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ID
Source
Brief title
Health condition
Apixban
Intracerebral haemorrhage
Antiplatelet drugs
Atrial fibrillation
Hersenbloeding
Plaatjesremmers
Atriumfibrilleren
Sponsors and support
ZonMw – Aspasia grant to C.J.M. Klijn
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
The combination of vascular death or non-fatal stroke (cerebral infarction, intracerebral haemorrhage, or subarachnoid haemorrhage) during follow-up.
Secondary outcome
Vascular death.
Death from any cause.
All stroke
Ischaemic stroke.
Intracerebral haemorrhage.
Other major extracranial haemorrhage
Any intracranial haemorrhage other than ICH.
Systemic embolism.
Myocardial infarction.
Functional outcome as assessed with the score on the modified Rankin Scale at 6 and 12 months; thereafter annually and at the end of the study.
Background summary
There is a marked lack of evidence on the optimal prevention of ischaemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation and a recent intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) during treatment with oral anticoagulation. These patients are currently treated with vitamin K antagonists, antiplatelet drugs, or no antithrombotic treatment, depending on personal and institutional preferences. Treatment with a direct oral anticoagulant like apixaban might be an attractive alternative in terms of a low risk of recurrent ICH, while at the same time being effective for the prevention of ischaemic stroke.
This study aims to obtain reliable estimates of the rates of vascular death or non-fatal stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation and a recent anticoagulation-associated intracerebral haemorrhage who are treated with apixaban versus those who are treated with antiplatelet drugs or no antithrombotic drug at all.
This study has a multi-centre, phase II, randomised, open-label clinical trial with blinded outcome assessment design.
Study objective
Treatment with apixaban may be the best long-term alternative for the prevention of recurrent stroke and systemic thrombo-embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation who survived an anticoagulation-associated intracerebral haemorrhage,
Study design
All endpoints: for the duration of the study.
Functional outcome at 6 and 12 months.
Intervention
Patients will be randomised between:
-apixaban 5 mg orally twice daily
-treatment with one or two oral APDs (acetylsalicylic acid, carbasalate calcium, clopidogrel, or dipyridamole) or no antithrombotic treatment at all, at the discretion of the treating physician.
Brain Center Rudolf Magnus
Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery
G03.232
PO Box 85500
K.M. Nieuwenhuizen, van
Utrecht 3508 GA
The Netherlands
+ 31 88 75 58540
k.m.vannieuwenhuizen-3@umcutrecht.nl
Brain Center Rudolf Magnus
Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery
G03.232
PO Box 85500
K.M. Nieuwenhuizen, van
Utrecht 3508 GA
The Netherlands
+ 31 88 75 58540
k.m.vannieuwenhuizen-3@umcutrecht.nl
Inclusion criteria
- Intracerebral haemorrhage, documented with CT or MRI, during treatment with anticoagulation (VKA, any direct thrombin inhibitor, any factor Xa inhibitor, or (low-molecular-weight) heparin at a therapeutic dose).
- The haemorrhage has occurred between 7 and 90 days before randomization.
- Diagnosis of (paroxysmal) non-valvular AF, documented on electrocardiography.
- A CHA2DS2VASc score ≥ 3.
- Score on the modified Rankin scale (mRS) ≤4.
- Equipoise regarding the optimal medical treatment for the prevention of stroke. The clinical equipoise should be self-reported by the attending neurologist after reviewing all relevant information available for the individual patient.
- Age ≥ 18 years.
- Written informed consent by the patient or by a legal representative
Exclusion criteria
- Conditions other than atrial fibrillation for which the patient requires long-term anticoagulation.
- A different clinical indication for the use of an APD, such as clopidogrel for recent coronary stenting.
- Rheumatic mitral valve disease, a prosthetic heart valve, or mitral valve repair.
- Serious bleeding event in the previous 6 months, except for intracerebral haemorrhage.
- High risk of bleeding (e.g., active peptic ulcer disease, a platelet count of <100,000.mL-1 or haemoglobin level of <6.206 mMol.L-1, ischemic stroke in the previous 7 days (patients are eligible thereafter), documented haemorrhagic tendencies, or blood dyscrasias).
- Current alcohol or drug abuse.
- Life expectancy of less than 1 year.
- Severe renal insufficiency (a serum creatinine level of more than 221 μmol per liter or a calculated creatinine clearance of <25 ml per minute).
- Alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase level greater than 2 times the upper limit of the normal range or a total bilirubin more than 1.5 times the upper limit of the normal range, unless an benign causative factor, other than moderate or severe liver disease, (e.g. Gilbert’s syndrome) is known or identified.
- Allergy to apixaban.
- Use of strong cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) and P-glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibitors (e.g. systemic azole-antimycotics as ketoconazole or HIV protease inhibitors such as ritonavir).
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
- Women of childbearing potential: any woman who has begun menstruation and is not menopausal or otherwise permanently unable to conceive. A post-menopausal woman is defined as a woman who is over the age of 45 and has not had a menstrual period for at least 12 months.
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL4395 |
| NTR-old | NTR4526 |
| CCMO | NL47761.041.14 |
| OMON | NL-OMON50507 |