Enoxaparin versus Placebo to Prevent Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Older Adult Medical Patients

NEJM Evid. 2023 Aug;2(8):EVIDoa2200332. doi: 10.1056/EVIDoa2200332. Epub 2023 Jun 27.

Abstract

Enoxaparin to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism in Older AdultsThis trial of thromboprophylaxis in medically ill, hospitalized older adults did not demonstrate that enoxaparin reduced the risk of symptomatic VTE after 1 month. Because the trial was prematurely discontinued, larger trials are needed to definitively address this question.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anticoagulants
  • Enoxaparin*
  • Humans
  • Patients
  • Venous Thromboembolism* / drug therapy

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Enoxaparin