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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 6.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2008 Apr 1;112(7):1522–1528. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23336

TABLE 3.

Characteristics of Patients With Deep Vein Thrombosis

Patient Age, y Sex Event Regimen Time of event Prophylaxis at time of DVT Steroid dose at time of DVT Lenalidomide dose at time of DVT Contributing factors
1 65 M PE RD 4th cycle None 40 mg Days 1–4, 9–12, 17–20 every 28 d 25 mg Days 1–21, every 28 d None
2 67 M DVT RD 3rd cycle Aspirin 325 mg/d 40 mg Days 1–4, 9–12, 17–20 every 28 d 25 mg Days 1–21, every 28 d None
3 79 M DVT RLD 6th cycle Aspirin 325 mg/d 40 mg Days 1, 8, 15, 22 every 28 d 15 mg Days 1–21, every 28 d None
4 67 M DVT RD 5th cycle Aspirin 325 mg/d 40 mg Days 1–4, 9–12, 17–20 every 28 d 25 mg Days 1–21, every 28 d None
5 72 M DVT RD 4th cycle Aspirin 325 mg/d 40 mg Days 1–4, 9–12, 17–20 every 28 d 15 mg Days 1–21, every 28 d None
6 71 W PE RD 4th cycle None 40 mg Days 1–3, 9–11, 17–19 every 28 d; plus tapering doses on Days 4, 5, 12, 13, 20, 21 Not available None
7 64 M PE RD 16th cycle Aspirin 325 mg/d None 25 mg Days 1–21, every 28 d On coumadin at baseline for PE diagnosed during w/u of myeloma. Developed PE within a mo of switching to ASA from coumadin
8 71 W DVT MPR 7th cycle None Pred 2 mg/kg Days 1–4 every 28 d 10 mg Days 1–21, every 28 d Stopped ASA 3 mo before for thrombocytopenia
9 72 W PE MPR 1st cycle Aspirin 100 mg/d Pred 2 mg/kg Days 1–4 every 28 d 10 mg Days 1–21, every 28 d None
10 68 M DVT MPR 6th mo of maintenance phase None None 10 mg Days 1–21, every 28 d ASA discontinued for thrombocytopenia

M indicates men; W, women; RD, lenalidomide plus high dose dexamethasone; RLD, Lenalidomide plus low dose dexamethasone; MPR, melphalan, prednisone, lenalidomide; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; PE, pulmonary embolism.