Long-Term LMWH vs. Usual Care in Home Therapy for DVT

For patients being treated for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) at home, long-term therapy with the low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) tinzaparin is as effective as the traditional combination of short-term tinzaparin and long-term warfarin—and may be safer and more acceptable to patients. These were the conclusions researchers from University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; McGill University, Montreal, Canada; and University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City arrived at after conducting a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial.