Gary E Raskob, Nick van Es, Peter Verhamme, Marc Carrier, Marcello Di Nisio, David Garcia, Michael A Grosso, Ajay K Kakkar, Michael J Kovacs, Michele F Mercuri, Guy Meyer, Annelise Segers, Minggao Shi, Tzu-Fei Wang, Erik Yeo, George Zhang, Jeffrey I Zwicker, Jeffrey I Weitz, Harry R Büller
BACKGROUND: Low-molecular-weight heparin is the standard treatment for cancer-associated venous thromboembolism. The role of treatment with direct oral anticoagulant agents is unclear. METHODS: In this open-label, noninferiority trial, we randomly assigned patients with cancer who had acute symptomatic or incidental venous thromboembolism to receive either low-molecular-weight heparin for at least 5 days followed by oral edoxaban at a dose of 60 mg once daily (edoxaban group) or subcutaneous dalteparin at a dose of 200 IU per kilogram of body weight once daily for 1 month followed by dalteparin at a dose of 150 IU per kilogram once daily (dalteparin group)...
February 15, 2018: New England Journal of Medicine