Randomized Trial of Anticoagulation Strategies for Noncritically Ill Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19

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BACKGROUND: Prior studies of therapeutic-dose anticoagulation in patients with COVID-19 have reported conflicting results.

OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine the safety and effectiveness of therapeutic-dose anticoagulation in noncritically ill patients with COVID-19.

METHODS: Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 not requiring intensive care unit treatment were randomized to prophylactic-dose enoxaparin, therapeutic-dose enoxaparin, or therapeutic-dose apixaban. The primary outcome was the 30-day composite of all-cause mortality, requirement for intensive care unit-level of care, systemic thromboembolism, or ischemic stroke assessed in the combined therapeutic-dose groups compared with the prophylactic-dose group.

RESULTS: Between August 26, 2020, and September 19, 2022, 3,398 noncritically ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were randomized to prophylactic-dose enoxaparin (n = 1,141), therapeutic-dose enoxaparin (n = 1,136), or therapeutic-dose apixaban (n = 1,121) at 76 centers in 10 countries. The 30-day primary outcome occurred in 13.2% of patients in the prophylactic-dose group and 11.3% of patients in the combined therapeutic-dose groups (HR: 0.85; 95% CI: 0.69-1.04; P = 0.11). All-cause mortality occurred in 7.0% of patients treated with prophylactic-dose enoxaparin and 4.9% of patients treated with therapeutic-dose anticoagulation (HR: 0.70; 95% CI: 0.52-0.93; P = 0.01), and intubation was required in 8.4% vs 6.4% of patients, respectively (HR: 0.75; 95% CI: 0.58-0.98; P = 0.03). Results were similar in the 2 therapeutic-dose groups, and major bleeding in all 3 groups was infrequent.

CONCLUSIONS: Among noncritically ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19, the 30-day primary composite outcome was not significantly reduced with therapeutic-dose anticoagulation compared with prophylactic-dose anticoagulation. However, fewer patients who were treated with therapeutic-dose anticoagulation required intubation and fewer died (FREEDOM COVID [FREEDOM COVID Anticoagulation Strategy]; NCT04512079).

Errataetall:

CommentIn: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 May 9;81(18):1763-1765. - PMID 37137585

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:81

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 81(2023), 18 vom: 09. Mai, Seite 1747-1762

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stone, Gregg W [VerfasserIn]
Farkouh, Michael E [VerfasserIn]
Lala, Anuradha [VerfasserIn]
Tinuoye, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Dressler, Ovidiu [VerfasserIn]
Moreno, Pedro R [VerfasserIn]
Palacios, Igor F [VerfasserIn]
Goodman, Shaun G [VerfasserIn]
Esper, Rodrigo B [VerfasserIn]
Abizaid, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Varade, Deepak [VerfasserIn]
Betancur, Juan F [VerfasserIn]
Ricalde, Alejandro [VerfasserIn]
Payro, Gerardo [VerfasserIn]
Castellano, José María [VerfasserIn]
Hung, Ivan F N [VerfasserIn]
Nadkarni, Girish N [VerfasserIn]
Giustino, Gennaro [VerfasserIn]
Godoy, Lucas C [VerfasserIn]
Feinman, Jason [VerfasserIn]
Camaj, Anton [VerfasserIn]
Bienstock, Solomon W [VerfasserIn]
Furtado, Remo H M [VerfasserIn]
Granada, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Bustamante, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Peyra, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Contreras, Johanna [VerfasserIn]
Owen, Ruth [VerfasserIn]
Bhatt, Deepak L [VerfasserIn]
Pocock, Stuart J [VerfasserIn]
Fuster, Valentin [VerfasserIn]
FREEDOM COVID Anticoagulation Strategy Randomized Trial Investigators [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anticoagulants
Apixaban
Coronavirus disease 2019
Enoxaparin
Journal Article
Prognosis
Randomized Controlled Trial
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

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Date Completed 05.05.2023

Date Revised 17.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04512079

CommentIn: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 May 9;81(18):1763-1765. - PMID 37137585

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jacc.2023.02.041

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353953350