( cant 44% relative risk reduction in VTE...)New Study Shows That Extending Prophylaxis With Clexane / Lovenox,(enoxaparin Sodium Injection) to 5 Weeks is More Effective Than 10,Days for Reducing the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) in,Acutely ill Medical Patients With Reduced Mobility,Health

cant 44% relative risk reduction in VTE events observed for extended-duration prophylaxis with enoxaparin vs. placebo for the primary endpoint (2.8% vs. 4.9%; p=0.0011) was associated with a reduction in symptomatic VTE by 73% (0.3% vs. 1.1%; p=0.0044) and asymptomatic proximal DVT by 34% (2.5% vs. 3.7%; p=0.0319). No statistically significant differences were observed for symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE) or fatal PE. The statistically significant relative risk reduction of VTE observed with enoxaparin at 38 days was maintained at 90 days (3.0% vs. 5.2%; p=0.0015).

Victor F. Tapson, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, and a lead investigator of the EXCLAIM study said :"What the trial results showed is that patients do not leave their risk for VTE at the door when they leave the hospital. With continued prophylaxis, Lovenox(R) statistically significantly reduced the risk by 44% in acutely ill medical patients with prolonged immobility."

In comparison with placebo, the rate of major bleeding was statistically significantly higher in the extended enoxaparin arm (0.6% vs. 0.15%, p=0.019), but the overall event rate was low. There was no difference in all-cause mortality between extended enoxaparin vs. placebo at 6 months (10.1% vs. 8.9%; p=0.18).

"EXCLAIM is the first study to assess the benefit of extended thromboprophylaxis in acutely ill medical patients with reduced mobility and to demonstrate the clinical benefit of 5 weeks enoxaparin treatment versus 10 days in this patient population" said Professor Russell Hull from the University of Calgary, Canada and Chair of the Steering Committee for the EXCLAIM study

"Similarly to the initial demonstration of the benefit of thromboprophylaxis for acutely ill medical patients, first established by the MEDENOX trial, the EXCLAIM study should be a landmark trial in advanci
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