Mysa Saad: Antiplatelets Increase Bleeding Without Reducing VTE in Cancer Patients
Mysa Saad, Internal Medicine Resident shared a post on LinkedIn about a recent article she and her colleagues co-authored, adding:
”Our new study published in Thrombosis Research:
In ambulatory patients with cancer on apixaban thromboprophylaxis:
- Concurrent antiplatelet/NSAID use increases clinically relevant bleeding (HR 1.80)
- Antiplatelets were the main driver of increased bleeding risk (HR 2.02)
- NSAIDs did not have a significant impact on bleeding risk
- No significant reduction in VTE
These results highlight the need to carefully reassess indications for concurrent antiplatelet agents/NSAIDs when considering apixaban thromboprophylaxis in patients with cancer.”
Title: Impact of concurrent antiplatelet use on the safety and efficacy of thromboprophylaxis with apixaban in patients with cancer: A post-hoc analysis of the AVERT trial
Authors: Mysa Saad, Tzu-Fei Wang, Ranjeeta Mallick, Danny Hill, Alejandro Lazo-Langner, Vicky Tagalakis, Philip S. Wells, Marc Carrier

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