scholarly journals A Meta-Analysis Evaluating the Risk of Bleeding-Related Adverse Events with Defibrotide Treatment

Blood ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 134 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 2016-2016
Author(s):  
William Tappe ◽  
Saurabh Aggarwal ◽  
Ozlem Topaloglu ◽  
Massimo Iacobelli

Introduction: Defibrotide is approved for adult and pediatric patients with hepatic veno-occlusive disease/sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (VOD/SOS) with renal or pulmonary dysfunction after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) in the United States and Canada and for patients aged >1 month with severe hepatic VOD/SOS post-HCT in the European Union. The recommended dose is 6.25 mg/kg every 6 hours given as a 2-hour intravenous (IV) infusion. Defibrotide has been shown in vitro to reduce endothelial cell (EC) activation and promote EC-mediated fibrinolysis. Post-HCT patients with VOD/SOS are often at a high risk for bleeding events. In a phase 3 study of patients with VOD/SOS post-HCT, rates of bleeding-related adverse events (AEs) with defibrotide were generally similar to matched historic controls (Richardson PG, et al. Blood. 2016;127[13]:1656-1665). To broaden our understanding of the risk of bleeding events associated with defibrotide treatment, this meta-analysis assessed the incidence and risk of bleeding-related AEs with defibrotide treatment in studies outside of the VOD/SOS and HCT setting, using published literature. Methods: PubMed and Embase were searched from database inception through July 24, 2018 for studies using defibrotide (controlled trials with ≥1 arm assessing an intervention of interest, observational/retrospective studies, retrospective or post hoc analyses, and case series with ≥10 patients). Studies of patients with VOD/SOS or HCT, case reports with <10 patients, and reviews were excluded. Publications were evaluated for the presence of data on endpoints of interest, which included any bleeding-related event and overall safety or efficacy summaries; all studies with available data were included in the analysis. Overall bleeding rate was estimated for defibrotide and controls using the Freeman-Tukey double arcsine transformation and random-effects modeling (Stata Software). The risk ratio of bleeding was calculated using the Mantel-Haenszel method and random-effects modeling (RevMan 5.3 Software). Overall bleeding rate and risk ratio of bleeding were calculated from studies that used the IV defibrotide formulation; studies using oral or intramuscular formulations were excluded from these calculations. Results: A total of 1,857 records were identified in the search; 124 studies reported on defibrotide and 19 contained data related to bleeding and were included in the analysis. Of the 19 included studies, 2 had >1,000 patients. An IV defibrotide formulation was used in 12 studies; the other 7 used intramuscular or oral delivery or more than one method of defibrotide administration. The most common indications were prevention of deep vein thrombosis (11 of 19) and treatment of thrombosis (3 of 19). Most studies (14 of 19) had 2 treatment arms; among these studies, heparin was the most common comparator (11 of 14). For the other 5 of 19 studies, 4 studies were single-arm and 1 study had 3 arms. The majority of studies (16 of 19) were conducted in adults; the other 3 studies did not specify patients' age. The most commonly administered defibrotide dose was 800 mg daily (14 of 19 studies). Bleeding rate and risk ratio of bleeding were calculated based upon data from the 12 studies that used IV defibrotide. Rates of bleeding events reported in the 12 studies with IV defibrotide ranged from 0% to 10% in individual studies and the estimated overall bleeding rate was 1% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.00-0.03). In 10 studies with control treatments (9 calcium heparin, 1 urokinase), rates of bleeding events ranged from 1% to 37%, with 7 studies having rates ≥10%. Across the 10 control studies, the estimated overall bleeding rate for controls was 11% (95% CI: 0.05-0.20). Among the 8 studies with available data on IV defibrotide and controls (7 calcium heparin, 1 urokinase), the risk ratio for bleeding events with IV defibrotide versus controls was 0.36 (95% CI: 0.24-0.52; P <0.00001; Figure). Conclusions: This meta-analysis of defibrotide use outside of the VOD/SOS setting suggests that the bleeding risk with defibrotide is low, and there is comparable risk of bleeding with defibrotide treatment versus controls such as heparin or urokinase. Important limitations of this analysis include variations in AE reporting across studies and the use of a defibrotide dose that is lower than the currently approved recommendation in the majority of studies. Disclosures Tappe: Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Employment, Equity Ownership. Aggarwal:Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy. Topaloglu:Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy. Iacobelli:Massimo Iacobelli: Consultancy. OffLabel Disclosure: The abstract describes a meta-analysis of defibrotide (indicated for VOD/SOS) in the non-VOD/SOS setting. As this analysis drew data from existing literature, no patients were administered defibrotide for off-label indications in the course of this analysis.

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sirui Zhang ◽  
Yupei Li ◽  
Guina Liu ◽  
Baihai Su

Abstract Background Anticoagulation in hospitalized COVID-19 patients has been associated with survival benefit; however, the optimal anticoagulant strategy has not yet been defined. The objective of this meta-analysis was to investigate the effect of intermediate-to-therapeutic versus prophylactic anticoagulation for thromboprophylaxis on the primary outcome of in-hospital mortality and other patient-centered secondary outcomes in COVID-19 patients. Methods MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases were searched from inception to August 10th 2021. Cohort studies and randomized clinical trials that assessed the efficacy and safety of intermediate-to-therapeutic versus prophylactic anticoagulation in hospitalized COVID-19 patients were included. Baseline characteristics and relevant data of each study were extracted in a pre-designed standardized data-collection form. The primary outcome was all-cause in-hospital mortality and the secondary outcomes were incidence of thrombotic events and incidence of any bleeding and major bleeding. Pooled analysis with random effects models yielded relative risk with 95 % CIs. Results This meta-analysis included 42 studies with 28,055 in-hospital COVID-19 patients totally. Our pooled analysis demonstrated that intermediate-to-therapeutic anticoagulation was not associated with lower in-hospital mortality (RR=1.12, 95 %CI 0.99-1.25, p=0.06, I2=77 %) and lower incidence of thrombotic events (RR=1.30, 95 %CI 0.79-2.15, p=0.30, I2=88 %), but increased the risk of any bleeding events (RR=2.16, 95 %CI 1.79-2.60, p<0.01, I2=31 %) and major bleeding events significantly (RR=2.10, 95 %CI 1.77-2.51, p<0.01, I2=11 %) versus prophylactic anticoagulation. Moreover, intermediate-to-therapeutic anticoagulation decreased the incidence of thrombotic events (RR=0.71, 95 %CI 0.56-0.89, p=0.003, I2=0 %) among critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU), with increased bleeding risk (RR=1.66, 95 %CI 1.37-2.00, p<0.01, I2=0 %) and unchanged in-hospital mortality (RR=0.94, 95 %CI 0.79-1.10, p=0.42, I2=30 %) in such patients. The Grading of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation certainty of evidence ranged from very low to moderate. Conclusions We recommend the use of prophylactic anticoagulation against intermediate-to-therapeutic anticoagulation among unselected hospitalized COVID-19 patients considering insignificant survival benefits but higher risk of bleeding in the escalated thromboprophylaxis strategy. For critically ill COVID-19 patients, the benefits of intermediate-to-therapeutic anticoagulation in reducing thrombotic events should be weighed cautiously because of its association with higher risk of bleeding. Trial registration The protocol was registered at PROSPERO on August 17th 2021 (CRD42021273780). Graphical abstract


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Yunjiao Zhou ◽  
Gong Yang ◽  
Chenglei Huang

It is not well understood the efficacy and safety of primary deep vein thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis of anticoagulants in patients with solid tumors. This systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCT) determines the relative ratio of primary DVT, survival rate and bleeding events among patients with solid tumors treated with anticoagulants or placebo. Comprehensive literature searches were conducted through the Pubmed, Ovid MEDLINE and EMBASE databases published from January 1st, 1993 to December 31st, 2015. Statistical analysis was performed by RevMan 5.0 software. For DVT events, therisk ratio in 16 trials between the prophylactic and control patients was statistically significant at 0.45 [0.36-0.58]; for major bleeding events, the risk ratio in 18 trials between the prophylactic and control patients was not statistically significant at 1.33 [0.99-1.79], while that in 15 trials with clinically relevant non-major bleeding was statistically significant at 1.83 [1.46-2.30]; the risk ratio for the mortality rate of patients with solid tumors in 16 trials was not statistically significant at 0.97 [0.93-1.02]. Inconclusion, the risk ratio in this meta-analysis showed a significantly reduced incidence of DVT with anticoagulant use. Treatment to patients who had solid tumors with prophylactic anticoagulants enhanced the incidence rate of non-major bleeding but has no significant impact on the incidence rate of major bleeding. No significant differences were found in the mortality outcomes between anticoagulant and non-anticoagulant groups.


2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e19511-e19511
Author(s):  
John A. Glaspy ◽  
Dusan Kotasek ◽  
Jean-Luc Canon ◽  
Dianne Tomita ◽  
Helen Collins ◽  
...  

e19511 Background: Several studies evaluated if alternate dosing could decrease the time to hemoglobin (Hb) response. With recent safety concerns, this is now of limited interest; however, these studies may contribute to the understanding of safety risks. This study-level meta-analysis examined effects of FL, Q2W, and Q3W dosing of DA vs epoetin alfa (EA) and weekly DA dosing on safety in pts with CIA. Methods: Data from 11 studies (4 FL, 5 Q2W, 1 Q3W, 1 Q2W/Q3W) conducted between 1999 and 2006 in which the comparison group received 3-times-per-week (TIW) or once-weekly (QW) EA or QW DA were included in the meta-analysis. FL dosing differed between the studies and was defined as DA 4.5 mcg/kg or 300 mg QW for 4 or 5 weeks or until Hb > 12 g/dL followed by either DA 4.5 mcg/kg Q3W or a lower QW dose. Endpoints included deaths on study; disease progression (PD); embolic, thrombotic, and thromboembolic events; and rapid Hb rise (1 g/dL within 14 days). Random effects odds ratios (ORs) are provided comparing FL, Q2W, or Q3W arms to either TIW or QW active control arms. Heterogeneity was assessed using I2 statistic. Results: No differences in ORs for death, PD, embolic, thrombotic, and thromboembolic events or evidence of a more rapid rate of Hb rise were observed in FL, Q2W, and Q3W arms compared with controls (table). Conclusions: Results of this meta-analysis suggested that these adverse events were not related to FL, Q2W, or Q3W dosing of DA. [Table: see text]


Author(s):  
Feng Li ◽  
Jin-Yu Sun ◽  
Li-Da Wu ◽  
Jian-feng Hao ◽  
Ru-Xing Wang

Backgroud The long-term outcomes of this combined procedure remain elusive. This meta-analysis aimed to assess the long-term efficacy and safety of combined procedure. Methods PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science were systematically searched from the establishment of databases to 1 January 2021. Studies on the long-term (defined as a mean follow-up of approximately 12 months or longer) efficacy and safety outcomes of combined ablation and LAAC were included for meta-analysis. Results A total of 16 studies comprising 1,428 patients were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled long term freedom rate from atrial arrhythmia was 0.66 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.59-0.71), long-term successful rate sealing of LAAC was 1.00 (95% CI, 1.00-1.00), and ischemic stroke/transient ischemic attack/systemic embolism during follow-up was 0.01 (95% CI, 0.00-0.02). Meanwhile, the rates of peri-procedural adverse events included phrenic nerve palsy, intracoronary air embolus, device embolization, peri-procedural death of 0.00 (95% CI, 0.00-0.00), procedure-related bleeding events of 0.03 (95% CI, 0.02-0.04), and pericardial effusion requiring or not requiring intervention of 0.00 (95% CI, 0.00-0.01). Moreover, the rates of long-term adverse events rate included device dislocation, intracranial bleeding, and pericardial effusion requiring or not requiring intervention, and all-cause mortality of 0.00 (95% CI, 0.00-0.00), device embolization of 0.01 (95% CI, 0.00-0.01), and other bleeding events of 0.01 (95% CI, 0.00-0.03). Conclusion This meta-analysis suggests that the strategy of combined atrial ablation and LAAC is effective and safe during long-term follow-up


2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (09) ◽  
pp. 841-847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Abdel Samie ◽  
Stephan Dette ◽  
Ulrich Voehringer ◽  
Rui Sun ◽  
Lorenz Theilmann

Abstract Background Endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) carries several risks (e. g., pancreatitis and bleeding). The risk of bleeding is increased in patients with a compromised coagulation system, often due to antithromboembolic therapy. Recent guidelines caution to perform endoscopic procedures that carry a high risk of bleeding in these patients. However, data to support current recommendations are scarce, and EST frequently has to be performed as an emergency procedure. Therefore, it was the aim of our retrospective study to evaluate the rate of procedural bleeding in patients undergoing EST in our endoscopy unit while on antithromboembolic therapy. Methods Between March 2005 and August 2015, 1798 consecutive patients underwent EST at HELIOS Hospital in Pforzheim, Germany. Concomitant therapy with anticoagulants and/or antiplatelet agents was noted, and bleeding following sphincterotomy was recorded. Results We observed 54 bleeding events in 1482 patients (3.6 %) without and 20 events in 316 patients (6.3 %) with antithromboembolic therapy. Bleeding was recorded in 7 out of 123 patients (5.7 %) taking aspirin, in one out of 34 patients (2.9 %) taking clopidogrel, and in 12 out of 209 patients under heparin (5.7 %). Compared to controls, no statistically significant increase in the bleeding rate was seen. However, we observed an association between a lower physical health score and increased bleeding rate. If precut was necessary for biliary tract access, the bleeding rate increased significantly (p < 0.01). Conclusion Bleeding following EST is neither increased in patients taking clopidogrel and/or aspirin or heparin and rarely requires transfusion of packed red blood cells nor does it lead to an increased mortality. However, bleeding following EST seems to occur more frequently in patients with a compromised health status or following precut of the papilla.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingxia Zhang ◽  
Qian Ding ◽  
Suying Yan ◽  
Qun-Ying Yue

Introduction: The elderly are vulnerable to cardiovascular diseases and the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) and venous thromboembolism (VTE) increases significantly with age. Dabigatran is a commonly used new oral anticoagulant approved by the FDA for stroke prevention in patients with non-valvular AF and VTE treatment and prevention. Aspirin is commonly used as a preventive drug for cardiovascular diseases. AF and coronary heart disease share many risk factors, so these two diseases often coexist and thus dabigatran and aspirin are often combined in those people. The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics of fatal adverse events of dabigatran combined with aspirin in elderly patients, and to provide references for clinical rational use of drugs.Materials and Methods: Fatal adverse events related to the combined use of dabigatran and aspirin in elderly patients aged over 75 were extracted from the WHO global database of individual case safety reports (VigiBase). Well-documented reports, vigiGrade completeness score ≥0.80, or with an informative narrative, were analyzed with a focus on the clinical features of the cases.Results: From 1968 up to January 19, 2020, there were 112 eligible reports in VigiBase from 13 countries, of which 33 were identified as well-documented. Of these 33, 19 were male (58%) and 14 were female (42%), the average age of the patients was 84 (75–95 years), with five cases of extreme weights (&gt;100 kg in one case, &lt;50 kg in four cases). There were 31 cases of death by internal bleeding (mainly 15 of gastrointestinal hemorrhage and 12 of intracranial hemorrhage) and two cases of the sudden death of unknown cause. Medication errors existed in 15 patients. The times to onset (TTO) was provided in 24 cases, ranging from 2 days to 4 years, and in 12 patients occurred within a month. Of the 31 patients with fatal bleeding events, 29 were associated with other factors that increase the risk of bleeding, such as diseases (hypertension, renal impairment, stroke, gastrointestinal related diseases, hypothyroidism, and cancer), drugs (antiplatelets, anticoagulants, thrombolytics, P glycoprotein substrates, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, hormones, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and acetaminophen) and other factors (low body weights and alcohol consumption), and 21 of these contained two or more risk factors.Conclusion: The fatal adverse events associated with the combined use of dabigatran and aspirin in elderly patients were mainly serious bleeding events, which often occurred within 1 month. Most of these cases had medication errors and most of the patients had multiple diseases, medications, or other conditions at the same time that increase the risk of bleeding. It is suggested that prescription of dabigatran and aspirin in elderly patients should go along with alertness for medication errors, care for correct dose or control of other bleeding risk factors, and the combined medication time should be as short as possible to minimise serious adverse events.


Drug Research ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (09) ◽  
pp. 487-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kannan Sridharan ◽  
Gowri Sivaramakrishnan

Abstract Background Vasoactives such as terlipressin, somatostatin, vasopressin, octreotide and nitrates are commonly used to treat variceal bleeding. The present study is a network meta-analysis comparing the efficacy and safety of the above vasoactive agents for treating variceal bleeding. Methods Electronic databases were searched for appropriate randomized clinical trials evaluating vasoactives in cirrhotic patients with variceal bleeding. Random-effects model was used to generate the pooled estimates. Mortality was the primary outcome and bleeding control, re-bleeding rate, hospital stay, blood transfusion requirements and adverse events were the secondary outcome measures. Results Fifty randomized clinical trials were included of which 37 were included for the primary outcome. The overall analysis did not reveal any significant difference in the mortality risk between any of the vaso-active drugs except for terlipressin that had statistically significant benefits from direct pooled estimates. Somatostatin and terlipressin showed significant reduction in the mortality risks at 24 h. Terlipressin significantly reduced re-bleeding rate; somatostatin and vasopressin were associated with better hemostasis; and terlipressin and vasopressin significantly reduced the requirement for blood transfusion. Terlipressin, vasopressin and glyceryltrinitrate/vasopressin were also associated with increased risk of adverse events. Conclusion Terlipressin could be the best agent in the vasoconstrictor category for managing variceal bleeding. Somatostatin and vasopressin can serve as alternatives.


BMJ Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. e019161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rogério Heládio Lopes Motta ◽  
Cristiane de Cássia Bergamaschi ◽  
Natalia Karol de Andrade ◽  
Caio Chaves Guimaraes ◽  
Juliana Cama Ramacciato ◽  
...  

IntroductionThe management of patients undergoing oral surgical procedures using anticoagulants raises concerns regarding the risk of bleeding. Bleeding rates in those patients during or after oral surgical procedures are uncertain. The aim of this study will be to determine the bleeding rate during and after oral surgeries in patients using anticoagulants.Methods and analysisA systematic review will be conducted and if appropriate, a meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials evaluating the bleeding risk during and after oral surgical procedures in patients using anticoagulants were selected. The literature search will be conducted using electronic databases, such as the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE (via Ovid), Embase (via Ovid), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (via Ovid), LILACS (SciELO) and CAPES database, without restriction of languages or date of publication. The primary outcome will be the occurrence of local bleeding rate during and after oral surgical procedures, and as secondary outcome, the following complications will be considered: implant failure, healing problems and infections. Groups of two independent reviewers will select the titles and abstracts for full-text eligibility. For eligible studies, the same reviewers will perform data extraction, bias risk assessment and determination of the overall quality of evidence for each of the outcomes using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation classification system. Meta-analysis and subgroup analyses will be conducted, to all outcomes, if appropriate.Ethics and disseminationThe systematic review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal, and brief reports of the review’s findings will be released directly to the intended audience. The results will help dentists in the decision-making process to minimise the risk of bleeding in patients using anticoagulants in their clinical practice.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42017056986.


2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. S131
Author(s):  
William Tappe ◽  
Saurabh Aggarwal ◽  
Ozlem Topaloglu ◽  
Massimo Iacobelli

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