Left Ventricular Dysfunction Among Patients With Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source and the Effect of Rivaroxaban vs Aspirin : A Subgroup Analysis of the NAVIGATE ESUS Randomized Clinical Trial

Importance: It is uncertain whether anticoagulation is superior to aspirin at reducing recurrent stroke in patients with recent embolic strokes of undetermined source (ESUS) and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction.

Objective: To determine whether anticoagulation is superior to aspirin in reducing recurrent stroke in patients with ESUS and LV dysfunction.

Design, Setting, and Participants: Post hoc exploratory analysis of data from the New Approach Rivaroxaban Inhibition of Factor Xa in a Global Trial vs Aspirin to Prevent Embolism in ESUS (NAVIGATE ESUS) trial, a randomized, phase 3 clinical trial with enrollment from December 2014 to September 2017. The study setting included 459 stroke recruitment centers in 31 countries. Patients 50 years or older who had neuroimaging-confirmed ESUS between 7 days and 6 months before screening were eligible. Of the 7213 NAVIGATE ESUS participants, 7107 (98.5%) had a documented assessment of LV function at study entry and were included in the present analysis. Data were analyzed in January 2021.

Interventions: Participants were randomized to receive either 15 mg of rivaroxaban or 100 mg of aspirin once daily.

Main Outcomes and Measures: The study examined whether rivaroxaban was superior to aspirin at reducing the risk of (1) the trial primary outcome of recurrent stroke or systemic embolism and (2) the trial secondary outcome of recurrent stroke, systemic embolism, myocardial infarction, or cardiovascular mortality during a median follow-up of 10.4 months. LV dysfunction was identified locally through echocardiography and defined as moderate to severe global impairment in LV contractility and/or a regional wall motion abnormality. A Cox proportional hazards model was used to assess for treatment interaction and to estimate the hazard ratios for those randomized to rivaroxaban vs aspirin by LV dysfunction status.

Results: LV dysfunction was present in 502 participants (7.1%). Of participants with LV dysfunction, the mean (SD) age was 67 (10) years, and 130 (26%) were women. Among participants with LV dysfunction, annualized primary event rates were 2.4% (95% CI, 1.1-5.4) in those assigned to rivaroxaban vs 6.5% (95% CI, 4.0-11.0) in those assigned aspirin. Among the 6605 participants without LV dysfunction, rates were similar between those assigned to rivaroxaban (5.3%; 95% CI, 4.5-6.2) vs aspirin (4.5%; 95% CI, 3.8-5.3). Participants with LV dysfunction assigned to rivaroxaban vs aspirin had a lower risk of the primary outcome (hazard ratio, 0.36; 95% CI, 0.14-0.93), unlike those without LV dysfunction (hazard ratio, 1.16; 95% CI, 0.93-1.46) (P for treatment interaction = .03). Results were similar for the secondary outcome.

Conclusions and Relevance: In this post hoc exploratory analysis, rivaroxaban was superior to aspirin in reducing the risk of recurrent stroke or systemic embolism among NAVIGATE ESUS participants with LV dysfunction.

Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02313909.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:78

Enthalten in:

JAMA neurology - 78(2021), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 1454-1460

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Merkler, Alexander E [VerfasserIn]
Pearce, Lesly A [VerfasserIn]
Kasner, Scott E [VerfasserIn]
Shoamanesh, Ashkan [VerfasserIn]
Birnbaum, Lee A [VerfasserIn]
Kamel, Hooman [VerfasserIn]
Sheth, Kevin N [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Richa [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9NDF7JZ4M3
Aspirin
Clinical Trial, Phase III
Factor Xa Inhibitors
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
R16CO5Y76E
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Rivaroxaban

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.01.2022

Date Revised 26.10.2022

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02313909

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.3828

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM332344436