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New warfarin competitors
For six decades, warfarin cemented its reputation as the world's most effective anticoagulant--and the most troublesome to dose appropriately. In recent years, a host of new agents have been vying to be the long-sought-after alternative to warfarin by posing fewer risks and doing away with the need for regular INR monitoring.
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Arrhythmia/EP
3 COMMENTS - Oct 18, 2012 17:00 EDT
The benefits of the new wave of anticoagulants for atrial-fibrillation patients are supported by a major meta-analysis of studies comparing the new drugs with warfarin.
Thrombosis
Jun 21, 2012 15:00 EDT
New laboratory data using human blood shed more light on the use of coagulation factors to reverse bleeding with newer anticoagulants; an online AHA presentation of the results yesterday led to much discussion on this issue among cardiologists and hematologists.
Medscape Medical News
Jun 7, 2012 10:45 EDT
Boehringer Ingelheim announced the label will now reflect the 150-mg twice-daily dose was "superior" to warfarin to prevent ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
Thrombosis
Apr 19, 2012 13:45 EDT
The trial is said to confirm the benefits shown in the RECORD phase 3 trial program.
Thrombosis
Apr 2, 2012 11:45 EDT
Two separate experiences with dabigatran from different US centers showing very different results, and new cost-effectiveness analyses with the new drugs were reported in a poster session at last week's ACC meeting.
Arrhythmia/EP
Apr 2, 2012 09:30 EDT
In its final draft guidance, the UK National Institute for Clinical Excellence has recommended rivaroxaban as an option for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in people with atrial fibrillation.
Thrombosis
Mar 1, 2012 10:00 EST
UPDATED // The FDA has granted priority review to rivaroxaban for the additional indication of ACS, meaning a decision will be made within six months of the filing of this application rather than 10. The agency has also extended the review time for apixaban for prevention of stroke in atrial fibrillation by three months, because of additional clinical information submitted by the manufacturers.
Medscape Medical News
Feb 23, 2012 10:15 EST
A new subanalysis identifies risk factors for bleeding in ROCKET-AF and finds treatment with warfarin vs rivaroxaban was one of these.
Medscape Medical News
Feb 9, 2012 11:15 EST
Substudies of the ARISTOTLE and AVERROES trials find apixaban is safe and effective for patients with previous events vs warfarin and aspirin respectively.
The Cardiology Show
3 COMMENTS - Nov 16, 2011 14:30 EST
Dr Valentin Fuster sits down with Drs William Boden, John Chapman, Keith Fox, Anne Gillis, Jessica Mega, and Clyde Yancy to tackle the brave new world of antithrombotics and to ask whether academics have left the real world, and their patients, behind.
Arrhythmia/EP
4 COMMENTS - Oct 21, 2011 11:15 EDT
The US consumer group says there are several areas of uncertainty in the ROCKET-AF trial that raise questions as to whether rivaroxaban is as safe and effective as warfarin and asserts that the new indication should not be approved until further studies have been conducted to address these issues.
Editorial series
2 COMMENTS - Sep 15, 2011 10:47 EDT
Join Drs Samuel Goldhaber, Jean-Pierre Bassand, Stavros Konstantinides, and Alexander GG Turpie as they guide the clinical practitioner through the landscape of novel anticoagulants in AF.
Editorial series
Sep 7, 2011 12:22 EDT
View our slideshow for a summary of top trials and presentations from The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2011 Congress.
Arrhythmia/EP
1 COMMENT - Sep 7, 2011 11:30 EDT
UPDATED WITH COMMENTARY // In the FDA briefing documents for the committee, which were posted online Tuesday, the clinical review recommends that a complete response letter be issued and that the drug's sponsor conduct additional studies before the FDA approves the latest anticoagulant on the scene for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation.
The Cardiology Show
4 COMMENTS - Aug 31, 2011 09:54 EDT
Share the excitement from the blockbuster ESC 2011 Congress with Drs Valentin Fuster, Mariell Jessup, Adnan Kastrati, Magnus Ohman, Terje Pedersen, Silvia Priori, and Bryan Williams.
Arrhythmia/EP
1 COMMENT - Aug 10, 2011 17:00 EDT
With ROCKET-AF meeting its primary end point and now being published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the next step for the new oral anticoagulant will be the FDA advisory panel review in September.
Acute Coronary Syndromes
1 COMMENT - Jul 24, 2011 19:00 EDT
One investigator says the idea of adding anticoagulants to antiplatelet therapy following acute coronary syndrome is likely "just not a good idea in your run-of-the-mill post-ACS patients."
Arrhythmia/EP
Jul 8, 2011 16:45 EDT
CORRECTED // When the ESC was planning new guidelines on the treatment of atrial fibrillation, the task force expected to be able to include information on trials of many new anticoagulants that were about to come on the market. But only a few of these expected trials were complete when guidelines were published in September 2010, so the ESC is considering another update.
Thrombosis
2 COMMENTS - Jul 1, 2011 18:00 EDT
Approval of the once-daily oral factor Xa inhibitor, based on the RECORD trials, has been long awaited.
Medscape Medical News
6 COMMENTS - May 31, 2011 15:00 EDT
Researchers say new bleeding-risk data from the RE-LY trial suggest that the 110-mg dose may be best for patients older than 75 years and provide a rationale for the FDA to revisit this issue.
Thrombosis
1 COMMENT - Mar 18, 2011 12:30 EDT
A new factor Xa inhibitor, apixaban, has cleared the penultimate hurdle on the road to EU approval for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing elective hip- or knee-replacement surgery.
Features
22 COMMENTS - Dec 14, 2010 16:30 EST
It seems likely that there will be two new oral anticoagulants available in the not-too-distant future that can be used as an alternative to warfarin in the prevention of stroke in AF patients. But how do the two new agents compare with each other, and what about other possible indications and the host of other similar agents in development?
Thrombosis
Dec 10, 2010 15:00 EST
CORRECTED // The investigational factor Xa inhibitor edoxaban will not be developed for the prevention of VTE in the US and EU; rather, the company is concentrating its efforts on AF and treatment of VTE. For these indications, edoxaban will be racing another factor Xa inhibitor, apixaban, to market.
Thrombosis
Dec 7, 2010 09:30 EST
The absolute reduction in VTE risk was 0.76%, meaning that for every 125 patients treated with apixaban instead of enoxaparin, clinicians would prevent one episode of major VTE, report investigators.
Acute Coronary Syndromes
5 COMMENTS - Nov 19, 2010 11:50 EST
In a week when new factor-Xa inhibitors have dominated the news, the announcement that yet another agent in this class has run into trouble will raise questions about ACS trials for its competitors.

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