Comparison of Anti-Thrombotic Treatments Between Aspirin and Warfarin During Initial Six Months After Bioprpsthetic Heart Valve Replacement
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Sponsor
- Asan Medical Center
- Enrollment
- 1,058
- Locations
- 3
- Primary Endpoint
- A composite endpoint is defined as a single outcome that combines multiple clinical events; the occurrence of any one of the component events is considered as meeting the endpoint.
Overview
Brief Summary
This trial is a multinational, multicenter, randomized, open-label, active-controlled clinical trial comparing the safety of aspirin versus vitamin K antagonists (warfarin) as oral antithrombotic therapy during the initial 6 months following tissue valve replacement (aortic or mitral).
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 19 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Aged ≥ 19 years with successful surgical bioprosthetic valve replacement
- •Bioprosthetic heart valve in aortic or mitral valve positions, for a day postoperatively
- •The patient or guardian agrees to the study protocol and the schedule of clinical follow-up, and provides informed, written consent, as approved by the appropriate Institutional Review Board/Ethical Committee of the respective clinical site.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Mechanical valve in any heart valve position
- •Previous hemorrhagic stroke within the last 3 months
- •Clinically overt stroke within the last 3 months
- •Current need for anticoagulation (i.e. atrial fibrillation, deep vein thrombosis)
- •Unstable postoperative conditions at index point (i.e. requirement mechanical hemodynamix support, disabling complications, stroke \[ischemic, embolic\], hemorrhagic stroke)
- •Hypersensitivity to the main component or constituents of aspirin or vitamin K antagonist
- •Pregnant or lactating women
Arms & Interventions
Aspirin
Antiplatelet Agent
Intervention: Aspirin (Drug)
wafarin
Vitamin K antagonist
Intervention: Vitamin K antagonist(warfarin) (Drug)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
A composite endpoint is defined as a single outcome that combines multiple clinical events; the occurrence of any one of the component events is considered as meeting the endpoint.
Time Frame: From registration to 6 months
Secondary Outcomes
- Rate of all-cause mortality within 6 months(From registration to 6 months)
- Number of participants who experienced stroke within 6 months(From registration to 6 months)
- Number of participants who experienced transient ischemic attack within 6 months(From registration to 6 months)
- Number of participants who experienced systemic embolism within 6 months(From registration to 6 months)
- Number of participants who experienced myocardial infarction within 6 months(From registration to 6 months)
- Number of participants who experienced major bleeding within 6 months(From registration to 6 months)
- Number of participants with valve thrombosis at 6 months(From registration to 6 months)
Investigators
Joon Bum Kim
Professor, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine
Asan Medical Center