Antithrombotic secondary prophylaxis with low dose of apixaban or rivaroxaban in the onco-hematologic patients: comparison with non-neoplastic patients.

Antithrombotic secondary prophylaxis Low-dose apixaban and rivaroxaban Onco-hematologic patients Venous thromboembolism in cancer patients

Journal

Annals of hematology
ISSN: 1432-0584
Titre abrégé: Ann Hematol
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9107334

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Sep 2023
Historique:
received: 10 05 2023
accepted: 11 07 2023
medline: 23 8 2023
pubmed: 22 7 2023
entrez: 21 7 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Management of cancer-associated thrombosis (CAT) is usually performed employing low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) or direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). Low-intensity DOACs are the mainstay for extended duration therapy for VTE in non-oncologic patients. The aim of our study was to evaluate the efficacy and the safety of low doses of apixaban or rivaroxaban as secondary prophylaxis in patients affected by hematological malignancies with follow-up > 12 months. We report an observational, retrospective, single-center study that evaluated consecutive patients referred to our center between January 2016 and January 2023. The DOACs were administered at full dose during the acute phase of VTE and then at low dose for the extended phase. We included 154 patients: 53 patients affected by hematological malignancies compared to 101 non-neoplastic patients. During full-dose treatment, no thrombotic recurrences were observed in the two groups. During low-dose therapy, 2 (1.9%) thrombotic events (tAE) were observed in the control group. During full-dose treatment, the rate of bleeding events (bAE) was 9/154 (5.8%): 6/53 (11%) in hematological patients and 3/101 (2.9%) in non-hematological patients (p = 0.0003). During low-dose therapy, 4/154 (2.6%) bAE were observed: 3/53 (5.5%) in the hematologic group and 1 (1%) in the control group (p = 0.07). We found encouraging data on the safety and efficacy of low doses of DOACs as secondary prophylaxis in the onco-hematologic setting; no thrombotic complications were observed, and the incidence of hemorrhagic events was low.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37479891
doi: 10.1007/s00277-023-05369-1
pii: 10.1007/s00277-023-05369-1
doi:

Substances chimiques

Rivaroxaban 9NDF7JZ4M3
apixaban 3Z9Y7UWC1J
Fibrinolytic Agents 0
Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight 0

Types de publication

Observational Study Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

2599-2605

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

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Auteurs

A Chistolini (A)

Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Benevento 6, 00161, Rome, Italy. antonio.chistolini@uniroma1.it.

A Serrao (A)

Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Benevento 6, 00161, Rome, Italy.

G M Assanto (GM)

Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Benevento 6, 00161, Rome, Italy.

A Genoese (A)

Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Benevento 6, 00161, Rome, Italy.

E Baldacci (E)

Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Benevento 6, 00161, Rome, Italy.

S Ligia (S)

Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Benevento 6, 00161, Rome, Italy.

M Breccia (M)

Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Benevento 6, 00161, Rome, Italy.

C Santoro (C)

Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Benevento 6, 00161, Rome, Italy.

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