Multinational, investigator-initiated study of oral anticoagulation versus no anticoagulation for the prevention of stroke and other adverse cardiovascular events in patients with transient atrial fibrillation occurring transiently with stress and additional stroke risk factors.
ASPIRE-AF is a prospective, randomized, open-label trial of non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) versus no oral anticoagulation in patients with transient atrial fibrillation and additional stroke factors occurring transiently with stress. The primary objective is to assess the effects of NOACs versus no anticoagulation on the co-primary composite outcomes of 1. non-hemorrhagic stroke and systemic embolism, and 2. vascular mortality, and non-fatal non-hemorrhagic stroke, myocardial infarction, peripheral arterial thrombosis, amputation, and symptomatic venous thromboembolism over the duration of follow-up.
Participants randomized to the intervention arm will be prescribed one of the following NOACs for the duration of follow-up: edoxaban 60 mg daily (dose reduction to 30 mg, if applicable), apixaban 5 mg twice daily (dose reduction to 2.5 mg, if applicable), dabigatran 110 mg twice daily, or rivaroxaban 20 mg daily (dose reduction to 15 mg, if applicable). The choice of NOAC will be left up to the participant's prescribing physician.
Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alberto Caccavo, MD
Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Mariela Rasmussen, MD
Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Alejandro Meirino, MD
San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province, Argentina
Maria Cecilia Moris, MD
Chivilcoy, Argentina
Pablo Fernandez, MD
San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Guillermo Isa Messa, MD
Santa Fe, Argentina
Carlos Dumont, MD