Table 3.

Active studies of direct oral anticoagulants in cancer patients

MedicationStudy titleIndicationStudy designEstimated enrollmentSponsor
Apixaban Apixaban or dalteparin in reducing blood clots in patients with cancer related VTE Acute VTE treatment in patients with active cancer Open label RCT of apixaban vs dalteparin 315 Academic and Community Cancer Research United and the National Cancer Institute 
Apixaban Apixaban for the prevention of VTE in cancer patients (AVERT) VTE prevention in high-risk ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy Open label RCT of apixaban vs placebo 574 Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and Bristol-Myers Squibb 
Apixaban Oral apixaban (Eliquis) vs ENOX (Lovenox) for thromboprophylaxis in women with suspected pelvic malignancy VTE prevention in women undergoing gynecologic cancer surgery Open label RCT of apixaban vs ENOX 400 University of Colorado, Denver and Bristol-Myers Squibb 
Apixaban Apixaban as treatment of venous thrombosis in patients with cancer: the CAP study (CAP) Acute VTE treatment in patients with active cancer Open label study of apixaban 300 University Hospital, Akershus 
Apixaban Evaluation of the use of apixaban in prevention of thromboembolic disease in patients with myeloma treated with iMiDs (MYELAXAT) VTE prevention in myeloma patients Open label study of apixaban 105 University Hospital, Grenoble, and Celgene Corporation 
Edoxaban Hokusai VTE-Cancer study VTE treatment in patients with active cancer Open label RCT of edoxaban vs dalteparin 1000 Daiichi Sankyo Inc. 
Rivaroxaban Rivaroxaban for the prevention of VTE in Asian patients with cancer Acute VTE treatment in patients with active cancer Open label study of rivaroxaban 127 Seoul National University Hospital and the Korean Society of Hematology Thrombosis Working Party 
Rivaroxaban Rivaroxaban in the treatment of VTE in cancer patients (CONKO_011) Acute VTE treatment in patients with active cancer Open label RCT of rivaroxaban vs LMWH 450 AIO-Studien-gGmbH, Charite University, Berlin, Germany, and Bayer 
Rivaroxaban A study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban VTE prophylaxis in ambulatory cancer participants VTE prevention in high-risk ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy Open label RCT of rivaroxaban vs placebo 700 Janssen Research and Development, LLC, and Bayer 
MedicationStudy titleIndicationStudy designEstimated enrollmentSponsor
Apixaban Apixaban or dalteparin in reducing blood clots in patients with cancer related VTE Acute VTE treatment in patients with active cancer Open label RCT of apixaban vs dalteparin 315 Academic and Community Cancer Research United and the National Cancer Institute 
Apixaban Apixaban for the prevention of VTE in cancer patients (AVERT) VTE prevention in high-risk ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy Open label RCT of apixaban vs placebo 574 Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and Bristol-Myers Squibb 
Apixaban Oral apixaban (Eliquis) vs ENOX (Lovenox) for thromboprophylaxis in women with suspected pelvic malignancy VTE prevention in women undergoing gynecologic cancer surgery Open label RCT of apixaban vs ENOX 400 University of Colorado, Denver and Bristol-Myers Squibb 
Apixaban Apixaban as treatment of venous thrombosis in patients with cancer: the CAP study (CAP) Acute VTE treatment in patients with active cancer Open label study of apixaban 300 University Hospital, Akershus 
Apixaban Evaluation of the use of apixaban in prevention of thromboembolic disease in patients with myeloma treated with iMiDs (MYELAXAT) VTE prevention in myeloma patients Open label study of apixaban 105 University Hospital, Grenoble, and Celgene Corporation 
Edoxaban Hokusai VTE-Cancer study VTE treatment in patients with active cancer Open label RCT of edoxaban vs dalteparin 1000 Daiichi Sankyo Inc. 
Rivaroxaban Rivaroxaban for the prevention of VTE in Asian patients with cancer Acute VTE treatment in patients with active cancer Open label study of rivaroxaban 127 Seoul National University Hospital and the Korean Society of Hematology Thrombosis Working Party 
Rivaroxaban Rivaroxaban in the treatment of VTE in cancer patients (CONKO_011) Acute VTE treatment in patients with active cancer Open label RCT of rivaroxaban vs LMWH 450 AIO-Studien-gGmbH, Charite University, Berlin, Germany, and Bayer 
Rivaroxaban A study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban VTE prophylaxis in ambulatory cancer participants VTE prevention in high-risk ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy Open label RCT of rivaroxaban vs placebo 700 Janssen Research and Development, LLC, and Bayer 

Studies listed as actively enrolling patients as of June 12, 2016 on ClinicalTrials.gov.

iMiDs, immunomodulatory drugs; RCT, randomized controlled trial.

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