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Efficacy and Safety of Rivaroxaban Prophylaxis Compared with Placebo in Ambulatory Cancer Patients Initiating Systemic Cancer Therapy and at High Risk for Venous Thromboembolism

Purpose

The primary efficacy objective is to demonstrate that rivaroxaban is superior to placebo for reducing the risk of the primary composite outcome as defined by objectively confirmed symptomatic lower extremity proximal DVT, asymptomatic lower extremity proximal DVT, symptomatic upper extremity DVT, symptomatic non-fatal PE, incidental PE, and VTE-related death in ambulatory adult subjects with various cancer types receiving systemic cancer therapy who are at high risk of developing a VTE.

Keywords

Deep vein thrombosis, Blood clots, Pulmonary embolus, Arterial embolism

Principal Investigator

Anita Rajasekhar, M.D.

Department

MD-HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY

Contact Information

rajasa@medicine.ufl.edu

3522737822

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