A Phase III Study of Apixaban in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Summary

The purpose of this clinical research study is to determine whether apixaban is more effective than acetylsalicylic acid in the prevention of strokes associated with patients with atrial fibrillation. The safety of this treatment will also be studied.

Timeline

Start

2007-08-31

Primary completion

2010-11-30

Completion

2017-05-25

Publications

• Jamieson MJ, Byon W, Dettloff RW, Crawford M, Gargalovic PS, Merali SJ, Onorato J, Quintero AJ, Russ C. Apixaban Use in Obese Patients: A Review of the Pharmacokinetic, Interventional, and Observational Study Data. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2022 Nov;22(6):615-631. doi: 10.1007/s40256-022-00524-x. Epub 2022 May 16.
• Natale P, Palmer SC, Saglimbene VM, Ruospo M, Razavian M, Craig JC, Jardine MJ, Webster AC, Strippoli GF. Antiplatelet agents for chronic kidney disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Feb 28;2(2):CD008834. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008834.pub4.
• Bhagirath VC, Eikelboom JW, Hirsh J, Coppens M, Ginsberg J, Vanassche T, Yuan F, Chan N, Yusuf S, Connolly SJ. Apixaban-Calibrated Anti-FXa Activity in Relation to Outcome Events and Clinical Characteristics in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Results from the AVERROES Trial. TH Open. 2017 Dec 12;1(2):e139-e145. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1613679. eCollection 2017 Jul.
• Ng KH, Shestakovska O, Connolly SJ, Eikelboom JW, Avezum A, Diaz R, Lanas F, Yusuf S, Hart RG. Efficacy and safety of apixaban compared with aspirin in the elderly: a subgroup analysis from the AVERROES trial. Age Ageing. 2016 Jan;45(1):77-83. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afv156. Epub 2015 Nov 19.
• Hohnloser SH, Shestakovska O, Eikelboom J, Franzosi MG, Tan RS, Zhu J, Yusuf S, Connolly SJ. The effects of apixaban on hospitalizations in patients with different types of atrial fibrillation: insights from the AVERROES trial. Eur Heart J. 2013 Sep;34(35):2752-9. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht292. Epub 2013 Jul 25.
• Lip GY, Connolly S, Yusuf S, Shestakovska O, Flaker G, Hart R, Lanas F, Xavier D, Eikelboom J; ERROES Investigators. Modification of outcomes with aspirin or apixaban in relation to CHADS(2) and CHA(2)DS(2)-VASc scores in patients with atrial fibrillation: a secondary analysis of the AVERROES study. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2013 Feb;6(1):31-8. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.112.975847. Epub 2013 Feb 6.
• Flaker GC, Eikelboom JW, Shestakovska O, Connolly SJ, Kaatz S, Budaj A, Husted S, Yusuf S, Lip GY, Hart RG. Bleeding during treatment with aspirin versus apixaban in patients with atrial fibrillation unsuitable for warfarin: the apixaban versus acetylsalicylic acid to prevent stroke in atrial fibrillation patients who have failed or are unsuitable for vitamin K antagonist treatment (AVERROES) trial. Stroke. 2012 Dec;43(12):3291-7. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.664144. Epub 2012 Oct 2.
• Diener HC, Eikelboom J, Connolly SJ, Joyner CD, Hart RG, Lip GY, O'Donnell M, Hohnloser SH, Hankey GJ, Shestakovska O, Yusuf S; AVERROES Steering Committee and Investigators. Apixaban versus aspirin in patients with atrial fibrillation and previous stroke or transient ischaemic attack: a predefined subgroup analysis from AVERROES, a randomised trial. Lancet Neurol. 2012 Mar;11(3):225-31. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70017-0. Epub 2012 Feb 1.
• Connolly SJ, Eikelboom J, Joyner C, Diener HC, Hart R, Golitsyn S, Flaker G, Avezum A, Hohnloser SH, Diaz R, Talajic M, Zhu J, Pais P, Budaj A, Parkhomenko A, Jansky P, Commerford P, Tan RS, Sim KH, Lewis BS, Van Mieghem W, Lip GY, Kim JH, Lanas-Zanetti F, Gonzalez-Hermosillo A, Dans AL, Munawar M, O'Donnell M, Lawrence J, Lewis G, Afzal R, Yusuf S; AVERROES Steering Committee and Investigators. Apixaban in patients with atrial fibrillation. N Engl J Med. 2011 Mar 3;364(9):806-17. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1007432. Epub 2011 Feb 10.

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