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Early Rivaroxaban for Acute Ischemic Stroke or TIA Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Early Rivaroxaban for Acute Ischemic Stroke or TIA Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: a Prospective, Multicenter, Cohort Study

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03749057
Acronym
ERSAF
Enrollment
400
Registered
2018-11-21
Start date
2018-11-20
Completion date
2025-03-30
Last updated
2025-08-21

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

Conditions

Cerebral Infarction, TIA

Keywords

rivaroxaban

Brief summary

Anticoagulant treatment for non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) associated with cerebral infarction/ TIA is one of the recognized treatment of stroke prevention. The ACC/AHA and national guidelines for the management of anticoagulation recommend that most of AF patients with cerebral infarction or TIA should be administrated anticoagulant therapy within 14 days of symptom onset, while European guidelines recommend that the timing of the initiation of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) for AF patients with cerebral infarction or TIA is association with stroke severity in light of the 1-3-6-12 principle. However, there are still many problems about the use of NOACs in ischemic stroke with AF. for example, it is unclear what time to begin NOACs as to difference in stroke severity, ages, comorbidity with hypertension, diabetes, heart failure, liver and kidney dysfunction and bleeding risks. Thus, the timing of the initiation of NOACs is yet to be further studied. Current urgent need is to develop a guideline-based specific regimen in which the benefit-risk factors are further balanced with a combination of NHISS, CHA2DS2-VASC and HAS-BLED score. Rivaroxaban, a direct coagulation factor Ⅹa inhibitor, blocks the formation of the clot. ROCKET-AF study has shown that the efficacy of rivaroxaban is not inferior to that of warfarin in AF patients on stroke prevention, and rivaroxaban has a significantly decreased bleeding risk compared with warfarin. Recent study indicates that early administration with rivaroxaban for AF patients within 14 days of onset does not significantly increase hemorrhagic transformation. However, the relevant clinical data of the efficacy and safety of early initiation of rivaroxaban in AF patients with cerebral infarction or TIA are lacking in China. Therefore, the investigators conduct a multicenter cohort study to investigate the safety of early rivaroxaban in the AF patient with cerebral infarction or TIA within 12 days of onset.

Interventions

DRUGRivaroxaban

Rivaroxaban 15-20 mg daily

Sponsors

General Hospital of Shenyang Military Region
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

1. Over 18 years 2. Acute cerebral infarction caused by non-valvular atrial fibrillation 3. NIHSS score ≤ 15 4. Within 12 days of onset 5. first stroke onset or past stroke without obvious neurological deficit (mRS score≤1) 6. Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. Hemorrhagic stroke or mixed stroke 2. Patients with valvular atrial fibrillation or non-cardiogenic cerebral infarction 3. Patients with severe infection or serious diseases 4. Gastrointestinal bleeding or major operation within 3 months 5. Planed cerebrovascular reconstruction or cardiac surgery within 3 months 6. Planed major surgery within 3 months 7. Participating in other clinical trials within 3 months 8. Unsuitable for this trial assessed by research

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
incidence of intracranial hemorrhage7 days

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
incidence of early neurological deterioration7 days2 or more increase in NIHSS
recurrence of stroke or other vascular events90 days
bleeding event90 daysAny bleeding event except intracranial hemorrhage
Serious adverse events90 days

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026