A Study to Evaluate the Safety of Apixaban in Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Japanese Patients

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the bleeding safety (the composite endpoint of major and clinically relevant non-major bleeding) of 2 doses of apixaban (2.5 mg BID and 5.0 mg BID) or placebo in combination with standard therapy (aspirin and /or additional antiplatelet therapy) over a 24 week treatment period in selected subjects with recent (≤7 days) acute coronary syndrome.

Timeline

Start

2009-04

Primary completion

2010-12

Completion

2010-12

Publications

• Ogawa H, Goto S, Matsuzaki M, Hiro S, Shima D; APPRAISE-J investigators. Randomized, double-blind trial to evaluate the safety of apixaban with antiplatelet therapy after acute coronary syndrome in Japanese patients (APPRAISE-J). Circ J. 2013;77(9):2341-8. doi: 10.1253/circj.cj-13-0209. Epub 2013 Jun 7.

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