Main characteristics of the included studies
Trial |
Treatments |
Patients |
Methods |
RE-COVER, 2009
NCT00291330
|
dabigatran 150 mg twice daily in a fixed-dose
versus
warfarin dose-adjusted to an INR between 2.0 and 3.0
|
patients with acute venous thromboembolism , treated with low molecular weight or unfractionated heparin for 5 to 11 days
|
follow-up 6 months
n=1274/1265
Parallel groups
double blind
|
References
RE-COVER, 2009 :
Schulman S, Eriksson H, Goldhaber SZ, et al. Dabigatran etexilate versus warfarin in the treatment of venous thromboembolism. Oral presentation,
ASH Annual Meeting 2009, Abstract number 19394, 6 December 2009
[PMID ]
RE-COVER, 2009 :
Schulman S, Kearon C, Kakkar AK, Mismetti P, Schellong S, Eriksson H, Baanstra D, Schnee J, Goldhaber SZDabigatran versus warfarin in the treatment of acute venous thromboembolism.
N Engl J Med 2009 Dec 10;361:2342-52
[PMID 19966341] 10.1056/NEJMoa0906598