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				 ADVANCE 2, 2010 - apixaban  vs enoxaparin (europe regimen) 
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		See also:
		All atrial fibrillation clinical trials
				
			
		
			
			All clinical trials of antithrombotics 
			
		
		
			
			All clinical trials of warfarin low dose |  | Treatments
	
		| Studied treatment | warfarin low dose (1.25mg/d) 
 |  
		| Control treatment | warfarin standard dose( target INR 2.0-3.0) 
 |  Patients
		
			| Patients | Patients over 60 with non rheumatic atrial fibrillation |  
			| Inclusion criteria | Patients were considered for this
study if they were >60 years with chronic AF (documented by 2 electrocardiograms >2 weeks apart). |  
			| Exclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria comprised the following: (1) inability
to obtain informed consent; (2) uncontrolled systolic
hypertension (>180 mm Hg); (3) chronic renal
failure (serum creatinine >3 mg/dl); (4) chronic liver
failure (basal International Normalized Ratio [INR]
>1.5); (5) chronic alcoholism or a psychiatric disorder;
(6) major bleeding in the preceding 6 months; (7)heart failure (New York Heart Association classes III
to IV); (8) if the patient was receiving antiplatelet
therapy > or =1 week before; (9) life expectancy of |  | Baseline characteristics | 
						
							| age(mean) | 74.14 |  
							| male(%) | 45.04 |  
							| hypertension(%) | 60.03 |  
							| diabete mellitus(%) | 13.01 |  |  Method and design
	
		| Randomized effectives | 150 / 153 (studied vs. control) |  
			| Design | Parallel groups |  
			| Blinding | Open |  
			| Follow-up duration | 14.5 months |  
			| Lost to follow-up | 0.9% |  
			| Number of centre | nr but multicentric |  
			| Geographic area | Italy |  
			| Hypothesis | non inferiority |  
			| Primary endpoint | thromboembolic event,cerebral or fatal bleeding and vascular death |  
			| Remarks | Withdrawal from study treatment is reported here only unrelated to primary or secondary endpoints. |  
			| Withdrawals (T1/T0) | 16% / 15% |  
 
 Results
	
		
	
	
		
			Endpoint
		
	
	
		
		Studied treat.n/N
			
	
	
		
		Control treat.
 n/N
		
	
	
		
			Graph
		
	
	
		
			RR [95% CI]
 
				Cardiovascular death
				5 / 150 3 / 153
 classic
					
					
					
				
			
				
				
			
			
		
			
				
					1,70 [0,41;6,99]
 
				thrombo-embolic event (cerebral or systemic)
				5 / 150 0 / 153
 classic
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
		
			
				
					21,42 [0,39;1 176,44]
 
				TE event  or ischemic stroke or systemic embolism
				5 / 150 0 / 153
 classic
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
		
			
				
					21,42 [0,39;1 176,44]
 
				ischemic stroke 
				5 / 150 0 / 153
 classic
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
		
			
				
					21,42 [0,39;1 176,44]
 
				MI (fatal and non fatal)
				1 / 150 0 / 153
 classic
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
		
			
				
					5,10 [0,07;371,47]
 
				Haemmorhagic stroke
				0 / 150 1 / 153
 classic
					
					
					
				
			
				
				
			
			
		
			
				
					0,20 [0,00;14,86]
 
				Major bleeding
				1 / 150 4 / 153
 classic
					
					
					
				
			
				
				
			
			
		
			
				
					0,26 [0,03;2,26]
				
			
	
	
		
		
		
		
		
			
				0
			
		
		
		
		
		
				2
		
		
		
		
		
			1.0
 
		
		
				
					| Relative risks |  
			| Endpoint | Events (%) | Relative Risk | 95% CI | Endpoint definition in the trial
 | Ref |  
			| Studied treat. | Control treat. |  
						| Cardiovascular death | 5 / 150 (3,3%) | 3 / 153 (2,0%) | 1,70 | [0,41;6,99] | death in which a non vacsular cause was not clearly documented |  |  
						| thrombo-embolic event (cerebral or systemic) | 5 / 150 (3,3%) | 0 / 153 (0,3%) | 10,20 | [0,56;185,08] |  |  |  
						| TE event  or ischemic stroke or systemic embolism | 5 / 150 (3,3%) | 0 / 153 (0,3%) | 10,20 | [0,56;185,08] | thrombo-embolic event, ischemic stroke or systemic embolism |  |  
						| ischemic stroke | 5 / 150 (3,3%) | 0 / 153 (0,3%) | 10,20 | [0,56;185,08] | sudden neurologic deficit lasting more than 24 hours in the absence of cerebral hemorrhage at neuroimaging |  |  
						| MI (fatal and non fatal) | 1 / 150 (0,7%) | 0 / 153 (0,3%) | 2,04 | [0,07;60,36] | typical chest pain,ECG changes,significant increase in cardiac enzymes |  |  
						| Haemmorhagic stroke | 0 / 150 (0,3%) | 1 / 153 (0,7%) | 0,51 | [0,02;15,09] | documented at neuroimaging |  |  
						| Major bleeding | 1 / 150 (0,7%) | 4 / 153 (2,6%) | 0,26 | [0,03;2,26] | fatal ;intracranial ,ocular,articular or retroperitoneal; requiring surgery or angiographic intervention;  Hb reduction of 2 g/dL and/or need for transfusion of 2 blood units |  |  
			| The primary endpoint (if exists) appears in blod characters |  
			| Reference(s) used for data extraction: |  
			
			| Endpoint | studied treat. | control treat. | mean diff |  
	
	
				
					| Absolute risk reduction |  
		| Endpoint | Events rate | Absolute risk reduction (ARR)
 |  
		| Studied treat. | Control treat. |  
				| Cardiovascular death | 3,33% | 1,96% | 1,4% |  
				| Major bleeding | 6,67‰ | 2,61% | -19,5‰ |  Meta-analysis of all similar trials: 
				
					antithrombotics in atrial fibrillation for primary prevention of thromboembolic events
				
			 
 
 
		 Reference(s)
			
				
			    Pengo V, Zasso A, Barbero F, Banzato A, Nante G, Parissenti L, John N, Noventa F, Dalla Volta S. 
			    Effectiveness of fixed minidose warfarin in the prevention of thromboembolism and vascular death in nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation..
			    Am J Cardiol 1998 Aug 15;82:433-7
			    
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