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Idrabiotaparinux noninferior to warfarin for long-term treatment of pulmonary embolism

Nature Reviews Cardiology volume 9, page 68 (2012)Cite this article

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Patients with pulmonary embolism are currently treated with a low-molecular-weight heparin (such as enoxaparin) and an antagonist of vitamin K (for example, warfarin); however, “warfarin requires lab testing, dose monitoring, and adjustment for interactions with foods and alcohol,” highlights Professor Harry Büller from the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam.

Professor Büller and colleagues randomly allocated 3,202 patients with acute pulmonary embolism from 37 countries to receive subcutaneous enoxaparin (1.0 mg/kg) twice daily for 5–10 days and then either conventional, dose-adjusted warfarin tablets (target international normalized ratio 2–3) or subcutaneous idrabiotaparinux (starting dose 3.0 mg). A double-dummy, double-blind trial design was used and regimen duration was 3–6 months.

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  1. Büller, H. R. et al. Enoxaparin followed by once-weekly idrabiotaparinux versus enoxaparin plus warfarin for patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism: a randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, non-inferiority trial. Lancet doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61505-5

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Lim, G. Idrabiotaparinux noninferior to warfarin for long-term treatment of pulmonary embolism. Nat Rev Cardiol 9, 68 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2011.201

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