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. 2020 Dec 18;2020(12):CD008500. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008500.pub5

NCT02555878.

Study name Efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban prophylaxis compared with placebo in ambulatory cancer patients initiating systemic cancer therapy and at high risk for venous thromboembolism
Methods Multicentre, randomised, double‐blind (participant, carer, investigator), placebo‐controlled, parallel‐group superiority study
Participants Patients with histologically confirmed solid malignancy including but not limited to: pancreas, lung, stomach, colon, rectum, bladder, breast, ovary, renal, or lymphoma (haematological), with locally advanced or metastatic disease who have a Khorana thromboembolic risk score ≥ 2
Interventions Intervention: rivaroxaban 10 mg tablet orally once daily for 180 days
Control: placebo
Outcomes Primary efficacy outcomes: symptomatic and incidental lower extremity proximal DVT, symptomatic upper extremity DVT, symptomatic non‐fatal PE, incidental PE, VTE‐related death
Primary safety outcome: major bleeding
Secondary outcomes: symptomatic VTE and VTE‐related deaths, all‐cause mortality, clinically relevant non‐major bleeding, minor bleeding, any bleeding adverse events, and serious adverse events
Starting date September 2015
Contact information Janssen Research & Development, LLC Clinical Trial
Notes ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02555878