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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Thromb Haemost 2018; 118(11): 1951-1961
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1673689
Stroke, Systemic or Venous Thromboembolism
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Effectiveness and Safety of Apixaban versus Warfarin as Outpatient Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism in U.S. Clinical Practice

Derek Weycker
1   Policy Analysis Inc. (PAI), Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
,
Xiaoyan Li
2   Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States
,
Gail DeVecchis Wygant
2   Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States
,
Theodore Lee
3   Pfizer Inc., New York, New York, United States
,
Melissa Hamilton
2   Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States
,
Xuemei Luo
4   Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut, United States
,
Lien Vo
2   Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States
,
Jack Mardekian
3   Pfizer Inc., New York, New York, United States
,
Xianying Pan
5   Bristol-Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut, United States
,
Leah Burns
2   Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States
,
Mark Atwood
1   Policy Analysis Inc. (PAI), Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
,
Ahuva Hanau
1   Policy Analysis Inc. (PAI), Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
,
Alexander T. Cohen
6   Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
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Funding Funding for this research was provided to Policy Analysis Inc. (PAI) by Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and Pfizer Inc.
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04. Juni 2018

29. August 2018

Publikationsdatum:
24. Oktober 2018 (online)

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Abstract

In the AMPLIFY clinical trial, apixaban was non-inferior to warfarin plus subcutaneous enoxaparin bridge therapy in the treatment of acute venous thromboembolism (VTE) and was associated with significantly less bleeding. This study evaluated their comparative effectiveness and safety in routine clinical practice. A matched-cohort design and data from four U.S. private health care claims databases were employed. Study population comprised patients who initiated outpatient treatment with apixaban versus warfarin (plus parenteral anticoagulant bridge therapy) within 30 days of their initial VTE episode; apixaban and warfarin patients were matched on age, characteristics of VTE episode, study database and propensity score. Major bleeding, clinically relevant non-major (CRNM) bleeding and recurrent VTE during the 180-day (maximum) follow-up period were compared using shared frailty models. During mean follow-up of 143 days among apixaban patients (n = 17,878) and 152 days among warfarin patients (n = 17,878), incidence proportions for apixaban versus warfarin, respectively, were 1.7% versus 2.3% for major bleeding, 7.0% versus 9.4% for CRNM bleeding and 2.3% versus 2.9% for recurrent VTE. In shared frailty models, risks of major bleeding (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.75, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.64–0.87), CRNM bleeding (HR = 0.77, 95% CI = 0.71–0.83) and recurrent VTE (HR = 0.80, 95% CI = 0.70–0.91) were lower for apixaban versus warfarin. In this large-scale evaluation of VTE patients receiving outpatient treatment with apixaban or warfarin in U.S. clinical practice, risks of major bleeding, CRNM bleeding and recurrent VTE were significantly lower among patients who received apixaban.

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Some aspects of this research were presented at the American College of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Session (March 2018) in Orlando, Florida.


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