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. 2016 Apr;11(1):3–20. doi: 10.2174/1574885511666160421145036

Table 5. Incidence of major bleeding, clinically relevant non major bleeding with distribution of bleeding based on sites (cranial and gastrointestinal), fatal bleeding, mortality from VTE and all cause mortalilty of novel anticoagulants in major VTE trials.

Trial Fatal Bleeding
(Number of Subjects)
Intracranial Bleeding
(Number of Subjects)
GI Bleed
(Number of Subjects)
Major Bleeding
N Subjects; HR; (95% CI)
Clinically Relevant non Major Bleed (Number of Subjects) Mortality from PE or Suspected PE (Number of Subjects) Mortality
(All Cause), HR;
(95% CI) (Number of Subjects)
EINSTEIN-DVT R 2
S 5
NS NS R 14 (0.8%)
S 20 (1.2%)
0.65 (0.33-1.30)
p 0.21
R 126 (7.3%)
S 119 (7.0%)
R 4
S 6
R 38 (2.2%)
S 49 (2.9%)
0.67 (0.44-1.02)
p 0.06
EINSTEIN- PE R 2
S 3
R 3 (2 fatal)
S 12 (2 fatal)
NS R 26 (1.1%)
S 52 (2.2%)
0.49 (0.31-0.79)
p 0.003
R 228 (9.5%)
S 235 (9.8%)
R 11
S 7
R 58 (2.4%)
S 50 (2.1%)
1.13 (0.77-1.65)
p 0.53
EINSTEIN- EXT R 0
Pb 0
R 0
Pb 0
R 3 major + 1 minor
Pb 0
R 4 (0.7%)
Pb 0
p 0.11
R 32 (5.4%)
Pb 7 (1.2%)
R 1 (0.2%)
Pb 1 (0.2%)
R 1 (0.2%)
Pb 2 (0.3%)
EINSTEIN- pooled R 6 (0.1%)
S 9 (0.2%)
R 5 (2 fatal)
S 13 (4 fatal)
R 15
S 26
R 40 (1.0%)
S 72 (1.7%)
0.54 (0.37-0.79)
p 0.002
R 354 (8.6%)
S 346 (8.4%)
R 15 (0.4%)
S 13 (0.3%)
R 96 (2.3%)
S 99 (2.4%)
RECORD pooled R 1 (before receiving rivaroxaban)
E NS
R 0
E 0
NS R 14 (0.3%)
E 9 (0.2%)
p 0.305
R 138 (3.0%)
E 115 (2.5%)
R 0
E 3 (<0.1%)
R 7 (0.2%)
E 19 (0.4%)
p 0.03
RE-COVER D 1*
W 1*
D 0*
W 3*
D 53*
W 35*
D 20 (1.6%)
W 24 (1.9%)
0.82 (0.45-1.48)
NS
DeductionΩ
D 51
W 87
D 1 (0.1%)
W 3 (0.2%)
D 21 (1.6%)
W 21 (1.7%)
0.98 (0.53-1.79)
RE-COVER II D 0*
W 1*
D 2*
W 2*
D 48*
W 33*
D 15 (1.2%)
W 22 (1.7%)
0.69 (0.36-1.32)
NS
DeductionΩ
D 49
W 80
D 3 (0.2%)- 2 patients died before starting dabigatran
W 0
D 25 (2.0%)
W 25 (1.9%)
0.98 (0.56-1.71)
RE-COVER pooled NS D 2 (0.1%)
W 5 (0.2%)
Double dummy period only:
D 2 (0.1%)
W 4 (0.2%)
NS D 37 (1.4%
W 51 (2.0%)
0.73 (0.48-1.11)
Double dummy period only:
D 24 (1.0%)
W 40 (1.6%)
0.6 (0.36-0.99)
NS
DeductionΩ
D 99
W 166
Double dummy period only:
NS
DeductionΩ
D 85
W 149
D 2 (0.1%)
W 3 (0.1%)
D 46 (1.8%)
W 46 (1.8%)
1 (0.67-1.51)
RE-MEDY D 0*
W 1*
D 2*
W 4* (3 cerebral, 1 subdural)
D 5*
W 8*
D 13 (0.9%)*
W 25 (1.8%)*
0.52 (0.27-1.02); p 0.06
NS
DeductionΩ
D 67*
W 120*
D 1 (0.1%)
W 1 (0.1%)
D 17 (1.2%)
W 19 (1.3%)
0.90 (0.47-1.72)
p 0.74
RE-SONATE D 0
Pb 0
D 0
Pb 0
D 2*
Pb 0*
D 2 (0.3%) *
Pb 0*
HR not estimable;
p 1.0
NS
DeductionΩ
D 34*
Pb 12*
D 0
Pb 0
NS
AMPLIFY A 1 (<0.1%); GI
W 2 (0.1%); 1 GI, 1 intramuscular
A 3 (0.1%)
W 6 (0.2%)
A 7 (0.3%)
W 18 (0.7%)
A 15 (0.6%)
W 49 (1.8%)
0.31 (0.17-0.55); p<0.001 for superiority
A 103 (3.8%)
W 215 (8%)
A 12 (0.4%)
W 16 (0.6%)
A 41 (1.5%)
W 52 (1.9%)
0.79 (0.53-1.19)
AMPLIFY- EXT AH 0
AL 0
Pb 0
AH 0
AL 0
Pb 1 (hemorrhagic transformation of infarct)
AH 1 (0.1%) + 7 rectal bleeds
AL 3 (0.4%) + 4 rectal
Pb 2 (0.2%)+ 3 rectal
AH 1 (0.1%)
RR 0.25 (0.03-2.24) vs Pb
AL 2 (0.2%)
RR 0.49 (0.09-2.64) vs Pb
RR 1.93
(0.18-21.25) vs AH
Pb 4 (0.5%)
AH 34 (4.2%)
AL 25 (3%)
Pb 19 (2.3%)
RR 0.71 (0.43-1.18) for AL vs AH
AH 3 (0.4%)
AL 2 (0.2%)
Pb 7 (0.8%)
AH 4 (0.5%)
AL 7 (0.8%)
Pb 14 (1.7%)

NS Not specified; GI = gastrointestinal; HR = hazard ratio; RR = relative risk

R = rivaroxaban; S = standard therapy; Pb = placebo; p = p value; E = enoxaparin; AH = apixaban high dose 5 mg twice daily; AL = apixaban low dose 2.5 mg twice daily; D = dabigatran; W = Warfarin; A = Apixaban; RR = Relative risk

deductionΩ = deduction from the table in the article (Number of subjects with clinically relevant non major bleeding = number of subjects with major or clinically relevant nonmajor bleeding events – number of subjects with major bleeding events)

*Number of bleeding events (rather than number of subjects with bleeding).

VTE treatment in April 2014 due to four landmark clinical trials (RE-COVER, RE-COVER II, RE-MEDY and RE-SONATE).