Effect of Pharmacologic Prophylaxis on Venous Thromboembolism After Radical Prostatectomy: The PREVENTER Randomized Clinical Trial

  • Hiten D. Patel
  • , Farzana A. Faisal
  • , Bruce J. Trock
  • , Gregory A. Joice
  • , Zeyad R. Schwen
  • , Phillip M. Pierorazio
  • , Michael H. Johnson
  • , Trinity J. Bivalacqua
  • , Misop Han
  • , Michael A. Gorin
  • , H. Ballentine Carter
  • , Alan W. Partin
  • , Christian P. Pavlovich
  • , Mohamad E. Allaf

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Abstract

In the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism Following Radical Prostatectomy (PREVENTER) randomized trial, pharmacologic prophylaxis did not reduce the rate of symptomatic (relative risk [RR] 0.40 [95% confidence interval {CI} 0.08–2.03], p = 0.267) or overall (RR 0.97 [95% CI 0.25–3.81], p = 0.967) venous thromboembolism significantly. There was no increase in adverse events including symptomatic lymphoceles or bleeding.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)360-368
Number of pages9
JournalEuropean Urology
Volume78
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2020

Keywords

  • Clinical trial
  • Evidence-based medicine
  • Quality improvement
  • Radical prostatectomy
  • Surgery
  • Venous thromboembolism

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