Department of Hematology, Akershus University Hospital, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway.
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway.
Med Sci (Basel). 2021 Jun 3;9(2):41. doi: 10.3390/medsci9020041.
The direct-acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC) has become an alternative to low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) for treatment and prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in cancer patients. The clinicians are, however, faced with difficult decisions regarding DOAC treatment: Which patients cannot use DOACs? Should incidental VTE be treated similar to symptomatic VTE? Is it safe to give DOACs to patients with gastrointestinal or urogenital cancers? How about drug-drug interactions? Should all cancer patients receive thromboprophylaxis? Is arterial thrombosis a problem? The current article reviews the available literature regarding these questions and aims to provide practical solutions based on data from the clinical trials and new guidelines.
直接口服抗凝剂(DOAC)已成为癌症患者静脉血栓栓塞症(VTE)治疗和预防的低分子肝素(LMWH)替代药物。然而,临床医生在 DOAC 治疗方面面临着艰难的决策:哪些患者不能使用 DOAC?偶然发生的 VTE 是否应与症状性 VTE 进行类似治疗?将 DOAC 给予胃肠道或泌尿生殖道癌症患者是否安全?药物相互作用如何?是否所有癌症患者都应接受血栓预防?动脉血栓形成是否存在问题?本文综述了有关这些问题的现有文献,并旨在根据临床试验和新指南的数据提供实际解决方案。