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Table 22 Uncertainties in clinical data <strong>and</strong> direction <strong>of</strong> effect.<br />

Issue Is <strong>the</strong> current assumption<br />

favourable or unfavourable to<br />

rivaroxaban?<br />

Ongoing <strong>treatment</strong> option not represented<br />

Unknown<br />

Use <strong>of</strong> Enoxaparin to represent LMWHs Probably no effect<br />

Enoxaparin dose Possibly unfavourable to rivaroxaban<br />

Wrong comparator (cancer) Favourable to rivaroxaban (in whole<br />

cohort)<br />

HRQoL measurements Unknown<br />

Potentially rare adverse events which occur as a<br />

Potentially favourable to rivaroxaban<br />

consequence <strong>of</strong> not being able to reverse rivaroxaban<br />

anticoagulation, being missed in this trial<br />

All cause mortality HR is shown to be significant Unfavourable to rivaroxaban, but may<br />

be dependent on intended <strong>treatment</strong><br />

duration<br />

Lack <strong>of</strong> allocation concealment Unknown<br />

Under or over-diagnosis <strong>of</strong> patients into <strong>the</strong> wrong <strong>treatment</strong> Unknown<br />

duration group<br />

Subgroup by those with <strong>and</strong> without a previous VTE Favourable to rivaroxaban <strong>for</strong> those<br />

without previous VTE<br />

Unfavourable to rivaroxaban <strong>for</strong> those<br />

with previous VTE<br />

Inclusion <strong>of</strong> patients who did not fulfil <strong>the</strong> selection criteria Unknown<br />

from <strong>the</strong> study. Patients with distal DVT appear also to have been excluded, even though <strong>the</strong><br />

SmPC 19,20 does not exclude <strong>the</strong>m from <strong>treatment</strong>. A small number <strong>of</strong> patients (with PE <strong>and</strong>/or<br />

creatinine clearance

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