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Exploratory study to assess frailty as a clinical marker for the plasma concentrations of the direct oral anticoagulants (Frailty-DOAK)

Recruiting
Conditions
Frailty
R54
Senility
Registration Number
DRKS00016741
Lead Sponsor
Agaplesion Bethanien Krankenhaus Geriatrisches Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
240
Inclusion Criteria

•Age =70 years
•Regular intake of one of the direct oral anticoagulants dabigatran (Pradaxa®), rivaroxaban (Xarelto®), apixaban (Eliquis®) or edoxaban (Lixiana®) during the past = 7 days
•Mentally and physically able to participate in the study (as judged by a member of the study group)
•Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

•Insufficient knowledge of written and/or spoken German
•Inability to give informed consent

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
•Correlation of four frailty assessments with the plasma trough concentrations of four direct oral anticoagulants (dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban, edoxaban) <br>-„Physical phenotype of frailty (Fried et al. 2001) <br>-Frailty Index (Searle et al. 2008)<br>-„FRAIL scale (Morley et al. 2012)<br>-„Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)<br>•Evaluation of the three groups „frail, „pre-frail and „robust according to Fried et al. 2001 as to their ability to predict the plasma trough concentrations of the direct oral anticoagulants<br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
•Correlation of selected functional parameters (e.g. gait speed, grip strength) with the plasma trough concentrations of four direct oral anticoagulants (dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban, edoxaban)
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