Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Taking Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Oral Anticoagulants in the ARISTOTLE Trial

Circulation

Review of patients with incident NSAID use in the ARISTOTLE trial (n=2185) found that incident NSAID use was associated with an increased risk of major bleeding (HR 1.61, 95% CI 1.11-2.33) and relevant non-major bleeding (1.70, 1.16-2.48).

Decline in renal function and oral anticoagulation dose reduction among patients with atrial fibrillation

Heart

US-Registry shows among 4120 patients on DOACs, 154 (3.7%) patients had a CrCl decline sufficient to warrant FDA-recommended dose reductions and only 31 patients underwent dose reduction. Those without dose reduction experienced major bleeding 1.7% vs 0% at 1 year.

Apixaban and dalteparin in active malignancy‐associated venous thromboembolism: The ADAM VTE trial

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemastasis

RCT (n=300) found a lower rate of major bleeding and recurrent VTE with apixaban vs dalteparin (0% vs 1.4% and 0.7% vs 6.3%, p<0.05 for both). Rates of major bleeding or clinically relevant non-major bleeding were similar in the two groups (6%).

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