Montrasio, Giulia; Reiner, Martin F; Wiencierz, Andrea; Aeschbacher, Stefanie; Baumgartner, Christine; Rodondi, Nicolas; Kühne, Michael; Moschovitis, Giorgio; Preiss, Helga; Coslovsky, Michael; De Perna, Maria L; Bonati, Leo H; Conen, David; Osswald, Stefan; Beer, Juerg H; Koepfli, Pascal (2022). Prevalence and risk of inappropriate dosing of direct oral anticoagulants in two Swiss atrial fibrillation registries. Vascular pharmacology, 147, p. 107120. Elsevier 10.1016/j.vph.2022.107120
|
Text
1-s2.0-S1537189122001690-main.pdf - Accepted Version Available under License Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works (CC-BY-NC-ND). Download (1MB) | Preview |
|
![[img]](https://boris.unibe.ch/style/images/fileicons/text.png) |
Text
Montrasio_VasculPharmacol_2022.pdf - Published Version Restricted to registered users only Available under License Publisher holds Copyright. Download (1MB) | Request a copy |
BACKGROUND
Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have a favourable risk-benefit profile compared to vitamin K-antagonists (VKAs) in atrial fibrillation (AF). Dosing is based on age, weight and renal function, without need of routine monitoring.
METHODS AND RESULTS
In two prospective, multicentre AF cohorts (Swiss-AF, BEAT-AF) patients were stratified as receiving VKAs or adequately-, under- or overdosed DOACs, according to label. Primary outcome was a composite of major adverse clinical events (MACE), defined as cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction (MI), ischaemic stroke and systemic embolism. Secondary outcomes included major bleeding. Adjustment for confounding was performed. Median follow-up was 4 years. Of 3236 patients, 1875 (58%) were on VKAs and 1361 (42%) were on DOACs, of which 1137 (83%) were adequately-, 134 (10%) over- and 90 (7%) under-dosed. Compared to adequately dosed individuals, overdosed patients were more likely to be older and female. Underdosing correlated with concomitant aspirin therapy and coronary artery disease. Both groups had higher CHA2DS2-VASc scores. Patients on overdosed DOACs had higher incidence of MACE (HR 1.75; CI 1.10-2.79; adjusted-HR: 1.22) and major bleeding (HR 1.99; CI 1.14-3.48; adjusted-HR: 1.51). Underdosing was not associated with a higher incidence of MACE (HR 0.94; CI 0.46-1.92; adjusted-HR 0.61) or major bleeding (HR 1.07; CI 0.46-2.46; adjusted-HR 0.82). After adjustment, all CIs crossed 1.0.
CONCLUSION
Inappropriate DOAC-dosing was more prevalent in multimorbid patients, but did not correlate with higher risks of adverse events after adjusting for confounders. DOAC prescription should follow label.
Actions (login required)
 |
Edit item |