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Rivaroxaban for Patients With Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT02926170
Lead Sponsor
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute
Brief Summary

Long-term anticoagulation is widely used for secondary thromboprophylaxis in the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) due to the high risk of recurrent events. Currently anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) is the standard of care but have unpredictable pharmacodynamic properties that requiere monitoring for dose adjustment. Rivaroxaban, an orally active direct factor Xa inhibitor, has been shown to be effective and safe compared with warfarin for the treatment of venous thromboembolism and non valvular atrial fibrillation in major RCTs. No studies had been published in APS.The aim of the study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban in preventing recurrent thrombosis in patients with APS compared with acenocoumarol

Detailed Description

This is a phase 3 randomized, multicenter, non-inferiority open-label RCT. 190 eligible APS patients with arterial or venous thrombotic history receiving acenocoumarol will be stratified according the presence of SLE and venous/arterial thrombotic history and randomized (1:1) either to continue vitamin K antagonists (standard of care, normalized ratio (INR) 2-3 or 2.5 to 3.5 in those with recurrent thrombotic episodes) or to switch to rivaroxaban (20 mg/day). The primary efficacy outcome is the development of any thrombotic event during the study period. Secondary efficacy outcomes include time to thrombosis, type of thrombosis (arterial or venous), overall causes of death, evaluation of a prognostic biomarker panel of recurrent thrombosis. The primary safety outcome will be major bleeding. Secondary safety outcomes include any adverse event and minor bleeding.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
190
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with thrombotic antiphsopholipd syndrome
  • Treated with acenocumarol for a minimum period of 6 months
  • Positivity for Lupus anticoagulant and/or anti-cardiolipin or anti-B2GPI antibodies IgG or IgM≥40
Exclusion Criteria
  • Major haemorrhage (cerebral or gastrointestinal) within the previous 6 months
  • Neurosurgery within the previous 4 weeks
  • Any surgery within the previous 10 days
  • Active peptic ulcus
  • ALT or GPT >120 UI/mL non-lupus related in the previous 30 days
  • Platelets <30x10E9 in the previous 30 days
  • Recent diagnosed malignancy
  • Any criteria listed in the summary of the produt characterisitcs (SPC)
  • Renal disease with a creatinine clearance <30 mL/min or with a known uncontrolled renal disease
  • Concomitant administration of drugs that could interfere with CYP3A4

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
acenocumarolacenocumarolINR adjusted dose
rivaroxabanRivaroxabanRivaroxaban 20 mg per day
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of major bleeding36 months

Major bleeding is defined as clinically overt bleeding associated with any of the following: fatal bleeding causing death, involvement of a critical anatomic site (intracranial, spinal, intraocular, pericardial, articular, retroperitoneal, or intramuscular with compartment syndrome) or need for surgery or angiographic intervention to stop haemorrhage, fall in haemoglobin concentration of at least 20 g/L in 24 hours, and/or requiring non-planned transfusion of ≥2 units of packed red blood cells or whole blood

Developement of a new thrombotic event (arterial or venous), confirmed by appropiate imaging studies36 months

Stroke or transient ischemic attack, myocardial infarction, peripheral arterial thrombosis, cerebral vein thrombosis, deep-vein thrombosis, or pulmonary embolism) that was confirmed by adjudication

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Death due to thrombotic events36 months

Death as result of a thrombotic event

Incidence of any treatment-Emergent Adverse events36 months

i) all adverse events; ii) serious adverse events (SAE); iii) all bleeding events; iv) overall causes of death

Location of thrombotic events36 months

Location (arterial or venous) whenre the thrombotic event occurred

Time to the first thrombotic event36 months

Time (months) from the treatment onset up to the thrombotic event

Evaluation of a prognostic biomarker panel36 months

Measuremnt of D-dimer, P-selectine and Von-willebrand factor

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Vall d'Hebron University Hospital

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Barcelona, Spain

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