The incidence and risk factors of thrombosis and the need for thromboprophylaxis in lymphoma and leukemia patients: A 9-year single-center experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 386-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulkerim Yıldız ◽  
Murat Albayrak ◽  
Çiğdem Pala ◽  
Hacer B Afacan Öztürk ◽  
Senem Maral ◽  
...  

BackgroundPatients with cancer are at increased risk of thromboembolic complications. There is no evidence-based guideline on the use of routine prophylaxis in hematological malignancies except in patients with multiple myeloma. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and risk factors of thrombosis and suggest a rationale for primary thromboprophylaxis in acute leukemia and lymphoma patients.Patients and methodsA retrospective study was conducted on newly-diagnosed acute leukemia and lymphoma patients who presented at our institution from November 2009 to March 2018. The study included a total of 157 patients with acute leukemia and 238 patients with lymphoma. The groups were analyzed to determine the incidence and risk factors of thromboembolic complications.ResultsThe incidence of all thrombotic complications was 10.12% (40/395) including 11.4% (18/157) in patients with acute leukemia and 9.2% (22/238) in patients with lymphoma. The majority of events occurred in the first 6 months. Acute leukemia patients with thrombosis had a higher number of comorbidities than those without thrombosis ( p < 0.05). Lymphoma patients with thrombotic complications had significantly higher beta-2-microglobulin and lactate dehydrogenase levels compared to those without thrombosis ( p < 0.05). Major bleeding events developed in five (3.1%) acute leukemia patients and two (0.8%) lymphoma patients. All the major bleeding events occurred when the patients were thrombocytopenic (platelet < 50,000/mm3).ConclusionsAcute leukemia patients with any comorbidity and lymphoma patients with higher lactate dehydrogenase and beta-2-microglobulin are at high risk of developing thromboembolic complications. The prophylactic use of anticoagulant should be considered for those patients especially in the first 6 months.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e19501-e19501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amar Harry Kelkar ◽  
Asha R. Dhanarajan ◽  
Mona Arti Kelkar ◽  
John R. Wingard

e19501 Background: Management of acute leukemia is often complicated by acute venous thromboembolism (VTE) and bleeding. However, it is unknown which risk factors contribute to these VTE and bleeding events, how they impact survival, or whether they warrant VTE prophylaxis. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted at the University of Florida Health Shands Hospital System. The study included patients aged 18 or older with acute leukemia who received induction chemotherapy between January 2000 and December 2011. Bleeding was defined as clinically significant non-major bleeding and major bleeding per the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis guidelines. VTE was defined as pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis of the upper or lower extremities, or visceral vein thrombosis. Results: Of the 250 patients with acute leukemia, 65 had VTE, 60 had bleeding, and 152 had no significant VTE or bleeding. There were 27 patients with both VTE and bleeding. There were no significant differences in demographics or disease types between these three groups. There was a total of 77 VTE events and 72 bleeding events. We performed a logistic regression analysis in a mixed model to identify risk factors for VTE and bleeding, considering leukemia type, presence of infection, chemotherapy, number of comorbidities, VTE prophylaxis, and transplant as covariates. Presence of infection and number of comorbidities were significantly associated with VTE (p = 0.0094 and 0.0009, respectively). We did not find any significant risk factor associated with bleeding. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed a non-significant difference in survival between the non-VTE, non-bleed group and the VTE group (Logrank test, p = 0.52). In contrast, survival in the non-VTE, non-bleed group was significantly higher than the bleed group (Logrank test, p = 0.0006). The table demonstrates higher two-year survival in the non-VTE, non-bleed group (68.7%) compared to the VTE and bleed groups (54.4% and 30.3%, respectively). Conclusions: Acute leukemia patients without VTE or bleeding had significantly higher duration of survival than patients with bleeding. Patients with acute leukemia and presence of infection or multiple comorbidities may warrant greater consideration of VTE prophylaxis. [Table: see text]


BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. e022478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miklos Rohla ◽  
Thomas W Weiss ◽  
Ladislav Pecen ◽  
Giuseppe Patti ◽  
Jolanta M Siller-Matula ◽  
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ObjectivesWe identified factors associated with thromboembolic and bleeding events in two contemporary cohorts of anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), treated with either vitamin K antagonists (VKA) or non-VKA oral anticoagulants (NOACs).DesignProspective, multicentre observational study.Setting461 centres in seven European countries.Participants5310 patients receiving a VKA (PREvention oF thromboembolic events - European Registry in Atrial Fibrillation (PREFER in AF), derivation cohort) and 3156 patients receiving a NOAC (PREFER in AF Prolongation, validation cohort) for stroke prevention in AF.Outcome measuresRisk factors for thromboembolic events (ischaemic stroke, systemic embolism) and major bleeding (gastrointestinal bleeding, intracerebral haemorrhage and other life-threatening bleeding).ResultsThe mean age of patients enrolled in the PREFER in AF registry was 72±10 years, 40% were female and the mean CHA2DS2-VASc Score was 3.5±1.7. The incidence of thromboembolic and major bleeding events was 2.34% (95% CI 1.93% to 2.74%) and 2.84% (95% CI 2.41% to 3.33%) after 1-year of follow-up, respectively.Abnormal liver function, prior stroke or transient ischaemic attack, labile international normalised ratio (INR), concomitant therapy with antiplatelet or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, heart failure and older age (≥75 years) were independently associated with both thromboembolic and major bleeding events.With the exception of unstable INR values, these risk factors were validated in patients treated with NOACs (PREFER in AF Prolongation Study, 72±9 years, 40% female, CHA2DS2-VASc 3.3±1.6). For each single point decrease on a modifiable bleeding risk scale we observed a 30% lower risk for major bleeding events (OR 0.70, 95% CI 0.64 to 0.76, p<0.01) and a 28% lower rate of thromboembolic events (OR 0.72, 95% CI 0.66 to 0.82, p<0.01).ConclusionAttending to modifiable risk factors is an important treatment target in anticoagulated AF patients to reduce thromboembolic and bleeding events. Initiation of anticoagulation in those at risk of stroke should not be prevented by elevated bleeding risk scores.


Blood ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 128 (22) ◽  
pp. 1005-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra J. Borst ◽  
Debra L Sudan ◽  
Laura A Wang ◽  
Michael J Neuss ◽  
Tracy G Spears ◽  
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Abstract Background: Due to underlying liver disease and the transplant process itself, pediatric abdominal transplant patients are at significant risk for bleeding and thrombotic complications. Hemostasis in these patients is nuanced, reflecting a balance of pro- and anti-coagulant factors not accurately captured by routine coagulation lab testing. Previous studies of pediatric liver transplant estimate thrombotic complications in up to 19% of patients and bleeding in 5-9%. These hematologic complications increase risk for graft failure, re-transplantation, or death. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed electronic medical records of consecutive pediatric liver andmultivisceraltransplants at Duke University Medical Center between January 2010 and December 2015 (one exclusion due to inability to access chart). We extracted data from 30 days pre-transplant to 90 days post-transplant. Thrombotic events were defined as any documented thrombus by imaging or direct observation during a surgical procedure. Major bleeding events included surgical bleeding requiring re-operation, CNS bleed, bleeding into an enclosed anatomic space, or blood loss resulting in > 3g/dl drop in hemoglobin. Data was entered into aRedCapDatabase and analyzed usingunivariablelogistic regression. Results: There were 84 transplants at Duke from 2010-2015 (Table 1). There were 103 major bleeding events in 65 patients (incidence 77.4%) and 27 thrombotic events in 21 patients (incidence 25%). Excluding events that were only a > 3g/dl drop in hemoglobin, there were 21 bleeding events in 17 patients (incidence 20.2%). Patients on prophylactic aspirin were less likely to have a thrombosis and were not more likely to have bleeding (Table 2). Patients who received prophylactic heparin (initiated prior to any event) did not have a decreased risk of thrombosis nor increased bleeding (Table 2). There was a higher rate of thrombosis and bleeding in patients who had prior GI surgery (Table 2). Use of an arterial conduit was associated with increased bleeding but not thrombosis (Table 2). Patients with a post-op fibrinogen nadir < 75mg/dl had increased bleeding whereas fibrinogen > 75mg/dl was associated with increased thrombosis (Table 2). Patient age, weight, donor to recipient weight ratio, and transplant type were not associated with bleeding or thrombosis. Maximum INR (pre, intra or post-operatively) or minimum antithrombin(<70%, measured in 43% of patients) werealso not associated with bleeding or thrombosis. Fifty-four patients (64%) required repeat operation within 90 days post-transplant, 9 for bleeding and 10 for thrombotic complications. Nine patients required re-transplant for thrombotic complications. No bleeding events necessitated re-transplantation. Seven patients were deceased at time of review. Two deaths were attributed to transplant, one from graft failure due to vascular thrombosis (portal vein and hepatic artery) that occurred 2 days after transplant. In response to an increase in thrombotic events around 2013, clinical practices changed to utilize increased heparin prophylaxis and antithrombinsupplementation. There has been an increase in total number of bleeding events since those practice changes were implemented (Figure 1), however the event rate per number of transplants remains similar. Discussion: We found that bleeding events were more frequent than reported in previous cohorts, but notably less severe than thrombotic complications. In our cohort, many thrombotic complications were severe and potentiallylife-threatening. Practice changes aimed to decrease thrombosis may have led to an increase in recent bleeding events, but these events generally did not result in significant morbidity. Bleeding often required intervention, but did not contribute to re-transplantation or mortality during this period. Laboratory parameters predicted adverse events poorly, apparently failing to capture the nuanced and dynamic interplay between pro- and anti-coagulant factors in the post-transplant patient. A standard approach to coagulation testing combined with a protocol for use of anti-thrombotic therapies may be useful for prospective study. Regular review of outcomes can demonstrate changes that may impact future practice. Further study aimed at delineating parameters associated with adverse outcomes-possibly other than standard coagulation assays-is warranted. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


2019 ◽  
Vol 119 (09) ◽  
pp. 1498-1507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kitae Kim ◽  
Yugo Yamashita ◽  
Takeshi Morimoto ◽  
Takeshi Kitai ◽  
Takafumi Yamane ◽  
...  

Background There are limited data assessing the risk for bleeding on anticoagulation therapy beyond the acute phase in patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE). The present study aimed to identify risk factors for major bleeding during prolonged anticoagulation therapy in VTE patients. Patients and Methods The COMMAND VTE Registry is a multicenter registry enrolling 3,027 consecutive patients with acute symptomatic VTE. The current study population consisted of 2,728 patients who received anticoagulation therapy beyond the acute phase, after excluding those patients with major bleeding events (n = 48), death (n = 66), or loss to follow-up (n = 32) during the initial parenteral anticoagulation period within 10 days after diagnosis, and those without anticoagulation therapy beyond 10 days after diagnosis (n = 153). Results During the median follow-up period of 555 days, major bleeding occurred in 189 patients (70 patients within 3 months; 119 patients beyond 3 months) with fatal bleeding in 24 patients (13%). The cumulative incidence of major bleeding was 2.7% at 3 months, 5.2% at 1 year, and 11.8% at 5 years. Active cancer (hazard ratio [HR], 3.06, 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.23–4.18), previous major bleeding (HR, 2.38, 95% CI, 1.51–3.59), anemia (HR, 1.75, 95% CI, 1.27–2.43), thrombocytopenia (HR, 2.11, 95% CI, 1.27–3.33), and age ≥75 years (HR, 1.64, 95% CI, 1.22–2.20) were independently associated with an increased risk for major bleeding by the multivariable Cox regression model. Conclusion Major bleeding events were not uncommon during prolonged anticoagulation therapy in real-world VTE patients. Active cancer, previous major bleeding, anemia, thrombocytopenia, and old age were the independent risk factors for major bleeding.


2016 ◽  
Vol 115 (02) ◽  
pp. 424-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Ageno ◽  
Anne W. S. Rutjes ◽  
Akos F. Pap ◽  
Harry R. Büller ◽  
Marcello Di Nisio

SummaryThe study aim was to identify predictive factors for major bleeding in patients receiving the novel oral factor Xa inhibitor rivaroxaban or enoxaparin-vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) for the treatment of acute symptomatic venous thromboembolism. We analysed data from patients included in the phase III EINSTEIN DVT and EINSTEIN PE studies. Factors associated with major bleeding events were assessed with best subset variable selection using Cox proportional hazards regression model. Three time windows were considered, i. e. the initial three weeks, after the third week onwards, and the entire duration of the anticoagulant treatment. Model discrimination was estimated using the C-statistic and validated internally by bootstrap techniques. Major bleeding occurred in 40 (1.0 %) of 4130 patients receiving rivaroxaban and in 72 (1.7 %) of 4116 receiving enoxaparin/VKAs, with 44 % of the major bleeding events occurring in the first three weeks of treatment. Significant risk factors for major bleeding were older age, black race, low haemoglobin concentrations, active cancer, and antiplatelet or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug therapy. The discrimination of the model for major bleeding was high for the first three weeks (C-statistic 0.73), from the fourth week onwards (C-statistic 0.68), and the entire period of anticoagulant treatment (C-statistic 0.74). This analysis identified risk factors for major bleeding in patients receiving the novel oral anticoagulant rivaroxaban or enoxaparin/VKAs for the treatment of acute venous thromboembolism. The prognostic model based on the combination of identified risk factors may be informative to estimate the risk of major bleeding both during the initial and later phases of anticoagulation.Supplementary Material to this article is available online at www.thrombosis-online.com.


2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
L.A.R Zwart ◽  
J.J Walgers ◽  
R.L.C Vogels ◽  
T Germans ◽  
S Simsek ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Physicians can be reluctant to prescribe antithrombotic agents in frail elderly patients with frequent falls due to the fear for severe bleeding, mainly for intracranial haemorrhage (ICH). Presently, there is only a limited amount of inconclusive data available on the topic. Purpose Identification of risk factors for ICH within a cohort of geriatric patients with repeated falls. Methods All patients of 65 years of age and older with repeated falls at our day clinic were eligible. If an MRI of the brain was performed as part of the assessment, patients were included in this analysis. Baseline characteristics including medical, functional, and cognitive state were collected, a Frailty Index (FI) was calculated [1,2]. Cerebral small vessel disease was described and evaluated as proposed in a position paper in 2013 [3]. Follow-up data concerning major bleeding events were retrieved from the electronic medical files. Odds ratios (OR) with confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Results 670 patients were eligible; an MRI was performed in 486 patients. The average age was 80 years, 50% was severely frail at the time of inclusion. 83 patients (17%) used OAC (mainly Vitamin K antagonists prescribed for atrial fibrillation), 165 patients (34%) used anti platelet agents (APA), 1 patient used both OAC and APA. In total, 29 major bleeding events (MB) occurred, of which 13 were ICH. Among patients using OAC, 8 MB occurred, of which 2 were ICH. The patient with both OAC and APA did not experience a bleeding event. Well known risk factors for ICH such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus and cognitive impairment were not predictive for ICH in this cohort, nor were the use APA (OR 0.86, 95% CI 0.26–2.84), or vitamin K antagonists (OR 0.88, 95% CI 0.19–4.05). However, a composite factor of using either APA or OAC, heightened the risk for MB (OR 3.24, 95% CI 1.35–7.74), but not for ICH (OR 0.83, 95% 0.27–2.49). Of cerebral small vessel disease, predictive factors for ICH were the presence of lacunes (OR 3.81, 95% CI 1.25–11.56), and relevant white matter hyperintensities (WMH) (defined as a Fazekas score of 2 or more) (OR 11.3, 95% CI 1.45–87.3). Furthermore, cognitive decline defined as an MMSE score of ≤26 heightened the risk of MB (OR 2.28, 95% CI 1.05–4.96). The low number of ICH did not allow for a multivariate analysis. Conclusion This analysis has several important findings. First, despite the long follow up of a cohort of severely frail patients that frequently fall, a low number of MB and ICH was observed. Second, well known risk factors for MB do not seem predictive of ICH in this cohort of very elderly patients. Finally, cognitive decline was predictive for MB, and WMH and lacunes were predictive for ICH. Adding cognitive screening and brain imaging to the diagnostic work up of patients with an indication for OAC could be of value when assessing the future risk for major bleeding events. FUNDunding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: None.


Author(s):  
Behnood Bikdeli ◽  
Azita H Talasaz ◽  
Farid Rashidi ◽  
Hooman Bakhshandeh ◽  
Farnaz Rafiee ◽  
...  

Background: Thrombotic complications are considered among the main extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19. The optimal type and duration of prophylactic antithrombotic therapy in these patients remain unknown. Methods: This manuscript reports the final (90-day) results of the Intermediate versus Standard-dose Prophylactic anticoagulation In cRitically-ill pATIents with COVID-19: An opeN label randomized controlled trial (INSPIRATION) study. Patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care were randomized to intermediate-dose versus standard-dose prophylactic anticoagulation for 30 days, irrespective of hospital discharge status. The primary efficacy outcome was a composite of adjudicated venous or arterial thrombosis, treatment with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), or all-cause death. The main safety outcome was major bleeding. Results: Of 600 randomized patients, 562 entered the modified intention-to-treat analysis (median age [Q1, Q3]; 62 (50, 71) years; 237 (42.2%) women), of whom 336 (59.8%) survived to hospital discharge. The primary outcome occurred in 132 (47.8%) of patients assigned to intermediate-dose and 130 (45.4%) patients assigned to standard-dose prophylactic anticoagulation (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.21, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.95-1.55, P=0.11). No significant differences were observed between the two groups for other efficacy outcomes, or in the landmark analysis from days 31-90. Overall, there were 7 (2.5%) major bleeding events in the intermediate-dose group (including 3 fatal events) and 4 (1.4%) major bleeding events in the standard-dose group (none fatal) (HR: 1.82, 95% CI: 0.53-6.24, P=0.33). Conclusion: Intermediate-dose compared with standard-dose prophylactic anticoagulation did not reduce a composite of death, treatment with ECMO, or venous or arterial thrombosis at 90-day follow-up.


Author(s):  
Alexandra Jayne Nelson ◽  
Brian W Johnston ◽  
Alicia Achiaa Charlotte Waite ◽  
Gedeon Lemma ◽  
Ingeborg Dorothea Welters

Background. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in critically ill patients. There is a paucity of data assessing the impact of anticoagulation strategies on clinical outcomes for general critical care patients with AF. Our aim was to assess the existing literature to evaluate the effectiveness of anticoagulation strategies used in critical care for AF. Methodology. A systematic literature search was conducted using MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL and PubMed databases. Studies reporting anticoagulation strategies for AF in adults admitted to a general critical care setting were assessed for inclusion. Results. Four studies were selected for data extraction. A total of 44087 patients were identified with AF, of which 17.8-49.4% received anticoagulation. The reported incidence of thromboembolic events was 0-1.4% for anticoagulated patients, and 0-1.3% in non-anticoagulated patients. Major bleeding events were reported in three studies and occurred in 7.2-8.6% of the anticoagulated patients and up to 7.1% of the non-anticoagulated patients. Conclusions. There was an increased incidence of major bleeding events in anticoagulated patients with AF in critical care compared to non-anticoagulated patients. There was no significant difference in the incidence of reported thromboembolic events within studies, between patients who did and did not receive anticoagulation. However, the outcomes reported within studies were not standardised, therefore, the generalisability of our results to the general critical care population remains unclear. Further data is required to facilitate an evidence-based assessment of the risks and benefits of anticoagulation for critically ill patients with AF.


2021 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-324
Author(s):  
Julien Durand ◽  
Stéphanie Parat ◽  
Jean-Christophe Lega ◽  
Yessim Dargaud ◽  
Véronique Potinet ◽  
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