ASH Clinical News August 2015_updated | Page 19

The #1 prescribed novel oral anticoagulant in the US*1 The patients they studied are the ones I see. AMONG NOVEL ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS: Most real-world experience: more than 2 million patients prescribed in the US.2 Most safety data generated in clinical trials in patients studied with high risk of thrombotic events.†3-16 Most affordable: the lowest average out-of-pocket cost.17 Not intended to be a comparison of safety or efficacy outcomes. *Among Factor Xa inhibitors and direct thrombin inhibitors. † Based on the following: CHADS2 scores 3-6 in ROCKET AF (N=12,402), ARISTOTLE (N=5502), ENGAGE-AF (N=~11,200), and RE-LY (N=5882); risk factors of DVT, PE, DVT/PE, cancer, elderly, previous VTE, provoked VTE, unprovoked VTE, and recent trauma or surgery in EINSTEIN pooled analysis (N=8281), AMPLIFY (N=5395), Hokusai-VTE (N=8240), and RE-COVER I and II (N=5107). IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION WARNING: (A) PREMATURE DISCONTINUATION OF XARELTO® INCREASES THE RISK OF THROMBOTIC EVENTS, (B) SPINAL/EPIDURAL HEMATOMA A. PREMATURE DISCONTINUATION OF XARELTO® INCREASES THE RISK OF THROMBOTIC EVENTS Premature discontinuation of any oral anticoagulant, including XARELTO®, increases the risk of thrombotic events. If anticoagulation with XARELTO® is discontinued for a reason other than pathological bleeding or completion of a course of therapy, consider coverage with another anticoagulant. B. SPINAL/EPIDURAL HEMATOMA Epidural or spinal hematomas have occurred in patients treated with XARELTO® who are receiving neuraxial anesthesia or undergoing spinal puncture. These hematomas may result in long-term or permanen Ё