Atrial fibrillation
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Adult Japanese males and females with atrial fibrillation, who will take warfarin 2) Patients who can understand the contents of this study and will voluntarily give written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with a history of hypersensitivity to warfarin 2) Pregnancy and lactation patients 3) Patients with severe renal failure (serum creatinine>=2.5 mg/dL, patients on hemodialysis) 4) Patients with cirrhosis 5) Patients with hypoproteinemia (serum albumin<=2.5 g/dL) 6) Patients who require special attention for dosage adjustment 7) Patients with bleeding and who are potentially bleeding 8) Patient who are incapable to understand the contents of this study and will not give informed consent 9) Patients who participate in other clinical studies 10) Patients judged by investigators as ineligible for study enrollment 11) Patients who require invasive treatment during this study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Efficacy i) Proportion of patients reaching therapeutic INR range (1.6 to 2.5) at week 2, 4 and 8 ii) Time to the therapeutic INR range 2) Safety i) Bleeding (hematoma, hemorrhage in CNS, GI, GU, pulmonary/upper respiratory, petechiae/purpura, other hemorrhage) ii) Thromboembolism (cerebral embolism, cardiac thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis) iii) INR>=4 iv) Discontinuation of warfarin due to inhibition of coagulation v) Use of Vitamin K medication | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Efficacy i) Total number of dose adjustments for reaching therapeutic INR range ii) Total number of INR measurements for reaching therapeutic INR range iii) Differences between initial and maintenance dosages | — |
Countries
Japan