Patients who receive anticoagulant therapy in the form of a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) and simultaneously receive anti-cancer targeted therapy with a small molecule inhibitor (SMI), potentially have an increased risk on thromboembolic complications and bleeding events due to interfering drug-drug interactions. Some SMIs influence CYP3A4 and/or p-glycoprotein (p-gp) for which DOACs are substrates. In this study, the effect of theoretically relevant SMIs on the pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety of DOACs in patients with solid tumours will be investigated. For this purpose, plasma concentration analyses will be performed.
The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of small molecule inhibitors (SMIs), used in targeted therapy for tumours, on direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs).