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Edoxaban Versus Edoxaban With antiPlatelet Agent In Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Chronic Stable Coronary Artery Disease

A Multi-centre, Open-labelled, Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Two Different Anticoagulation Strategies in High-risk Atrial Fibrillation and Stable Coronary Artery Disease

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03718559
Acronym
EPIC-CAD
Enrollment
1040
Registered
2018-10-24
Start date
2019-05-14
Completion date
2023-11-08
Last updated
2024-06-10

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Atrial Fibrillation, Coronary Artery Disease, Stable Angina, Stable Chronic Angina

Keywords

Edoxaban, antiplatelet, anticoagulant

Brief summary

This study evaluates the efficacy and safety of Edoxaban with the combination of edoxaban and antiplatelet in patients with stable CAD (coronary artery stenosis ≥50% on medical treatment or revascularized stable CAD \[≥ 12 months for acute coronary syndrome and ≥ 6 months after stable CAD\]) and high-risk atrial fibrillation (CHA2DS2-VASc score ≥2).

Interventions

Taking edoxaban (Lixiana™, Daiichi-Sankyo Inc.) 60mg once daily. The dose of edoxaban will be reduced to 30mg once daily in patients with estimated creatinine clearance 15≤CrCL≤50mL/min by Cockcroft-Gault equation or weight is ≤60kg.

DRUGEdoxaban plus Single Antiplatelet Agent

Type of antiplatelet agent is dependant upon the investigator's discretion, but aspirin 100mg once daily or clopidogrel 75mg once daily was recommended.

Sponsors

CardioVascular Research Foundation, Korea
CollaboratorOTHER
Gi-Byoung Nam
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. A subject was ≥ 18 years of age 2. Patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation with high embolic risk (CHA2DS2-VASc score ≥2) 3. Patients with Stable coronary artery disease * Anatomically confirmed coronary artery disease (with ≥50% stenosis of major epicardial coronary artery documented by cardiac catheterization or coronary computed tomographic angiography) on medical therapy alone. * Revascularized coronary artery disease (either Percutaneous Coronary Intervention or coronary bypass surgery) whom the last revascularization should be performed ≥12 months before study enrollment for the acute coronary syndrome and ≥6 months for stable angina pectoris.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with thrombocytopenia 2. High risk of bleeding which prohibits the anticoagulant use. (baseline comorbidities, hyper or hypercoagulable state, increased prothrombin time or activated partial thromboplastin time) 3. Prior history of intracranial haemorrhage 4. Mechanical prosthetic valve or moderate to severe mitral stenosis 5. The risk of bleeding increased due to the following reasons; * i. history of gastrointestinal ulcers within 1 month * ii. Malignant tumor with high risk of bleeding * iii. Brain or spinal cord injury within 1 month * iv. History of intracranial or intracerebral hemorrhage within 12 months * v. Esophageal varices * vi. Spinal cord vascular abnormalities or intracerebral vascular abnormalities * vii. Active bleeding * viii. Hemoglobin level \<7.0 g/dL or platelet count ≤ 50,000 / mm3 * ix. History of major surgery within 1 month 6. Uncontrolled severe hypertension 7. Hemodynamically Unstable or pulmonary embolism requiring thrombolysis or pulmonary embolectomy 8. History of hypersensitivity to Edoxaban, aspirin, or clopidogrel 9. Genetic problem with galactose intolerance, Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption 10. Planned Percutaneous Coronary Intervention or coronary bypass surgery was planned within 1 year after randomization 11. Liver cirrhosis or liver dysfunction (AST or ALT \> x3 of normal range or coagulation abnormality) 12. Estimated CrCl by Cockcroft-Gault equation\<15 mL/min 13. Life expectancy less than 12 months 14. The subject was unable to provide written informed consent or participate in long-term follow-up 15. Pregnant and/or lactating women 16. Patients who are actively participating in another drug or device investigational study, which have not completed the primary endpoint follow-up period

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Rate of net Clinical Outcome1 yearcomposites of death, stroke, systemic embolic event, myocardial infarction, unplanned revascularization of a major coronary artery, major bleeding, and clinically relevant non-major bleeding event

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Rate of cardiovascular death1 year
Rate of myocardial infarction1 year
Rate of ischemic stroke1 year
Rate of systemic embolism1 year
Rate of unplanned revascularization1 year
Rate of composite of hard outcomes1 yearall cause death, myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, and systemic embolism
Rate of all cause death1 year
Rate of composite of Major or clinically relevant non-major bleeding1 year1. Major bleeding * Fatal bleeding * Bleeding in the critical site (Intracranial, retroperitoneal, intraocular, intraspinal, intra-articular, pericardial, intramuscular with compartment syndrome) * Bleeding causing a fall in haemoglobin level of 2g/dL or leading to transfusion of two or more units of whole blood or red cells. 2. Clinically relevant non-major bleeding defined as any sign or symptom of haemorrhage that does not fit the criteria for The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) major bleeding but requiring medical intervention, leading to hospitalization, or prompting a medical evaluation. Specifically bleeding that meet one of following criteria. * bleeding that resulted in hospitalization * medical or surgical intervention for bleeding * an unscheduled clinic visit, or * a change in physician-directed antithrombotic therapy.
Rate of fatal bleeding1 yearInternational Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis(ISTH), The Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC)5
Rate of major bleeding1 yearISTH, BARC 3, The Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) major bleeding
Rate of minor bleeding1 yearISTH, BARC and TIMI criteria
Rate of intracranial hemorrhage1 year
Rate of gastrointestinal hemorrhage1 year
Rate of stent thrombosis1 year

Countries

South Korea

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Apr 21, 2026