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Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in t he Medical and Surgical Oncology Patient. A K Kakkar Barts and the London School of Medicine and Thrombosis Research Institute, London UK.
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Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in the Medical and Surgical Oncology Patient A K Kakkar Barts and the London School of Medicine and Thrombosis Research Institute, London UK
ACCP Consensus conference on antithrombotic therapy Major surgery in cancer patients ACCP=American College of Chest Physicians; PE=pulmonary embolism Geerts WH, et al. Chest. 2004;126 Suppl 3:338S-400S.
Thromboprophylaxis in the cancer surgical patient LMWH better UFH better Asymptomatic DVT Clinical PE Clinical thromboembolism Cancer Death Non-cancer Major hemorrhage Total hemorrhage Wound hematoma Transfusion 0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 DVT=deep vein thrombosis; LMWH=low molecular weight heparin; PE=pulmonary embolism; UFH=unfractionated heparin Mismetti P et al. Br J Surg. 2001;88:913–930.
Guidelines ACCP=American College of Chest Physicians; ASCO=American Society of Clinical Oncology; LMWH=low molecular weight heparin; UFH=unfractionated heparin
PE occurs after hospital discharge Days PE=pulmonary embolism Huber O et al. Arch Surg. 1992;127:310-3.
Extended thromboprophylaxis: meta analysis • 4 studies: 2 double-blind and 2 open • 1,037 patients • Bilateral venography 7–10 days 4–5 weeks p DVT 15% 6.5% < 0.0005 Proximal DVT 5% 1% < 0.01 Symptomatic DVT 1% 0.3% 0.27 DVT=deep vein thrombosis Rasmussen MS et al. J Thromb Haemost. 2005; 3 Suppl 1:P2213.
Guidelines ACCP=American College of Chest Physicians; ASCO=American Society of Clinical Oncology
Effects of compression methods of thromboprophylaxis on DVT Compression (monotherapy)Graduated 9 57/665 133/627 –39.7 37.2 66% (10) compression stockings (8.6%) (21.2%)Intermittent 19 112/1108 268/1147 –76.3 71.0 66% (7) pneumatic compression (10.1%) (23.4%)Footpump 2 11/61 34/65 –10.7 7.3 77% (19) (18.0%) (52.3%) 30 180/1834 435/1839 –126.7 115.5 67% (6) (9.8%) (23.7%) 2p < 0.00001 No. of Deep venous Stratified Odds ratio and % odds trials thrombosis statistics confidence interval reduction Category with data Compression Control O–E Variance (compression : control) (SE) 99% or 95% confidence intervals 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 Compression Compression better worse Treatment effect 2p < 0.00001 Roderick P et al. Health Technology Assessment 2005; Vol. 9: No. 49.
Effects of compression methods of thromboprophylaxis on PE (a) Compression (monotherapy)Graduated 3 0/123 4/90 –1.8 0.9 compression stockings (0.0%) (4.4%)Intermittent 8 14/590 18/618 –1.6 7.6 pneumatic compression (2.4%) (2.9%)Footpump 1 0/28 0/32 (0.0%) (0.0%) 12 14/741 22/740 –3.4 8.5 33% (28) (1.9%) (3.0%) 2p > 0.1; NS No. of Deep venous Stratified Odds ratio and % odds trials thrombosis statistics confidence interval reduction Category with data Compression Control O–E Variance (compression : control) (SE) 99% or 95% confidence intervals 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 Compression Compression better worse Treatment effect 2p = 0.006 Roderick P, et al. Health Technology Assessment 2005; Vol. 9: No. 49.
Combined mechanical and pharmacological prophylaxis Intervention LDH (n=451) LDH+GCS (n=439) RR (95%CI) 6 studies DVT n (%) 83 (18) 35 (%) 0.47 0.33-0.69 DVT=deep vein thrombosis; GCS=graduated compression stockings; LDH=low dose heparin; RR=risk reduction IUA Consensus statement Int Angiol 2006 .
Relative risk for VTE by cancer type 1Levitan et al. 1999; 2Thodiyil and Kakkar. 2001
Clear benefits of thromboprophylaxis over placebo Study RRR Thromboprophylaxis Patients with VTE (%) MEDENOX1 63% Placebo Enoxaparin PREVENT2 49% Placebo Dalteparin ARTEMIS3 47% Placebo Fondaparinux 14.9* p< 0.001 5.5 5.0* p = 0.0015 2.8 10.5† 5.6 p = 0.029 *VTE at day 14; †VTE at day 15. 1Samama MM, et al. N Engl J Med. 1999;341:793-800.2Leizorovicz A, et al. Circulation. 2004;110:874-9. 3Cohen AT, et al. J Thromb Haemost. 2003;1 (Suppl 1):P2046. RRR = relative risk reduction
Major bleeding Study or subcategory Cohen 2006 Leizorovicz 2004 Fraisse 2000 Samama 1999 Total (95% CI) Total events: 28 (Anticoagulant), 14 (Placebo) Test for heterogeneity: Chi2 = 0.72, df = 3 (P=0.87), I2 = 0% Test for overall effect: Z = 2.12 (P=0.03) Anticoagulant n/N 1 / 429 9 / 1856 6 / 109 12 / 367 2761 Placebo n/N 1 / 420 3 / 1850 3 / 114 7 / 371 2755 RR (random) 95% CI Weight % 5.35 24.10 22.16 48.39 100.00 RR (random) 95% CI 0.98 [0.06, 15.60] 2.99 [0.81, 11.03] 2.09 [0.54, 8.16] 1.73 [0.69, 4.35] 2.00 [1.05, 3.79] 0.1 0.2 0.5 1 2 5 10 Favors Anticoagulant Favors Placebo Lloyd NS et al. J Thromb Haemost. 2008;6:405–414.
Risk of VTE: chemotherapy population 7.1% 6.7% Development cohort Validation cohort 2.0% 1.8% 0.8% 0.3% n=374 n=842 n=149 n=734 n=1627 n=340 8% 7% 6% 5% Rate of VTE (%) 4% 3% 2% 1% 0% RiskLow (0) Intermediate(1-2) High(>3) Khorana AA et al. Blood .2008.
Randomised Controlled Clinical Trials of Prophylaxis of CVC - Related Thrombosis * Symptomatic events ° Routine venography at 6 weeks
Parenteral anticoagulation and survival Favours heparin Favours control Akl EA et al. Cochrane Database of Systemic Reviews 2007;3:1-28.
Conclusions • Consistent guidelines between Thrombosis and Oncology communities • Evidence base still limited for some guidance • Many areas still lack guidelines