The classical management of patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) consists of an initial treatment of at least five days of a (LMW) heparin followed by long-term treatment with a vitamin K antagonist (VKA), such as warfarin. The eTRIS study will address the clinically important question of whether edoxaban monotherapy, without concomitant (LMW) heparin at the time of treatment initiation is comparable to or better than standard treatment with (LMW) heparin/warfarin therapy in subjects with acute symptomatic DVT as assessed by the relative change from baseline in thrombus volume (measured by MRI) at Day 14-21.
