drugset / Trial / NCT00412984

Apixaban for the Prevention of Stroke in Subjects With Atrial Fibrillation

NCT00412984 ↗

Phase 3 Completed 20976 enrolled Bristol-Myers Squibb
RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindPrevention

Summary

The trial seeks to determine if apixaban, an investigational anticoagulant (blood-thinner) is as effective as standard therapy (warfarin) in preventing stroke and systemic embolism in subjects with atrial fibrillation and risk factors for stroke.

Timeline

Start
2006-12-31
Primary completion
2011-05-25
Completion
2011-05-25

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry NUMBER Apixaban: 1.27 Number of events per 100 patient years NUMBER Warfarin: 1.60 Number of events per 100 patient years NCT00412984 ↗

registry analysis (superiority test); Apixaban vs Warfarin; p = 0.0114; Hazard Ratio (HR) 0.79 (95% CI .66 to .95) NCT00412984 ↗

paper The rate of the primary outcome was 1.27% per year in the apixaban group, as compared with 1.60% per year in the warfarin group PMID 21870978 ↗

Publications

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Apixaban Small molecule 2.5 mg Oral
Subject Apixaban Small molecule 5 mg Oral
Comparator Warfarin Small molecule 2 mg Oral