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. 2021 Apr 20;3(2):173–190. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2021.03.001

Table 5.

Study Characteristics and Results for Hokusai Cancer VTE, SELECT-D, and Caravaggio Studies for VTE Treatment

Hokusai Cancer VTE SELECT-D Caravaggio
Population 1,046 patients with cancer and acute symptomatic or incidentally detected VTE 406 patients with cancer and acute symptomatic or incidentally detected VTE 1,155 patients with cancer and a diagnosis of symptomatic or incidental acute proximal DVT or PE
Duration, months 12 6 6
Treatment Arms Edoxaban Dalteparin Rivaroxaban Dalteparin Apixaban Dalteparin
Metastatic disease, % 52.5 53.4 58 58 67.5 68.4
Concurrent anticancer treatment, % 71.6 73.1 69 70 60.8. 63.4
Recurrent VTE, % 7.9 11.3 4 11 5.6 7.9
 HR (95% CI); p value 0.71 (0.48–1.06); p = 0.09 0.43 (0.19–0.99); p = NR 0.63 (0.37–1.07); p < 0.001
Major bleeding, % 6.9 4.0 6 4 3.8 4.0
 HR (95% CI); p value 1.77 (1.03–3.04); p = 0.04 1.83 (0.68–4.96); p = NR 0.82 (0.40–1.69); p = 0.60
CRNMB, % 14.6 11.1 13 4 9.0 6.0
 HR (95% CI); p value 1.38 (0.98–1.94); p = NR 3.76 (1.63–8.69); p = NR 1.42 (0.88–2.30); p = NR
Mortality, % 39.5 36.6 25 30 23.4 26.4
 HR (95% CI); p value 1.12 (0.92–1.37); p = NR NR 0.82 (0.62–1.09); p = NR

SELECT-D = Anticoagulation Therapy in Selected Cancer Patients at Risk of Recurrence of Venous Thromboembolism; other abbreviations as in Table 4.