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XARELTO® (rivaroxaban) tablets Table 3: Bleeding Events* in EINSTEIN Extension Study XARELTO† 20 mg N = 598 n (%) Placebo† 4 (0.7) 0 Decrease in Hb ≥2 g/dL 4 (0.7) 0 Transfusion of ≥2 units of whole blood or packed red blood cells 2 (0.3) 0 Gastrointestinal 3 (0.5) 0 Menorrhagia 1 (0.2) 0 Parameter Major bleeding event‡ Clinically relevant non-major bleeding Any bleeding N = 590 n (%) 32 (5.4) 7 (1.2) 104 (17.4) 63 (10.7) * Bleeding event occurred after the first dose and up to 2 days after the last dose of study drug. Although a patient may have had 2 or more events, the patient is counted only once in a category. † Treatment schedule: XARELTO 20 mg once daily; matched placebo once daily ‡ There were no fatal or critical organ bleeding events. Prophylaxis of Deep Vein Thrombosis Following Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery: In the RECORD clinical trials, the overall incidence rate of adverse reactions leading to permanent treatment discontinuation was 3.7% with XARELTO. The rates of major bleeding events and any bleeding events observed in patients in the RECORD clinical trials are shown in Table 4. Table 4: Bleeding Events* in Patients Undergoing Hip or Knee Replacement Surgeries (RECORD 1-3) XARELTO 10 mg Enoxaparin† Total treated patients N = 4487 N = 4524 n (%) n (%) Major bleeding event Fatal bleeding Bleeding into a critical organ Bleeding that required re-operation Extra-surgical site bleeding requiring transfusion of >2 units of whole blood or packed cells Any bleeding event‡ Hip Surgery Studies Major bleeding event Fatal bleeding Bleeding into a critical organ Bleeding that required re-operation Extra-surgical site bleeding requiring transfusion of >2 units of whole blood or packed cells Any bleeding event‡ Knee Surgery Study 14 (0.3) 1 (<0.1) 2 (<0.1) 7 (0.2) 4 (0.1) 9 (0.2) 0 3 (0.1) 5 (0.1) 1 (<0.1) 261 (5.8) N = 3281 n (%) 7 (0.2) 1 (<0.1) 1 (<0.1) 2 (0.1) 3 (0.1) 251 (5.6) N = 3298 n (%) 3 (0.1) 0 1 (<0.1) 1 (<0.1) 1 (<0.1) 201 (6.1) N = 1206 n (%) 7 (0.6) 0 1 (0.1) 5 (0.4) 1 (0.1) 191 (5.8) N = 1226 n (%) 6 (0.5) 0 2 (0.2) 4 (0.3) 0 Major bleeding event Fatal bleeding Bleeding into a critical organ Bleeding that required re-operation Extra-surgical site bleeding requiring transfusion of >2 units of whole blood or packed cells 60 (5.0) 60 (4.9) Any bleeding event‡ * Bleeding events occurring any time following the first dose of doubleblind study medication (which may have been prior to administration of active drug) V