Symptomatic VTE · ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
Low‐molecular‐weight heparin showed no clear difference in symptomatic VTE compared with with active control (1) (low certainty).
3 findings from 1 review
RR 2.89 [0.12, 66.75]
1 study · 51 participants
Low
RR 0.51 [0.22, 1.17]
2 studies · 781 participants
Moderate
RR 0.33 [0.14, 0.83]
1 study · 439 participants
High
Symptomatic VTE · ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
Low‐molecular‐weight heparin leads to lower symptomatic VTE compared with no thromboprophylaxis (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Symptomatic VTE · ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
Ultra‐low‐molecular‐weight heparin leads to lower symptomatic VTE compared with placebo (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Symptomatic VTE · people requiring prevention of venous thromboembolism following total hip or knee replacement or hip fracture repair
Heparin showed no clear difference in symptomatic VTE (DVT and PE) Treatment duration 28 ‐ 42 days compared with placebo (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Symptomatic VTE · people requiring prevention of venous thromboembolism following total hip or knee replacement or hip fracture repair
DOAC probably leads to lower symptomatic VTE (DVT and PE) Treatment duration 28 ‐ 42 days compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Symptomatic VTE · people requiring prevention of venous thromboembolism following total hip or knee replacement or hip fracture repair
Anticoagulants (chosen at investigators' discretion) showed no clear difference in symptomatic VTE (DVT and PE) Treatment duration 28 ‐ 42 days compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Symptomatic VTE · people requiring prevention of venous thromboembolism following total hip or knee replacement or hip fracture repair
Vitamin K antagonists showed no clear difference in symptomatic VTE (DVT and PE) Treatment duration 28 ‐ 42 days compared with heparin (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Symptomatic VTE · people requiring prevention of venous thromboembolism following total hip or knee replacement or hip fracture repair
DOAC showed no clear difference in symptomatic VTE (DVT and PE) Treatment duration 28 ‐ 42 days compared with heparin (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Symptomatic VTE · people requiring prevention of venous thromboembolism following total hip or knee replacement or hip fracture repair
Vitamin K antagonists showed no clear difference in symptomatic VTE (DVT and PE) Treatment duration 28 ‐ 42 days compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Asymptomatic VTE at 3 months · people aged ≥ 18 years with a diagnosis of new or recurrent VTE
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Symptomatic recurrent VTE at 3 months · people aged ≥ 18 years with a diagnosis of new or recurrent VTE
Subcutaneous unfractionated heparin showed no clear difference in symptomatic recurrent VTE at 3 months compared with low molecular weight heparin (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review