Apixaban in the Prevention of Stroke and Systemic Embolism in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation in Real-Life Setting in France

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anticoagulation

Treatments: Drug: Apixaban

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT02714855

CV185-345

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study will be conducted to assess the following research questions in real-life conditions in France:

What are the patient and disease characteristics, comorbidities and treatment history in NVAF patients initiating a new Anticoagulant (AC) treatment, according to treatment currently available and prescribed (apixaban, other NOACs, VKAs), and are the AC-naive patient profiles different from one treatment pattern to another when initiating a new AC treatment?

What are the HCP's reasons for discontinuing the previous AC strategy for initiating and choosing the newly initiated AC treatment in NVAF patients?

What are the conditions of newly-initiated apixaban prescriptions in NVAF patients: prescriber, proportion of naïve/experienced patients, daily dosage and number of daily doses?

Enrollment: 2,081 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients aged ≥ 18 years
• Diagnosed with non valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF)
• Prescribed with a newly initiated AC treatment (apixaban, other NOACs or VKAs). Newly initiated AC treatment is defined as any AC treatment initiated within the past 3 months, including day of enrolment

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) due to reversible causes
• Patients with a diagnosis of VAF. The term VAF is used to imply that AF is related to rheumatic valvular disease (predominantly mitral stenosis) or prosthetic heart valves
• Patients participating in an ongoing clinical trial in AF