Non-vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Patients With Atrial High Rate Episodes

Summary

NOAH is an investigator-initiated, prospective, parallel-group, double-blind, randomised, multi-centre trial. The objective of the trial is to demonstrate that oral anticoagulation using the NOAC edoxaban is superior to current therapy to pre-vent stroke, systemic embolism, or cardiovascular death in patients with AHRE and at least two stroke risk factors but without AF. The trial will be conducted in several European countries.

Timeline

Start

2016-02

Primary completion

2022-12-31

Completion

2022-12-31

Publications

• Background Bertaglia E, Blank B, Blomstrom-Lundqvist C, Brandes A, Cabanelas N, Dan GA, Dichtl W, Goette A, de Groot JR, Lubinski A, Marijon E, Merkely B, Mont L, Piorkowski C, Sarkozy A, Sulke N, Vardas P, Velchev V, Wichterle D, Kirchhof P. Atrial high-rate episodes: prevalence, stroke risk, implications for management, and clinical gaps in evidence. Europace. 2019 Oct 1;21(10):1459-1467. doi: 10.1093/europace/euz172.
• Background Kirchhof P, Blank BF, Calvert M, Camm AJ, Chlouverakis G, Diener HC, Goette A, Huening A, Lip GYH, Simantirakis E, Vardas P. Probing oral anticoagulation in patients with atrial high rate episodes: Rationale and design of the Non-vitamin K antagonist Oral anticoagulants in patients with Atrial High rate episodes (NOAH-AFNET 6) trial. Am Heart J. 2017 Aug;190:12-18. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2017.04.015. Epub 2017 May 3.
• Kirchhof P, Toennis T, Goette A, Camm AJ, Diener HC, Becher N, Bertaglia E, Blomstrom Lundqvist C, Borlich M, Brandes A, Cabanelas N, Calvert M, Chlouverakis G, Dan GA, de Groot JR, Dichtl W, Kravchuk B, Lubinski A, Marijon E, Merkely B, Mont L, Ozga AK, Rajappan K, Sarkozy A, Scherr D, Sznajder R, Velchev V, Wichterle D, Sehner S, Simantirakis E, Lip GYH, Vardas P, Schotten U, Zapf A; NOAH-AFNET 6 Investigators; NOAH-AFNET6 sites and investigators. Anticoagulation with Edoxaban in Patients with Atrial High-Rate Episodes. N Engl J Med. 2023 Sep 28;389(13):1167-1179. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2303062. Epub 2023 Aug 25.

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