Results showed Xarelto was as effective as the enoxaparin and VKA combination for treating DVT and PE.
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But fewer than half manage this says the NHS, which warns 25, 000 people die each year from hospital-acquired DVT.
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He said the evidence of the link between flight and DVT was conflicting.
Fireman Mark Dowsett described how he was twice turned away from hospital after suffering DVT three times in three years.
Additionally, results from a third study showed extended Xarelto treatment reduced the risk of recurrent DVT and PE in patients.
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Tips to lower the risk of developing DVT include walking around the aircraft during a flight and wearing tight stockings.
However, as is usual in all these programmes and studies about DVT syndrome, nobody is prepared to bite the real bullet.
Previous studies have linked DVT with long-distance flights as it can be caused by sitting in one place for long periods.
About 1.3 percent of patients treated with Xarelto compared with 7.1 percent of patients receiving placebo experienced a recurrent DVT or PE.
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Wednesday's meeting also heard calls for training for doctors in diagnosing DVT.
The studies were designed to measure the number of patients who experienced recurrent symptoms of DVT, PE or death after receiving treatment.
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They have denied liability and say advice given by the government and the World Health Organisation suggests no specific link between flying and DVT.
English hospitals face being "named and shamed" for not screening patients for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) risk, NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has said.
BBC: Hospitals warned over Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) deaths
There has been particular concern about DVT in the US, Australia and in Britain, where a 28-year-old women died last October after arriving from Sydney.
The death of Emma Christoffersen in October 2000 - just hours after arriving at Heathrow from Australia - led to widespread publicity over other fatal DVT cases.
The 56 claims relate to passenger DVT-related deaths and injuries.
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Mrs Christoffersen is a leading member of a pressure group seeking to persuade air operators to conduct research into DVT and to improve conditions for passengers in the meantime.
About 2.1 percent of patients treated with Xarelto compared with 1.8 percent to 3 percent of patients treated with the enoxaparin and VKA combination experienced a recurrent DVT or PE.
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At 10 days the primary efficacy measure (a composite of asymptomatic proximal DVT, symptomatic DVT, symptomatic non-fatal PE, and VTE-related death) had occurred in 2.7% of patients in each group.
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Although the controversy about long-haul air travel has recently put DVT in the headlines, the condition was first described in people sitting on deckchairs in air raid shelters during the Blitz in London.
The study comes a year after DVT hit the headlines with the death of 28-year-old Emma Christofferson from Newport, south Wales, who died within minutes of leaving a 20-hour flight after a holiday in Australia.
Researchers, led by Dr Richard Beasley, of the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, warn the widespread use of computers in so many aspects of modern life may put many people at risk of developing DVT.
Rivaroxaban is currently indicated in the US for stroke reduction in patients with atrial fibrillation, for the treatment and prevention of recurrence of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, and for DVT prophylaxis after orthopedic surgery.
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Obviously from a personal point of view I appreciate the fact that the debate about the causes of dvt has been brought into the open but I for one do not blame the airlines for my condition.
Dr Bagshaw will point to Swiss research published last year which found professional pilots were less likely to suffer DVT than the general population, and 16 out of 27 pilots who did had well recognised, pre-disposing factors.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Xarelto (rivaroxaban) to include treating deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE), and to reduce the risk of recurrent DVT and PE following initial treatment.
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They may chunter on about DVT affecting people in Business and 1st class, but I am quite sure that the true figures would show that economy class passengers suffering or dying from DVT are infinitely more numerous than others.
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