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Bleeding and thromboembolism due to drug-drug interactions with non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants—a Swedish, register-based cohort study in atrial fibrillation outpatients
- Source :
- European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2020.
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Abstract
- Purpose To study the association between interacting drugs and bleeding or thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation outpatients treated with non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs). Methods Population-based cohort study of outpatients treated with NOACs in Sweden from 2008 to 2017. Patients with atrial fibrillation and newly initiated NOAC treatment were identified in the Prescribed Drug Register. Comorbidities and outcome data were retrieved from the Patient Register and the Cause of Death Register. Cox-regression analyses were performed to evaluate the primary endpoints any severe bleed and ischemic stroke/transient ischemic attack/stroke unspecified during the first six months of treatment. Secondary endpoints were gastrointestinal bleeding, intracranial bleeding, ischemic stroke, and venous thromboembolism. Results Increased risk of any severe bleed was found when NOAC treatment, and drugs with pharmacodynamic effect on bleeding were combined, compared to NOAC only. An increased risk with these combinations was evident for apixaban (hazard ratio (HR) 1.47; 95% CI 1.33–1.63), rivaroxaban (HR 1.7; 95% CI 1.49–1.92), and dabigatran (HR 1.26; 95% CI 1.05–1.52). For apixaban, there was an increased risk of any severe bleed when combined with CYP3A4 and/or P-glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibitors (HR 1.23; 95% CI 1.01–1.5). The use of inducers of CYP3A4 and/or P-gp was low in this cohort, and effects on ischemic stroke/TIA/stroke unspecified could not be established. Conclusion Increased risk of bleeding was seen for pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic interactions with NOACs. Prescribers need to be vigilant of the effect of interacting drugs on the risk profile of patients treated with NOACs.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Gastrointestinal bleeding
medicine.drug_class
Pharmacoepidemiology and Prescription
Population
Administration, Oral
Hemorrhage
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Drug interactions
Dabigatran
Cohort Studies
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
Atrial Fibrillation
Outpatients
Medicine
Humans
Pharmacology (medical)
Pharmacokinetics
030212 general & internal medicine
Registries
education
Stroke
Aged
Ischemic Stroke
Retrospective Studies
Pharmacology
Aged, 80 and over
Sweden
Rivaroxaban
education.field_of_study
Hemostasis
business.industry
Anticoagulants
Atrial fibrillation
Thrombosis
General Medicine
Venous Thromboembolism
Vitamin K antagonist
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Apixaban
Female
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14321041 and 00316970
- Volume :
- 77
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f6ef854e7bfa92f62d1b02bc59bbe6fb