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See also:
All pulmonary embolism clinical trials
All venous thrombosis clinical trials
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Treatments
Studied treatment |
fondaparinux subcutaneously once daily
fondaparinux (5.0, 7.5, or
10.0 mg in patients weighing less than 50, 50 to 100, or more than 100 kg, respectively)
subcutaneously once daily, given for at least five days and until the use of vitamin K antagonists resulted
in an international normalized ratio above 2.0
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Control treatment |
continuous intravenous infusion of unfractionated
heparin
(ratio of the activated partial-thromboplastin time to a control value, 1.5 to
2.5), given for at least five days and until the use of vitamin K antagonists resulted
in an international normalized ratio above 2.0
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Patients
Patients |
patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism |
Inclusion criteria |
patients 18 years of age or older who presented with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism and who required antithrombotic therapy were potentially eligible for the study. Diagnostic criteria were an intraluminal filling defect on spiral computed tomography (CT) or pulmonary angiography, a high-probability ventilation�perfusion lung scan, or a nondiagnostic lung scan with documentation of deep-vein thrombosis either by compression ultrasonography or by venography |
Baseline characteristics |
Age |
62.5y |
female (%) |
27.2% |
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Method and design
Randomized effectives |
1103 / 1110 (studied vs. control) |
Design |
Parallel groups |
Blinding |
open |
Follow-up duration |
3 mo |
Number of centre |
235 |
Primary endpoint |
symptomatic recurrent/new VTE |
Results
Endpoint
Studied treat. n/N
Control treat. n/N
Graph
RR [95% CI]
Recurrent thromboembolic event
42 / 1103
56 / 1110
0,75 [0,51;1,12]
All cause death
57 / 1092
48 / 1092
1,19 [0,82;1,73]
Major bleeding
22 / 1092
26 / 1092
0,85 [0,48;1,48]
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2
1.0
Relative risks
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Endpoint |
Events (%) |
Relative Risk |
95% CI |
Endpoint definition in the trial |
Studied treat. |
Control treat. |
Recurrent thromboembolic event
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42 / 1103 (3,8%) |
56 / 1110 (5,0%) |
0,75 |
[0,51;1,12] |
entire study |
Major bleeding
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22 / 1092 (2,0%) |
26 / 1092 (2,4%) |
0,85 |
[0,48;1,48] |
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All cause death
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57 / 1092 (5,2%) |
48 / 1092 (4,4%) |
1,19 |
[0,82;1,73] |
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The primary endpoint (if exists) appears in blod characters
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Endpoint |
studied treat. |
control treat. |
mean diff |
Absolute risk reduction
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Endpoint |
Events rate |
Absolute risk reduction (ARR) |
Studied treat. |
Control treat. |
Recurrent thromboembolic event |
3,81% |
5,05% |
-12,4‰
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Major bleeding |
2,01% |
2,38% |
-3,7‰
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All cause death |
5,22% |
4,40% |
8,2‰
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Reference(s)
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B�ller HR, Davidson BL, Decousus H, Gallus A, Gent M, Piovella F, Prins MH, Raskob G, van den Berg-Segers AE, Cariou R, Leeuwenkamp O, Lensing AW.
Subcutaneous fondaparinux versus intravenous unfractionated heparin in the initial treatment of pulmonary embolism..
N Engl J Med 2003 Oct 30;349:1695-702
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