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Modeling the impact of real-world adherence to once-daily (QD) versus twice-daily (BID) non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants on stroke and major bleeding events among non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients.
CONCLUSION: QD NOACs prevented a significant number of strokes and caused no significant increase in MBs compared to BID NOACs which leads to significant net cost savings for NVAF patients in the US. PMID: 30265159 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - September 29, 2018 Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research

Improved persistence with non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants compared with warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation: recent Australian experience.
CONCLUSIONS: Persistence with NOAC drugs in patients with AF appears to be superior to warfarin. If continued long-term, this alone will be of clinical importance in the prevention of stroke and death. PMID: 27463735 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - July 29, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research

Effectiveness and Safety of Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Asian Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Valvular Heart Disease.
CONCLUSIONS: NOACs had a comparable risk of ischemic stroke and bleeding in patients with AF and VHD, and reduced the risk of venous thromboembolism, intracranial hemorrhage, and mortality, compared to warfarin. Therefore, NOAC is an effective and safe alternative to warfarin in these patients. PMID: 33538623 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - February 6, 2021 Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on England's national prescriptions of oral vitamin K antagonist (VKA) and direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs): An interrupted time series analysis (January 2019 - February 2021)
Conclusion: The overall oral anticoagulants use in this period was lower than expected, indicating a medical needs gap, possibly due to adherence issues. The potential clinical and logistical consequences warrant further study to identify contributing factors and mitigate avoidable risks.PMID:35582854 | DOI:10.1080/03007995.2022.2078100
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - May 18, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Sajidah Alkhameys Ravina Barrett Source Type: research

Medium to long-term persistence with non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation: Australian experience.
CONCLUSIONS: Long-term persistence with anticoagulation in patients with AF remains a concern, even with NOACs. Patients initiated to apixaban appear to experience better medium-term persistence compared with rivaroxaban or dabigatran. PMID: 28425296 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - April 22, 2017 Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research

A rapid evidence assessment of bleed-related healthcare resource utilization in publications reporting the use of direct oral anticoagulants for non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
CONCLUSIONS: The limited available evidence for HRU burden among patients receiving oral anticoagulation for NVAF suggests that DOACs (particularly apixaban and dabigatran) offer some degree of benefit in terms of HRU outcomes, compared with warfarin. Further work is required to understand HRU outcomes in patients receiving DOACs. PMID: 30380959 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - November 2, 2018 Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research

Impact of methodological choices on a meta-analysis of real-world evidence comparing non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants with vitamin K antagonists for the treatment of patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
Conclusions Sensitivity analyses showed the impact of similar assumptions was different depending on the outcome, and the drug considered. The development of recommendations and guidelines for the inclusion of RWE in meta-analyses could prove useful in evaluating the effectiveness of health care interventions. PMID: 31328580 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - July 24, 2019 Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research

Minor bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation using a non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant.
Conclusion: Our data showed that minor bleeds are common in novel NOAC users, especially when using apixaban and rivaroxaban. In the latter two NOACs, hematoma (bruises) and nose bleeds were more frequently observed and accounted for the difference with dabigatran. Besides type of NOAC, a higher HAS-BLED score and novel anticoagulant drug use were associated with an increased risk of minor bleeding. PMID: 32573287 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - June 24, 2020 Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research