Clinical trial • Phase IV • Cardiology

APIXABAN for Post-operative atrial fibrillation (after CABG)

Phase IV trial of APIXABAN for Post-operative atrial fibrillation (after CABG).

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Cardiology
Trial Disease
Post-operative atrial fibrillation (after CABG)
Trial Stage
Phase IV
Drug Modality
Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
04-07-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
29-07-2024

Trial design

Randomised, brilique 60 mg film-coated tablets (ticagrelor) - comparator; clopidogrel 75 mg film-coated tablets - comparator; aspirin 500 mg coated tablets - comparator-controlled Phase IV trial across 16 sites in Germany.

Randomised
Yes
Comparator
Brilique 60 mg film-coated tablets (ticagrelor) - comparator; Clopidogrel 75 mg film-coated tablets - comparator; Aspirin 500 mg coated tablets - comparator
Target Sample Size
2450
Trial Duration For Participant
180

Eligibility

Recruits 2450 Patients under legal supervision or guardianship are excluded. 'Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent' is an exclusion. The trial enrols adults (≥18 years) only; isVulnerablePopulationSelected is false..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Pregnancy at the time of randomization
Vulnerable Population
Patients under legal supervision or guardianship are excluded. 'Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent' is an exclusion. The trial enrols adults (≥18 years) only; isVulnerablePopulationSelected is false.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients of age ≥18 years who undergo isolated CABG for coronary artery disease"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- POAF that persists for >60 minutes or is recurrent (more than one episode) within 7 days after the index CABG"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Clinical history of either permanent, persistent or paroxysmal atrial fibrillation"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Concomitant carotid artery endarterectomy during CABG"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Concomitant aortic root replacement during CABG"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Concomitant surgery for AF during CABG"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Liver cirrhosis or Child-Pugh Class C chronic liver disease"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Pharmacologic therapy with an investigational drug or device within 30-days prior to randomization or plan to enroll patient in an investigational drug or device trial during participation in this trial"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Pregnancy at the time of randomization"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Unable or unwilling to comply wit the study treatment and followup"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Existence of underlying disease that limits life expectancy to less than one year"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Women of childbearing potential (within two years after the last spontaneous menstruation) without effective contraceptive measures (Implanon, injections, oral contraceptives, intrauterine devices, vasectomized partner) during study participation. (Participants using hormone-based preparations must be informed about possible interactions with the study medication)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Any pre-existing clinical indication for long-term OAC"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Participation in other interventional studies"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients under legal supervision or guardianship"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Any absolute contraindication to OAC"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Planned use of post-operative dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Cardiogenic shock"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Major perioperative complication occurring between CABG and randomization"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Concomitant mitral valve annuloplasty during CABG"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Concomitant valve surgery during CABG or prior valve surgery (including aortic, mitral, tricuspid or pulmonary)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Concomitant mitral valve annuloplasty during CABG"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Primary effectiveness endpoint: composite of death, ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), myocardial infarction (MI), systemic arterial thromboembolism or venous thromboembolism (VTE) (deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and/or pulmonary embolism (PE))","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Composite of clinical thromboembolic events as listed (death, ischemic stroke, TIA, MI, systemic arterial thromboembolism, VTE [DVT and/or PE])."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Primary safety endpoint: Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) type 3 or 5","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Bleeding classified using the Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) definitions; events of type 3 or 5 count toward the primary safety endpoint."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Composite of death, ischemic stroke, TIA, MI, or systemic arterial thromboembolism","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Composite assessed at 90 and 180 days after randomization (timepoints specified in translations)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Net clinical benefit (NCB)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Defined as the integration of the primary effectiveness and safety endpoints at 90 days after randomization to capture overall risk/benefit."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of the primary effectiveness and safety endpoints at 180 days after randomization","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Incidence measured at 180 days after randomization."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Individual components of the primary effectiveness and safety endpoints at 90 d and 180 days after randomization","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Individual component events assessed at 90 and 180 days after randomization."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortality at 90 and180 days after randomization","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mortality categorized by cause and assessed at 90 and 180 days."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of BARC 2 bleeding at 90 and 180 days after randomization","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Bleeding events classified by BARC; incidence of BARC type 2 recorded at 90 and 180 days."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Cardiac arrhythmias including recurrent symptomatic or asymptomatic AF requiring medical attention at 90 and 180 days after randomization","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Incidence of arrhythmias (including recurrent symptomatic or asymptomatic AF requiring medical attention) assessed at 90 and 180 days."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Length of stay of index hospitalization","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Duration of initial hospitalization (index hospital stay) measured in days."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number and reasons for readmissions at 90 and 180 days after rendomization","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Counts and documented reasons for hospital readmissions up to 90 and 180 days after randomization."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Hospital resource utilization at 180 days after surgey","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessment of hospital resource use (details not specified) up to 180 days post-randomization."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Patients' convenience and satisfaction survey utilizing the Perception of Anticoagulation Treatment Questionnaire (PACT-Q2) at 90 days after randomization","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Patient-reported convenience and satisfaction measured using the PACT-Q2 instrument at 90 days."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
2450
Recruitment Window Months
43
Consent Approach
Informed consent is required from participants (adults ≥18). 'Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent' is an exclusion. Subject information and informed consent form documents are provided (document titles present); no assent procedures for minors (trial enrols adults only).

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
16
Total Number Of Participants
750

Germany

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
16-07-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
11-06-2025
Processing Time Days
330
Number Of Sites
16
Number Of Participants
750

Sites

Site Name
Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena
Department Name
Klinik für Herz- und Thoraxchirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Torsten Doenst
Contact Person Name
Torsten Doenst
Contact Person Email
doenst@med.uni-jena.d
Site Name
Klinikum Oldenburg AöR
Department Name
Universitätsklinik für Herzchirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Andreas Martens
Contact Person Name
Andreas Martens
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Bonn AöR
Department Name
Klinik und Poliklinik für Herzchirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Farhad Bakhtiary
Contact Person Name
Farhad Bakhtiary
Contact Person Email
farhad.bakhtiary@ukbonn.de
Site Name
Barmherzige Brueder Trier gGmbH
Department Name
Herz- und Thoraxchirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Terrence John Donovan
Contact Person Name
Terrence John Donovan
Contact Person Email
tj.donovan@bbtgruppe.de
Site Name
Otto Von Guericke Universitaet Magdeburg
Department Name
Universitätsklinik für Herz- und Thoraxchirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Georg Awad
Contact Person Name
Georg Awad
Contact Person Email
george.awad@med.ovgu.de
Site Name
Medical Center - University Of Freiburg
Department Name
Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg - Bad Krozingen
Principal Investigator Name
Yasir Al-Hamami
Contact Person Name
Yasir Al-Hamami
Site Name
Herzzentrum Leipzig GmbH
Department Name
Klinik für Herzchirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Michael A. Borger
Contact Person Name
Michael A. Borger
Site Name
Goethe University Frankfurt
Department Name
Klinik für Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Thomas Walther
Contact Person Name
Thomas Walther
Site Name
Kerckhoff-Klinik GmbH
Department Name
Herzzentrum / Abt. für Herzchirurgie und Chirurgische Intensivmedizin
Principal Investigator Name
Yeong-Hoon Choi
Contact Person Name
Yeong-Hoon Choi
Contact Person Email
y.choi@kerckhoff-klinik.de
Site Name
Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg
Department Name
University Hospital Halle, Dep. of Cardiac Surgery
Principal Investigator Name
Gabor Szabo
Contact Person Name
Gabor Szabo
Contact Person Email
gabor.szabo@uk-halle.de
Site Name
Klinikum der Universitaet Muenchen AöR
Department Name
Herzchirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik
Principal Investigator Name
Dominik Joskowiak
Contact Person Name
Dominik Joskowiak
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Duesseldorf AöR
Department Name
Klinik für Herzchirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Alexander Assmann
Contact Person Name
Alexander Assmann
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Aachen AöR
Department Name
Klinik für Herzchirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Payam Akhyari
Contact Person Name
Payam Akhyari
Contact Person Email
pakhyari@ukaachen.de
Site Name
Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR
Department Name
DHZB Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Klinik für Herz-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Stephan Jacobs
Contact Person Name
Stephan Jacobs
Contact Person Email
jacobs@dhzb.de
Site Name
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Department Name
Universitäres Herz- und Gefäßzentrum Hamburg
Principal Investigator Name
Johannes Petersen
Contact Person Name
Johannes Petersen
Contact Person Email
joh.petersen@uke.de
Site Name
Deutsches Herzzentrum Muenchen Klinikum Der Technischen Universitaet Muenchen
Department Name
Klinik für Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Felix With
Contact Person Name
Felix With
Contact Person Email
wirth@dhm.mhn.de

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai
Organisation Type
Educational Institution
Country Of Registered Address
United States

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Eliquis 2.5 mg film-coated tablets
Active Substance
APIXABAN
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Starting Dose
2.5 mg (product strength)
Maximum Dose
60 mg per day
Investigational Product Name
Pradaxa 75 mg hard capsules
Active Substance
DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Starting Dose
75 mg (product strength)
Maximum Dose
600 mg per day
Investigational Product Name
Xarelto 10 mg film-coated tablets
Active Substance
RIVAROXABAN
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Starting Dose
10 mg (product strength)
Maximum Dose
30 mg per day
Investigational Product Name
Lixiana 15 mg film-coated tablets
Active Substance
EDOXABAN
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Starting Dose
15 mg (product strength)
Maximum Dose
60 mg per day
Investigational Product Name
Brilique 60 mg film-coated tablets
Active Substance
TICAGRELOR
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Starting Dose
60 mg (product strength)
Maximum Dose
90 mg per day
Investigational Product Name
Clopidogrel ratiopharm 75 mg film-coated tablets
Active Substance
CLOPIDOGREL
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Starting Dose
75 mg (product strength)
Maximum Dose
75 mg per day
Investigational Product Name
Aspirin 500 mg überzogene Tabletten
Active Substance
ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Starting Dose
500 mg (product strength)
Maximum Dose
325 mg per day
Investigational Product Name
Marcumar 3 mg Tabletten
Active Substance
PHENPROCOUMON
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Starting Dose
3 mg (product strength)
Maximum Dose
9 mg per day
Combination Treatment
Yes

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