Apixaban for stroke prevention in subclinical atrial fibrillation

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa2310234?articleTools=true" target="_blank" >https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa2310234?articleTools=true</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2310234" target="_blank" >10.1056/NEJMoa2310234</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Apixaban for stroke prevention in subclinical atrial fibrillation

Original language description

BACKGROUND Subclinical atrial fibrillation is short-lasting and asymptomatic and can usually be detected only by long-term continuous monitoring with pacemakers or defibrillators. Subclinical atrial fibrillation is associated with an increased risk of stroke by a factor of 2.5; however, treatment with oral anticoagulation is of uncertain benefit. METHODS We conducted a trial involving patients with subclinical atrial fibrillation lasting 6 minutes to 24 hours. Patients were randomly assigned in a double-blind, double-dummy design to receive apixaban at a dose of 5 mg twice daily (2.5 mg twice daily when indicated) or aspirin at a dose of 81 mg daily. The trial medication was discontinued and anticoagulation started if subclinical atrial fibrillation lasting more than 24 hours or clinical atrial fibrillation developed. The primary efficacy outcome, stroke or systemic embolism, was assessed in the intention-to-treat population (all the patients who had undergone randomization); the primary safety outcome, major bleeding, was assessed in the on-treatment population (all the patients who had undergone randomization and received at least one dose of the assigned trial drug, with follow-up censored 5 days after permanent discontinuation of trial medication for any reason). RESULTS We included 4012 patients with a mean (SD) age of 76.87.6 years and a mean CHA(2)DS(2)-VASc score of 3.9 +/- 1.1 (scores range from 0 to 9, with higher scores indicating a higher risk of stroke); 36.1% of the patients were women. After a mean follow-up of 3.5 +/- 1.8 years, stroke or systemic embolism occurred in 55 patients in the apixaban group (0.78% per patient-year) and in 86 patients in the aspirin group (1.24% per patient-year) (hazard ratio, 0.63; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.45 to 0.88; P=0.007). In the on-treatment population, the rate of major bleeding was 1.71% per patient-year in the apixaban group and 0.94% per patient-year in the aspirin group (hazard ratio, 1.80; 95% CI, 1.26 to 2.57; P=0.001). Fatal bleeding occurred in 5 patients in the apixaban group and 8 patients in the aspirin group. CONCLUSIONS Among patients with subclinical atrial fibrillation, apixaban resulted in a lower risk of stroke or systemic embolism than aspirin but a higher risk of major bleeding. Apixaban for Stroke Prevention in Subclinical AF In a randomized trial involving patients with subclinical (typically asymptomatic) atrial fibrillation, apixaban led to a lower risk of stroke or systemic embolism than aspirin but a higher risk of major bleeding.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30201 - Cardiac and Cardiovascular systems

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

New England journal of medicine

ISSN

0028-4793

e-ISSN

1533-4406

Volume of the periodical

390

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

107-117

UT code for WoS article

001126869900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85182093445