. Potential effect modifiers were age, creatinine clearance, and weight. The relationship between the percentage of time in international normalized ratio (INR) control and outcomes were considered for the warfarin arm. Univariate and multivariate regression were performed for each patient characteristic. Results ?The relationship between treatment and VTE recurrence differed by age (interaction p ?=?0.007) and by creatinine clearance ( p ?=?0.05). VTE recurrence differed by age for patients in the warfarin arm but not for those in the edoxaban arm and differed by INR control in the warfarin arm ( p ?
SUBMITTER: van Hout B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7553796 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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