Marc Carrier on the WAVe Study: Weight-Adjusted Dalteparin is Safe & Effective in Large Cancer Patients with VTE
Marc Carrier, Professor at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, shared on X:
“New in American Journal of Hematology – The WAVe Study
In patients >90 kg with cancer-associated VTE, weight-adjusted dalteparin (up to 33,000 IU/day) showed acceptable 30-Day bleeding (5.3%) and low recurrence (1.2%), supporting individualized dosing.”
Title: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study on the Use of Weight-Adjusted Dalteparin in Patients Over 90 kg With Acute Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolism—The WAVe Study
Authors: Tzu-Fei Wang, Erik Yeo, Peter L. Gross, Chantal Séguin, Cynthia Wu, Sudeep Shivakumar, Ranjeeta Mallick, Aurélien Delluc, Julien D’Astous, Miriam Kimpton, Guillaume Roberge, Deborah M. Siegal, Tobias Tritschler, Grégoire Le Gal, Marc Carrier
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