Explore the Efficacy and Safety of Once-daily Oral Rivaroxaban for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Subjects With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Scheduled for Cardioversion

NCT01674647 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1504

Last updated 2015-04-30

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Summary

A study for patients with abnormal heart rhythm (atrial fibrillation) who need to undergo cardioversion (procedure to restore normal heart rhythm). The study will compare patients assigned randomly (like flipping a coin) to either Rivaroxaban or vitamin K antagonist (VKA). The study will measure common medical outcomes for this type of patient such as bleeding and stroke.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Rivaroxaban (Xarelto, BAY59-7939)

Rivaroxaban 20 mg orally once daily; subjects with moderate renal impairment (ie, CrCl of 30 to 49 mL/min, inclusive) will receive the adjusted dose of 15 mg orally once daily in the study

DRUG

Vitamin K antagonist (VKA)

VKA orally once daily titrated to a target international normalized ratio (INR) of 2.5 (range 2.0-3.0, inclusive); the VKA type (eg, warfarin, acenocoumarol, phenprocoumon, fluindione, etc) will be assigned by the investigator according to local treatment standards

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC

    collaborator INDUSTRY
  • Bayer

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Bayer Study Director · Bayer

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2014-01-31
Completion
2014-01-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • China
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Portugal
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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