Impact of Polypharmacy and P-Glycoprotein- and CYP3A4-Modulating Drugs on Safety and Efficacy of Oral Anticoagulation Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

PURPOSE: To study whether polypharmacy or drug-drug interactions have differential effect on safety and efficacy in patients treated with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) versus warfarin.

METHODS: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that randomized patients with atrial fibrillation to DOACs or warfarin stratified by the number of concomitant drugs. Outcomes included stroke or systemic embolism (SE), all-cause mortality, major bleeding, and intracranial hemorrhage. Risk ratios (RR) were calculated and Mantel-Haenszel random effects were applied.

RESULTS: Two high-quality studies were eligible, including 32,465 participants who received apixaban, rivaroxaban, or warfarin, with a median follow-up of 1.9 years. Of participants, 29% used < 5 drugs, 55% used 5-9 drugs, and 16% used ≥ 10 drugs. Drugs interacting with DOACs (P-glycoprotein/CYP3A4) were used by 6460 (20%) of patients. Patients with higher number of drugs (0-4 vs 5-9 vs ≥ 10) had higher rates of mortality (5.8%, 7.9%, 10.0%) and major bleeding (3.4%, 4.8%, 7.7%). Comparative efficacy or safety of DOACs versus warfarin was not affected by polypharmacy status or P-glycoprotein/CYP3A4 inhibitor use. However, the presence of polypharmacy (p = 0.001) or glycoprotein/CYP3A4-modulating drugs (p = 0.03) was correlated with increased risk of major bleeding when compared with warfarin. Overall, DOAC use was associated with a lower risk of stroke/SE (RR, 0.84; 95%CI, 0.74-0.94), all-cause mortality (RR, 0.91; 95%CI, 0.84-0.98), and intracranial hemorrhage (RR, 0.51; 95%CI, 0.38-0.70) compared with warfarin.

CONCLUSIONS: DOACs were more effective than warfarin, and at least as safe. Polypharmacy was associated with adverse outcomes and attenuated the advantage in risk of major bleeding among rivaroxaban users, particularly in the presence of P-glycoprotein/CYP3A4-modulating drugs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Cardiovascular drugs and therapy - 33(2019), 5 vom: 13. Okt., Seite 615-623

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Harskamp, Ralf E [VerfasserIn]
Teichert, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Lucassen, Wim A M [VerfasserIn]
van Weert, Henk C P M [VerfasserIn]
Lopes, Renato D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
Anticoagulants
Atrial fibrillation
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
DOAC
Drug-drug interactions
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Polypharmacy
Systematic Review
Warfarin

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 18.05.2020

Date Revised 18.05.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10557-019-06907-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM301287090