Rivaroxaban for Preventing Venous Thromboembolism in High-Risk Ambulatory Patients with Cancer: Rationale and Design of the CASSINI Trial

Alok A. Khorana; Saroj Vadhan-Raj; Nicole M. Kuderer; Ted Wun; Howard Liebman; Gerald Soff; Chandra Belani; Eileen M. O'Reilly; Robert McBane; John Eikelboom; C.V Damaraju; Karen Beyers; Flavia Dietrich; Ajay K. Kakkar; Hanno Riess; Renata D'Alpino Peixoto; Gary H. Lyman

doi:10.1160/TH17-03-0171

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Thromb Haemost 2017; 117(11): 2135-2145
DOI: 10.1160/TH17-03-0171

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Rivaroxaban for Preventing Venous Thromboembolism in High-Risk Ambulatory Patients with Cancer: Rationale and Design of the CASSINI Trial

Authors

Alok A. Khorana

¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Saroj Vadhan-Raj

²The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Nicole M. Kuderer

³University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
Ted Wun

⁴University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States
Howard Liebman

⁵University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States
Gerald Soff

⁶Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Chandra Belani

⁷Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
Eileen M. O'Reilly

⁶Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Robert McBane

⁸Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
John Eikelboom

⁹McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
C.V Damaraju

¹⁰Janssen Research and Development, Raritan, New Jersey, United States
Karen Beyers

¹⁰Janssen Research and Development, Raritan, New Jersey, United States
Flavia Dietrich

¹⁰Janssen Research and Development, Raritan, New Jersey, United States
Ajay K. Kakkar

¹¹University College London and Thrombosis Research Institute, London, United Kingdom
Hanno Riess

¹²Charité University Hospitals, Berlin, Germany
Renata D'Alpino Peixoto

¹³Department of Medical Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Gary H. Lyman

¹⁴Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States

Abstract

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a frequent complication of cancer associated with morbidity, mortality, increased hospitalizations and higher health care costs. Cancer patients at increased risk for VTE can be identified using a validated risk assessment score, and the incidence of VTE can be reduced in high-risk settings using anticoagulation. Rivaroxaban is a potent, oral, direct, factor Xa inhibitor approved for the prevention and treatment of thromboembolic events, including VTE. CASSINI is a double-blind, randomized, parallel-group, multicentre study comparing rivaroxaban with placebo in adult ambulatory patients with various cancers who are initiating systemic cancer therapy and are at high risk of VTE (Khorana score ≥ 2). Patients with primary brain tumours or those at risk for bleeding are excluded. Approximately 700 patients will be randomized 1:1 to rivaroxaban 10 mg daily or placebo for up to 6 months if there is no evidence of VTE from compression ultrasonography (CU) during screening or from routine care imaging within 30 days prior to randomization. Mandatory CU will also be performed at weeks 8 and 16 (±7 days), and at study end (±3 days). The primary efficacy hypothesis is that anticoagulation with rivaroxaban reduces the composite of objectively confirmed symptomatic or asymptomatic, lower-extremity, proximal deep-vein thrombosis (DVT); symptomatic, upper-extremity DVT; symptomatic or incidental pulmonary embolism; and VTE-related death compared with placebo. The primary safety objective is to assess major bleeding events (Clinical trial information: NCT02555878).

Keywords

anticoagulation - risk stratification - rivaroxaban - venous thromboembolism - neoplasms - prophylaxis

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