Abstract
While direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are frequently used to treat venous thromboembolism (VTE), the outcomes of patients with inherited thrombophilia (IT) receiving DOACs for VTE remain understudied. We used data from the international RIETE registry to compare the rates of VTE recurrences, major bleeding, and mortality during anticoagulant treatment in VTE patients with and without IT, grouped by the use of DOACs or standard anticoagulant therapy. Among 103,818 enrolled patients, 21,089 (20.3%) were tested for IT, of whom 8422 (39.9%) tested positive: Protein C deficiency 294, Protein S deficiency 726, Antithrombin deficiency 240, Factor V Leiden 2248, Prothrombin gene mutation 1434, combined IT 3480. Overall, 14,189 RIETE patients (6.2% with IT) received DOACs, and 89,629 standard anticoagulation (8.4% with IT), mostly with heparins followed by vitamin K antagonists. Proportions of patients receiving DOACs did not differ between IT-positive and IT-negative patients. Rates of VTE recurrence on anticoagulant treatment were highest in patients with AT deficiency (P < 0.01). Rates of on-treatment major bleeding and all-cause mortality were lowest among patients with Factor V Leiden (FVL) or PT G20210A mutations, compared with patients who tested negative. Patients with IT who received DOACs had lower rates of major bleeding than those receiving standard anticoagulation. Excluding FVL and Protein S deficiency, patients with IT had lower rates of VTE recurrence with DOACs than with standard anticoagulation. DOACs are equally safe and effective in VTE patients with IT, with lower bleeding rates than those on standard anticoagulation.
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We express our gratitude to SANOFI and ROVI for supporting this Registry with an unrestricted educational grant. We also thank the RIETE Registry Coordinating Center, S&H Medical Science Service, for their quality control data, logistic and administrative support and Prof. Salvador Ortiz, Universidad Autónoma Madrid, Statistical Advisor in S&H Medical Science Service for the statistical analysis of the data presented in this paper.
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RIETE is an investigator-initiated registry. It has been previously supported by Red Respira from the Instituto Carlos III, Spain (Red Respira-ISCiii-RTIC-03/11), by Sanofi Spain in Spain and by Bayer Pharma AG for the rest of the world. None of these sponsors have had any role in the design of the registry nor do they have rights to access the database, review or comment on pre-published studies from RIETE.
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Cohen, O., Kenet, G., Levy-Mendelovich, S. et al. Outcomes of venous thromboembolism in patients with inherited thrombophilia treated with direct oral anticoagulants: insights from the RIETE registry. J Thromb Thrombolysis 57, 710–720 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-024-02957-4
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