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Trial reportThrombosis and haemostasis2026

Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Women Treated with Direct Oral Anticoagulants: Results of the Prospective HEMBLED Registry.

Edelgard Lindhoff-Last, Inka Wiegratz, Olivia Ott, Yvonne Weil, Christoph Sucker, Susan Halimeh, Holger Seidel, Christian Schambeck, Konstantin Kirchmayr, Eva Herrmann

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Trial report in Thrombosis and haemostasis, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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10 authors.

Edelgard Lindhoff-LastCardioangiology Center Bethanienhospital (CCB), Department of Coagulation Disorders, Frankfurt, Germany.
Inka WiegratzFertility Center Am Palmgarten, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Frankfurt, Germany.
Olivia OttCardioangiology Center Bethanienhospital (CCB), Department of Coagulation Disorders, Frankfurt, Germany.
Yvonne WeilPraxisklinik in Mittelhessen, Department of Angiology, Wetzlar, Hessen, Germany.
Christoph SuckerCoagumed Gerinnungszentrum, Department of Haemostaseology, Berlin, Germany.
Susan HalimehCoagulation Center Rhein-Ruhr, Department of Haemostaseology, Duisburg, Germany.
Holger SeidelCenter for Blood Coagulation Disorders and Transfusion (CBT), Department of Haemostaseology, Bonn and Dortmund, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5337-3797
Christian SchambeckHaemostasikum, Department of Haemostaseology, München, Germany.
Konstantin KirchmayrPunktmed Medical Care Center, Department of Angiology and Haemostaseology, Amberg and Nürnberg, Germany.
Eva HerrmannInstitute of Biostatistics and Mathematical Modelling, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.

Funding

International ERISTA-Grant by the Bristol Myers Squibb, Pfizer Alliance REQ-0000021564
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common complication of anticoagulant therapy in menstruating women with venous thromboembolism (VTE). Direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) used for VTE treatment may differ in their menstrual bleeding profiles. Therefore, the prospective multicenter noninterventional investigator-initiated HEMBLED registry (HE: avy M: enstrual BLE: eding in patients treated with D: OAC) was performed to analyze spontaneous menstrual bleeding in women treated with therapeutic DOAC doses. Methods: A modified pictorial blood assessment chart (PBAC) score was used to define the severity of menstrual bleeding. Patients were only included when they did not use hormonal or intrauterine contraception methods. The prospective follow-up was 4 months. The primary endpoint was the comparison of the PBAC scores between the individual DOAC groups. Results: Overall, 73 patients with 213 monthly assessments of the PBAC scores were analyzed. Patients were on average 35 years old and were anticoagulated with apixaban (62%), rivaroxaban (26%), edoxaban (7%), or dabigatran (6%). The PBAC scores of the rivaroxaban group (mean: 145 points) were significantly increased by 54% compared with the apixaban group (mean: 93 points, Conclusion: DOAC differ in their influence on the intensity of spontaneous menstrual bleeding. This should be taken into account when advising young women with VTE who need an oral anticoagulant.

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AnticoagulantsMenorrhagiaVenous ThromboembolismAdministration, OralAdultDabigatranFemaleHumansMiddle AgedProspective StudiesPyrazolesPyridinesPyridonesRegistriesRivaroxabanThiazolesAnticoagulantsapixabanDabigatranedoxabanPyrazolesPyridinesPyridonesRivaroxabanThiazoles

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PMID41224211
PMCPMC13521661

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