
Extended Low-Dose Apixaban After Provoked VTE: Marc Carrier Spotlights Major NEJM Results
Marc Carrier, Professor at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, has posted on X:
”New in NEJM:
In patients with provoked VTE + enduring risk factors, extended low-dose apixaban (2.5 mg bid ×12 months): reduced recurrent VTE risk by nearly 90% (1.3% vs 10.0%): HR 0.13
Major bleeding was rare (1 pt).”
Find the full study here.
Title: Apixaban for Extended Treatment of Provoked Venous Thromboembolism
Authors: Gregory Piazza, Behnood Bikdeli, Arvind K. Pandey, Darsiya Krishnathasan, Candrika D. Khairani, Antoine Bejjani, Ruth H. Morrison, Heather Hogan, Sina Rashedi, Mariana Pfeferman, Junyang Lou, John Fanikos, Nicole Porio, Lisa Rosenbaum, Piotr Sobieszczyk, Zhou Lan, Marie Gerhard-Herman, Umberto Campia, and Samuel Z. Goldhaber
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