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Table 3 Outcomes of the 11 RCTs

From: Effect of therapeutic versus prophylactic anticoagulation therapy on clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review with an updated meta-analysis

Author-year

Intervention

Death, n/total

Major bleeding, n/total

Ventilator-free days, median (IQR)

Major thrombotic events, n (%)

Any bleeding, n (%)

VTE, n (%)

Any thrombotic events, n (%)

Venous thromboembolism

Arterial thromboembolism

Spyropoulos-2021 [21]

TA

25/129

6/129

/

/

/

/

/

12/129

4/129

PA

31/124

2/124

/

/

/

/

/

33/124

4/124

Lemos-2020 [13]

TA

2/10

0/10

0 (0–11)

2 (20)

2 (20)

/

/

2/10

0/10

PA

5/10

0/10

15 (6–16)

2 (20)

0 (0)

/

/

2/10

0/10

Goligher-2021 [12]

TA

199/534

20/529

/

34 (6.4)

/

/

38 (7.2)

19/530

23/530

PA

200/564

13/562

/

58 (10.4)

/

/

62 (11.1)

48/559

22/559

Lawler-2021 [22]

TA

86/1180

22/1180

/

13 (1.1)

/

/

/

16/1180

3/1180

PA

86/1046

9/1047

/

22 (2.1)

/

/

/

26/1046

5/1046

Connors-2021 [26]

TA

0/164

/

/

/

13 (9.1)

/

/

0/164

0/164

PA

0/165

/

/

/

9 (6.7)

/

/

0/165

0/165

Marcos-Jubilar-2021 [23]

TA

2/32

0/32

/

0

/

/

/

0/32

0/32

PA

1/33

0/33

/

2 (6.1)

/

/

/

2/33

0/33

Sholzberg-2021 [24]

TA

4/228

2/228

/

/

/

2 (0.9)

/

2/228

0/228

PA

18/237

4/237

/

/

/

6 (2.5)

/

6/237

1/237

Morici-2021 [25]

TA

5/91

1/91

/

/

0

0

/

0/91

0/91

PA

1/92

1/92

/

/

0

6 (6.5)

/

6/92

2/92

Sadeghipour-2021 [27]

TA

119/276

7/276

30 (3–30)

/

17 (6.2)

9 (3.3)

/

9/276

1/276

PA

117/286

4/286

30 (1–30)

/

9 (3.1)

10 (3.5)

/

10/286

1/286

Lopes-2021 [14]

TA

35/311

10/311

/

23 (7)

36 (12)

11 (4)

/

11/310

14/310/

PA

23/304

4/304

/

30 (10)

9 (3)

18 (6)

/

18/304

15/304

Perepu-2021 [11]

TA

13/87

2/87

/

/

8 (9)

7 (8)

/

7/87

5/87

PA

18/86

2/86

/

/

8 (9)

6 (7)

/

6/86

3/86

  1. Abbreviations: VTE Venous thromboembolism, IQR Interquartile range, TA Therapeutic anticoagulation, PA Prophylactic anticoagulation