Abstract
Background:ETNA-VTE-Japan is an ongoing prospective observational study conducted as part of a postmarketing observational study to investigate the safety and effectiveness of edoxaban in Japanese patients for whom the drug has been newly prescribed to treat venous thromboembolism (VTE) and prevent VTE recurrence. The results of an interim analysis of data collected at 3 months are presented.
Methods and Results:A total of 1,732 patients were enrolled. The safety and effectiveness analyses included data from 1,703 and 1,699 patients, respectively. In the safety analysis set, 39.4% of patients were aged ≥75 years, 58.2% had body weight ≤60 kg, and 22.2% had creatinine clearance <50 mL/min. Approximately 90% of patients received a dose in accordance with the package insert. Approximately 80% of patients continued treatment; the mean treatment period was 74.5 days. The incidence of bleeding adverse events and major bleeding was 6.3% and 1.4%, respectively. The incidence of VTE recurrence and symptomatic VTE recurrence in the on-treatment population was 0.8% and 0.4%, respectively. Safety and effectiveness profiles of edoxaban in patients receiving the low dose (30 mg/day), generally administered to patients with high bleeding risk, were similar to those of the standard dose (60 mg/day).
Conclusions:The results confirm no major concerns about the safety and effectiveness of edoxaban in Japanese patients with VTE in the first 3 months of treatment. (Trial registration No.: UMIN000016387.)
