Table 1.

Characteristics and 6-month outcomes of randomized trials comparing DOAC with LMWH for the acute treatment of cancer-associated thrombosis

Hokusai VTE CancerSELECT-DADAM VTECaravaggio
Edoxaban (n = 522)Dalteparin (n = 524)Rivaroxaban (n = 203)Dalteparin (n = 203)Apixaban (n = 150)Dalteparin (n = 150)Apixaban (n = 576)Dalteparin (n = 579)
Males (%) 277 (53.1) 263 (50.2) 116 (57.1) 98 (48.3) 72 (48.0) 73 (48.7) 292 (50.7) 276 (47.7) 
Age, mean (SD) or median (range) 64.3 (11.0) 63.7 (11.7) 67 (22-87) 67 (34-87) 64.4 (11.3) 64 (10.8) 67.2 (11.3) 67.2 (10.9) 
Metastatic disease (%) 274 (52.5) 280 (53.4) 118 (58.1) 118 (58.1) 96 (64.0) 97 (64.7) 389 (67.5)* 396 (68.4)* 
GI cancers (%) 165 (31.6) 140 (26.7) 91 (45.0) 86 (42.4) 48 (32.0) 57 (38.0) 188 (32.6) 187 (32.3) 
Recurrent VTE (%) 34 (6.5) 46 (8.8) 8 (3.9) 18 (8.8) 1 (0.7) 9 (6) 32 (5.6) 46 (7.9) 
Major bleeding (%) 29 (5.6) 17 (3.2) 11 (5.4) 6 (3.0) 0 (0) 2 (1.4) 22 (3.8) 23 (4.0) 
CRNMB (%) 64 (12.3) 43 (8.2) 25 (12.3) 7 (3.5) 9 (6.0) 7 (4.7) 52 (9.0) 35 (6.0) 
Hokusai VTE CancerSELECT-DADAM VTECaravaggio
Edoxaban (n = 522)Dalteparin (n = 524)Rivaroxaban (n = 203)Dalteparin (n = 203)Apixaban (n = 150)Dalteparin (n = 150)Apixaban (n = 576)Dalteparin (n = 579)
Males (%) 277 (53.1) 263 (50.2) 116 (57.1) 98 (48.3) 72 (48.0) 73 (48.7) 292 (50.7) 276 (47.7) 
Age, mean (SD) or median (range) 64.3 (11.0) 63.7 (11.7) 67 (22-87) 67 (34-87) 64.4 (11.3) 64 (10.8) 67.2 (11.3) 67.2 (10.9) 
Metastatic disease (%) 274 (52.5) 280 (53.4) 118 (58.1) 118 (58.1) 96 (64.0) 97 (64.7) 389 (67.5)* 396 (68.4)* 
GI cancers (%) 165 (31.6) 140 (26.7) 91 (45.0) 86 (42.4) 48 (32.0) 57 (38.0) 188 (32.6) 187 (32.3) 
Recurrent VTE (%) 34 (6.5) 46 (8.8) 8 (3.9) 18 (8.8) 1 (0.7) 9 (6) 32 (5.6) 46 (7.9) 
Major bleeding (%) 29 (5.6) 17 (3.2) 11 (5.4) 6 (3.0) 0 (0) 2 (1.4) 22 (3.8) 23 (4.0) 
CRNMB (%) 64 (12.3) 43 (8.2) 25 (12.3) 7 (3.5) 9 (6.0) 7 (4.7) 52 (9.0) 35 (6.0) 

GI, gastrointestinal; SD, standard deviation.

*

Recurrent locally advanced or metastatic disease

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