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Table 6 Proportion of symptomatic TEs according to concomitant medication

From: Chemotherapy-associated thromboembolic risk in cancer outpatients and effect of nadroparin thromboprophylaxis: results of a retrospective analysis of the PROTECHT study

 

% (n/N)

(95% CI)

Concomitant Medication

Nadroparin

Placebo

Relative risk

   Steroids

2.4 (14/586)

4.0 (12/300)

0.60 (0.28-1.28)

   G-CSF

0.0 (0/116)

1.7 (1/59)

ND

   NSAID

1.2 (1/86)

0.0 (0/49)

ND

   Erythropoietin

3.5 (2/57)

3.0 (1/33)

1.16 (0.11-12.29)

   Blood and related products

0.0 (0/21)

6.7 (1/15)

ND

   Aspirin

5.9 (1/17)

25.0 (2/8)

0.24 (0.02-2.23)

  1. Abbreviation: ND, not determinable; G-CSF, granulocyte colony-stimulating factors; NSAID, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs