title: Long-term safety and efficacy data on childhood venous thrombosis treated with a low molecular weight heparin: an open-label pilot study of once-daily versus twice-daily enoxaparin administration.
abstract: In this open label pilot safety study 80 children over 3 months old with deep venous thrombosis were treated with enoxaparin with a target 4 h anti-factor Xa activity between 0.5-0.8 IU/mL. The children were stratified to receive once daily or twice daily doses. The study end-points were post-thrombotic syndrome, re-thrombosis, bleeding, and therapy-related death. The median duration of treatment was 5 months and the median follow-up was 24 months. No significant differences were found between the two groups of patients. No bleeding or therapy-related deaths occurred. These safety and efficacy data may serve as a basis to initiate an international multicenter study on enoxaparin treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Univ. Children's Hospital Halle, Germany.
authors.forename: Rosemarie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schobess
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Düring
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bidlingmaier
authors.forename: Achim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heinecke
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Merkel
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Nowak-Göttl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D017984:Enoxaparin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013995:Time; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D017984:Enoxaparin; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight