Stephan Moll, MD writes… Today the FDA approved Pradaxa (dabigatran) for the treatment of venous thromboembolism, based on the phase 3 RECOVER and RECOVER II trials. The dose is 150 mg twice daily for patients with a GFR > 30 ml/min. Due to the design of the RECOVER and RECOVER II trials, the drug is approved to be used in the patient with acute DVT or PE only AFTER 5-10 days of a parenteral anticoagulant have been given – not immediately from day zero onwards. The full package insert is here. The press release from Boehringer-Ingelheim is here. The FDA approval status of the four big new oral anticoagulants for the various indications is summarized in this table.
Disclosures: I have been a consultant for Boehringer-Ingelheim, Daiichi, and Janssen.
Last updated: April 7th, 2014
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