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Table 2 Efficacy and safety outcomes and net clinical benefit in all patients and selected patient subgroups

From: Oral rivaroxaban versus standard therapy for the treatment of symptomatic venous thromboembolism: a pooled analysis of the EINSTEIN-DVT and PE randomized studies

 

Mean duration of treatment

Recurrent venous thromboembolism

Nonmajor clinically relevant and major bleeding

Major bleeding

Net clinical benefit

Patient group

Rivaroxaban

Enoxaparin/VKA

Rivaroxaban n/N (%)

Enoxaparin/VKA n/N (%)

HR (95% CI)

Rivaroxaban n/N (%)

Enoxaparin/VKA n/N (%)

HR (95% CI)

Rivaroxaban n/N (%)

Enoxaparin/VKA n/N (%)

HR (95% CI)

Rivaroxaban n/N (%)

Enoxaparin/VKA n/N (%)

HR (95% CI)

 

Days ± SD

Days ± SD

            

All

207.6 ± 95.9

204.0 ± 97.2

86/4150 (2.1)

95/4131 (2.3)

0.89 (0.66–1.19)

388/4130 (9.4)

412/4116 (10.0)

0.93 (0.81–1.06)

40/4130 (1.0)

72/4116 (1.7)

0.54 (0.37–0.79)

134/4150 (3.2)

169/4131 (4.1)

0.77 (0.61–0.97)

Fragile

196.8 ± 97.5

187.2 ± 102.5

21/791 (2.7)

30/782 (3.8)

0.68 (0.39–1.18)

97/788 (12.3)

109/779 (14.0)

0.85 (0.64–1.11)

10/788 (1.3)

35/779 (4.5)

0.27 (0.13–0.54)*

36/791 (4.6)

66/782 (8.4)

0.51 (0.34–0.77)

Nonfragile

210.1 ± 95.4

208.0 ± 95.5

65/3359 (1.9)

65/3349 (1.9)

0.98 (0.69–1.38)

291/3342 (8.7)

303/3337 (9.1)

0.95 (0.81–1.12)

30/3342 (0.9)

37/3337 (1.1)

0.80 (0.49–1.29)

98/3359 (2.9)

103/3349 (3.1)

0.93 (0.71–1.23)

Cancer

179.0 ± 96.9

167.7 ± 103.1

16/316 (5.1)

20/281 (7.1)

0.69 (0.36–1.33)

48/316 (15.2)

44/278 (15.8)

0.93 (0.62–1.41)

9/316 (2.8)

14/278 (5.0)

0.53 (0.23–1.23)

26/316 (8.2)

37/281 (13.2)

0.60 (0.36–0.99)

No cancer

209.3 ± 95.6

205.8 ± 96.6

70/3834 (1.8)

75/3850 (1.9)

0.93 (0.67–1.29)

340/3820 (8.9)

368/3832 (9.6)

0.92 (0.79–1.06)

31/3820 (0.8)

58/3832 (1.5)

0.53 (0.34–0.82)

108/3834 (2.8)

132/3850 (3.4)

0.81 (0.63–1.05)

Previous DVT/PE

259.0 ± 102.0

252.6 ± 107.1

11/791 (1.4)

25/819 (3.1)

0.45 (0.22–0.91)§

70/788 (8.9)

91/813 (11.2)

0.77 (0.57–1.06)

7/788 (0.9)

14/813 (1.7)

0.51 (0.21–1.27)

20/791 (2.5)

39/819 (4.8)

0.52 (0.31–0.90)

No previous DVT/PE

195.4 ± 90.3

192.0 ± 90.8

75/3359 (2.2)

70/3312 (2.1)

1.04 (0.75–1.45)

318/3342 (9.5)

321/3303 (9.7)

0.96 (0.82–1.12)

33/3342 (1.0)

58/3303 (1.8)

0.54 (0.35–0.83)

114/3359 (3.4)

130/3312 (3.9)

0.84 (0.66–1.08)

Clot burden (limited)

197.6 ± 93.2

197.1 ± 94.1

10/799 (1.3)

19/815 (2.3)

0.51 (0.24–1.10)

73/796 (9.2)

76/813 (9.3)

0.97 (0.70–1.34)

8/796 (1.0)

11/813 (1.4)

0.75 (0.30–1.87)

20/799 (2.5)

30/815 (3.7)

0.65 (0.37–1.16)

Clot burden (intermediate)

215.0 ± 94.5

206.1 ± 96.4

41/1873 (2.2)

49/1881 (2.6)

0.82 (0.54–1.24)

181/1864 (9.7)

189/1876 (10.1)

0.95 (0.78–1.17)

20/1864 (1.1)

32/1876 (1.7)

0.62 (0.36–1.09)

65/1873 (3.5)

81/1881 (4.3)

0.79 (0.57–1.10)

Clot burden (extensive)

205.8 ± 97.8

205.2 ± 100.0

35/1364 (2.6)

26/1327 (2.0)

1.29 (0.78–2.15)

126/1359 (9.3)

134/1326 (10.1)

0.90 (0.71–1.15)

11/1359 (0.8)

28/1326 (2.1)

0.36 (0.18–0.73)

48/1364 (3.5)

56/1327 (4.2)

0.81 (0.55–1.19)

  1. *For major bleeding, the p-value for the treatment group × fragility interaction was 0.011, suggesting heterogeneity. For net clinical benefit, the p-value for the treatment group × fragility interaction was 0.017. In this analysis, six DVT patients were randomized to rivaroxaban but received comparator. §For recurrent VTE, the p-value for the treatment group × previous DVT/PE was 0.032. For all other outcomes and analyses the interactions between treatment group and the subgroups of fragility [yes/no], baseline cancer [yes/no], previous DVT/PE [yes/no], clot burden for outcomes [limited/intermediate/extensive]), the pinteractions were larger than 0.05 (nonsignificant) calculated by the corresponding Cox proportional hazards models. In the clot burden analysis, a total of 71 patients in the rivaroxaban group and 68 patients in the enoxaparin/VKA group had missing data. A further 43 and 40 patients in the rivaroxaban and enoxaparin/VKA groups, respectively, did not have confirmed DVT and PE.
  2. CI Confidence interval, DVT Deep vein thrombosis, HR Hazard ratio, PE Pulmonary embolism, VKA Vitamin K antagonist.