• Eduardo Ramacciotti, Leandro Barile Agati, Daniela Calderaro, Valéria Cristina Resende Aguiar, Alex C Spyropoulos, Caroline Candida Carvalho de Oliveira, Jessica Lins Dos Santos, Giuliano Giova Volpiani, Marcone Lima Sobreira, Edwaldo Edner Joviliano, Milton Sérgio Bohatch Júnior, da FonsecaBenedito Antônio LopesBALHospital das Clínicas de Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University Medical School, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil., Maurício Serra Ribeiro, Cesar Dusilek, Kengi Itinose, Suzanna Maria Viana Sanches, Karine de Almeida Araujo Ramos, Nara Franzin de Moraes, TiernoPaulo Fernando Guimarães Morando MarzocchiPFGMMHospital Municipal de Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil., André Luiz Malavasi Longo de Oliveira, Adriano Tachibana, Rodrigo Caruso Chate, Marcus Vinícius Barbosa Santos, Bruno Bezerra de Menezes Cavalcante, Ricardo Cesar Rocha Moreira, Chiann Chang, Alfonso Tafur, Jawed Fareed, Renato D Lopes, and MICHELLE investigators.
• Science Valley Research Institute, São Paulo, Brazil; Hospital e Maternidade Christóvão da Gama, Grupo Leforte, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: ramacciotti@svriglobal.com.
• Lancet. 2022 Jan 1; 399 (10319): 505950-59.

BackgroundPatients hospitalised with COVID-19 are at risk for thrombotic events after discharge; the role of extended thromboprophylaxis in this population is unknown.MethodsIn this open-label, multicentre, randomised trial conducted at 14 centres in Brazil, patients hospitalised with COVID-19 at increased risk for venous thromboembolism (International Medical Prevention Registry on Venous Thromboembolism [IMPROVE] venous thromboembolism [VTE] score of ≥4 or 2-3 with a D-dimer >500 ng/mL) were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive, at hospital discharge, rivaroxaban 10 mg/day or no anticoagulation for 35 days. The primary efficacy outcome in an intention-to-treat analysis was a composite of symptomatic or fatal venous thromboembolism, asymptomatic venous thromboembolism on bilateral lower-limb venous ultrasound and CT pulmonary angiogram, symptomatic arterial thromboembolism, and cardiovascular death at day 35. Adjudication was blinded. The primary safety outcome was major bleeding. The primary and safety analyses were carried out in the intention-to-treat population. This trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04662684.FindingsFrom Oct 8, 2020, to June 29, 2021, 997 patients were screened. Of these patients, 677 did not meet eligibility criteria; the remaining 320 patients were enrolled and randomly assigned to receive rivaroxaban (n=160 [50%]) or no anticoagulation (n=160 [50%]). All patients received thromboprophylaxis with standard doses of heparin during hospitalisation. 165 (52%) patients were in the intensive care unit while hospitalised. 197 (62%) patients had an IMPROVE score of 2-3 and elevated D-dimer levels and 121 (38%) had a score of 4 or more. Two patients (one in each group) were lost to follow-up due to withdrawal of consent and not included in the intention-to-treat primary analysis. The primary efficacy outcome occurred in five (3%) of 159 patients assigned to rivaroxaban and 15 (9%) of 159 patients assigned to no anticoagulation (relative risk 0·33, 95% CI 0·12-0·90; p=0·0293). No major bleeding occurred in either study group. Allergic reactions occurred in two (1%) patients in the rivaroxaban group.InterpretationIn patients at high risk discharged after hospitalisation due to COVID-19, thromboprophylaxis with rivaroxaban 10 mg/day for 35 days improved clinical outcomes compared with no extended thromboprophylaxis.FundingBayer.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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