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Overall survival with warfarin versus low-molecular-weight heparin in cancer-associated thrombosis
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11 2021
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Source: J Thromb Haemost. 19(11):2825-2834
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Alternative Title:J Thromb Haemost
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Description:Background:
When compared with warfarin, low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) reduces the incidence of recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) in cancer. However, a survival benefit of LMWH over warfarin for the treatment of cancer-associated VTE has not been established.
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Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) and Medicare linked database from 2007 through 2016, we identified Medicare beneficiaries (aged ≥66 years) who were: (1) diagnosed with primary gastric, colorectal, pancreatic, lung, ovarian, or brain cancer; (2) diagnosed with cancer-associated VTE; and (3) prescribed LMWH or warfarin within 30 days. The primary outcome was overall survival (OS). Patients were matched 1:1 using exact matching for cancer stage and propensity scored matching for cancer diagnosis, age, year of VTE, and time from cancer diagnosis to index VTE. Cox proportional-hazards regression was performed to estimate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).
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A total of 9,706 patients were included. Warfarin was associated with a significant improvement in OS compared to LMWH (median OS, 9.8 months [95%CI, 9.1 to 10.4] versus 7.2 months [95%CI, 6.8 to 7.8]; HR, 0.86; 95% CI 0.83 to 0.90; P<0.001). The survival advantage was most pronounced in pancreatic (HR 0.82 [95% CI, 0.74 to 0.90], P<0.001) and gastric cancers (HR 0.82 [95% CI, 0.68 to 0.98], P=0.03). The observed differences in survival were consistent across subgroups including cancer stage, age, comorbidity burden, and year of VTE.
Conclusions:
In this population-based study, warfarin was associated with improved OS compared to LMWH for the treatment of cancer-associated VTE.
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Pubmed ID:34490999
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC8530982
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Volume:19
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Issue:11
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