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Trial reportBMC infectious diseases2023

Intermediate dose enoxaparin in hospitalized patients with moderate-severe COVID-19: a pilot phase II single-arm study, INHIXACOVID19.

B Cosmi, M Giannella, G Fornaro, F Cristini, A Patacca, A Castagna, F Mazzaferri, S Testa, A Pan, M Lupi and 13 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in BMC infectious diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04427098 (Intermediate Dose Enoxaparin in Hospitalized Patients With Moderate-severe COVID19), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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Intermediate Dose Enoxaparin in Hospitalized Patients With Moderate-severe COVID19: A Pilot Phase II Single-arm Study, INHIXACOVID19

TypeinterventionalSponsorIRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di BolognaRan2020 to 2021Enrolled301ConditionsCOVID-19ArmsEnoxaparin 40 Mg/0.4 mL Injectable Solution, Enoxaparin
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Anticoagulants for people hospitalised with COVID-19: a rapid reviewThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

B CosmiAngiology and Blood Coagulation Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Via Albertoni, 15, Bologna, Italy. benilde.cosmi@unibo.it.
M GiannellaInfectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Policlinico Sant'Orsola IRCSS, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 11, Bologna, 40138, Italy.
G FornaroInfectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Policlinico Sant'Orsola IRCSS, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 11, Bologna, 40138, Italy. giacomofornaro1990@gmail.com.
F CristiniInfectious Disease Unit, Forlì and Cesena Hospiitals, Forlì-Cesena, Italy.
A PataccaInfectious Disease Unit, Forlì and Cesena Hospiitals, Forlì-Cesena, Italy.
A CastagnaClinica di Malattie Infettive, Università Vita-Salute, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
F MazzaferriDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Verona University Hospital, Verona, Italy.
S TestaHaemostasis and Thrombosis Center, ASST Cremona, Cremona, Italy.
A PanInfectious Disease Unit, ASST Cremona, Cremona, Italy.
M LupiInfectious Disease Unit, ASST Cremona, Cremona, Italy.
P BrambillaInfectious Disease Unit, ASST Cremona, Cremona, Italy.
A MontineriSan Marco Hospital, Catania, Italy.
S FrattimaCarlo Poma Hospital, Mantua, Italy.
E G BignamiAnesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Division, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
M SalvettiASST Spedali Civili di Brescia and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
G De StefanoSan Carlo Hospital Potenza, Potenza, Italy.
E GrandoneFondazione "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" San Giovanni Rotondo, Department Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
G Di PerriAmedeo di Savoia Hospital, Turin, Italy.
R RozziniDipartimento di Geraitria, Unità di cura subintensiva- Unità di Geriatria per Acuti, Unità di attività subacute,Poliambulanza Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
A StellaDepartment of Speciality Diagnostics and Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Sant'Orsola Hospital University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
A RomagnoliRicerche Nuove, Pisa, Italy.
F DragoUniversity of Catania (UNICT), Catania, Italy.
P VialeInfectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Policlinico Sant'Orsola IRCSS, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 11, Bologna, 40138, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRandomized clinical trials in non-critically ill COVID-19 patients showed that therapeutic-dose heparin increased survival with reduced organ support as compared with usual-care thromboprophylaxis, albeit with increased bleeding risk. The purpose of the study is to assess the safety of intermediate dose enoxaparin in hospitalized patients with moderate to severe COVID-19.

methodsA phase II single-arm interventional prospective study including patients receiving intermediate dose enoxaparin once daily according to body weight: 60 mg for 45-60 kg, 80 mg for 61-100 kg or 100 mg for > 100 kg for 14 days, with dose adjustment according to anti-factor Xa activity (target range: 0.4-0.6 UI/ml); an observational cohort (OC) included patients receiving enoxaparin 40 mg day for comparison. Follow-up was 90 days. Primary outcome was major bleeding within 30 and 90 days after treatment onset. Secondary outcome was the composite of all-cause 30 and 90-day mortality rates, disease severity at the end of treatment, intensive care unit (ICU) admission and length of ICU stay, length of hospitalization. All outcomes were adjudicated by an independent committee and analyzed before and after propensity score matching (PSm).

resultsMajor bleeding was similar in IC (1/98 1.02%) and in the OC (none), with only one event observed in a patient receiving concomitantly anti-platelet therapy. The composite outcome was observed in 53/98 patients (54%) in the IC and 132/203 (65%) patients in the OC (p = 0.07) before PSm, while it was observed in 50/90 patients (55.6%) in the IC and in 56/90 patients (62.2%) in the OC after PSm (p = 0.45). Length of hospitalization was lower in the IC than in OC [median 13 (IQR 8-16) vs 14 (11-21) days, p = 0.001], however it lost statistical significance after PSm (p = 0.08). At 30 days, two patients had venous thrombosis and two pulmonary embolism in the OC. Time to first negative RT-PCR were similar in the two groups.

conclusionsWeight adjusted intermediate dose heparin with anti-FXa monitoring is safe with potential positive impact on clinical course in COVID-19 non-critically ill patients.

trial registrationThe study INHIXACOVID19 was registred on ClinicalTrials.gov with the trial registration number (TRN) NCT04427098 on 11/06/2020.

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COVID-19Venous ThromboembolismAnticoagulantsEnoxaparinHemorrhageHeparinHumansProspective StudiesTreatment OutcomeAnticoagulantsEnoxaparinHeparinCOVID-19EnoxaparinMajor bleedingThromboprofilaxisVenous thromboembolism

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PMCPMC10594805

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