About this trial
A study to evaluate the effect of abelacimab relative to placebo on the rate of ischemic stroke or systemic embolism (SE) in patients with Atrial Fibrillation (AF) who have been deemed by their responsible physicians or by their own decision to be unsuitable for oral anticoagulation therapy.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patient is able to understand and has provided written informed consent to participate in the trial
Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutter (documented on an electrocardiogram (ECG) or monitor recording)
Age 65-74 and a CHA2DS2VASc ≥4 OR age ≥75 and a CHA2DS2VASc ≥3
Patient is judged by the responsible physician to be unsuitable for oral anticoagulation because the risks outweigh the benefits or the patient is unwilling to take oral anticoagulation AND this determination was made prior to and independent of the study
Disqualifiers
AF due to an ongoing acute reversible cause (e.g., cardiac surgery, pulmonary embolism (PE), untreated hyperthyroidism, alcohol use)
Patients who within 60 days prior to randomization (1) received a vitamin K antagonists (VKA) (e.g., warfarin, phenprocoumon, acenocoumarol) or a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) such as, dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban, or edoxaban or (2) were newly diagnosed with AF
Patients with an intracranial or intraocular bleed within the 3 months prior to screening or any history of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage at any time in the absence of antithrombotic treatment
Any stroke within 14 days before randomization or transient ischemic attack (TIA) within 3 days before randomization
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Abelacimab
Biological/VaccineAbelacimab provided as liquid in vial (150 mg/mL)
Placebo
DrugDosage Formulation: Liquid (in vial) Dose Strength: Placebo to Abelacimab
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Efficacy: Time to first event of ischemic stroke or systemic embolism (SE)
Safety: Time to first occurrence of Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) type 3c/5 bleeding
Secondary outcomes
Efficacy: Time to first event of ischemic stroke, systemic embolism (SE), myocardial infarctions (MI), venous thromboembolism (VTE), or acute limb ischemia
Abelacimab versus placebo with regard to the composite of ischemic stroke, SE, MI, VTE, or acute limb ischemia
Efficacy: Time to first event of ischemic stroke, systemic embolism (SE), or Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) type 3c/5 bleeding event
Efficacy: Cardiovascular (CV) mortality
Efficacy: All-cause mortality
Sponsors and contacts
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Anthos Therapeutics, Inc.
Lead sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Collaborator