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Registration number
NCT03968393
Ethics application status
Date submitted
22/03/2019
Date registered
30/05/2019
Date last updated
21/03/2024

Titles & IDs
Public title
Anticoagulation for Stroke Prevention In Patients With Recent Episodes of Perioperative AF After Noncardiac Surgery
Scientific title
Anticoagulation for Stroke Prevention In Patients With Recent Episodes of Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation After Noncardiac Surgery - The ASPIRE-AF Trial
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2019-001336-62
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
2019-ASPIREAF
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
ASPIRE-AF
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Stroke 0 0
Atrial Fibrillation 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Stroke 0 0 0 0
Haemorrhagic
Stroke 0 0 0 0
Ischaemic
Cardiovascular 0 0 0 0
Other cardiovascular diseases

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant (NOAC)

Experimental: Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant (NOAC) - Participants randomized to the intervention arm will be prescribed one of the following NOACs for 24 months, unless they are undergoing a procedure with an increased risk of bleeding, have an adverse event or low calculated creatinine clearance, or decide to discontinue their use.

No Intervention: No anticoagulation - Participants randomized to the control arm will not be prescribed an oral anticoagulant unless they develop a clear indication for one during follow-up (e.g., recurrent nonoperative AF). They can be newly prescribed or continue taking low dose aspirin or another single antiplatelet agent as per the protocol. This will be decided by the participant's physician.


Treatment: Drugs: Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant (NOAC)
Participants randomized to the intervention arm will be prescribed one of the following NOACs for 24 months: 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.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Incidence of Non-hemorrhagic stroke or systemic embolism
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Up to 24 months, until final follow-up
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
Incidence of vascular mortality, and non-fatal non-hemorrhagic stroke, myocardial infarction, peripheral arterial thrombosis, amputation, and symptomatic venous thromboembolism
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Up to 24 months, until final follow-up
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Incidence of vascular mortality
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Up to 24 months, until final follow-up
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Incidence of non-fatal, non-hemorrhagic stroke
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Up to 24 months, until final follow-up
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Incidence of Myocardial infarction
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Up to 24 months, until final follow-up
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Incidence of peripheral arterial thrombosis
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Up to 24 months, until final follow-up
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Incidence of amputation
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Up to 24 months, until final follow-up
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Incidence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Up to 24 months, until final follow-up
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Incidence of all-cause stroke
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Up to 24 months, until final follow-up
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Incidence of all-cause mortality
Timepoint [8] 0 0
Up to 24 months, until final follow-up

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
1. noncardiac surgery with at least an overnight hospital admission after surgery in the
last 35 days;

2. =1 episode of clinically important perioperative AF during or after their surgery;

3. sinus rhythm at the time of randomization; AND

4. any of the following high-risk criteria:

1. age 55-74 years, and having either known cardiovascular disease, recent major
vascular surgery, or a CHA2DS2VASc score =3;OR

2. age =75 years.
Minimum age
55 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
1. history of documented AF prior to noncardiac surgery;

2. need for long-term systemic anticoagulation;

3. ongoing need for long-term dual antiplatelet treatment;

4. contraindication to oral anticoagulation;

5. severe renal insufficiency (eGFR <30 ml/min);

6. acute stroke in the past 3 months;

7. underwent cardiac surgery in the past 3 months;

8. history of nontraumatic intracranial, intraocular, or spinal bleeding;

9. hemorrhagic disorder or bleeding diathesis;

10. expected to be non-compliant with follow-up and/or study medications;

11. known life expectancy less than 1 year due to concomitant disease;

12. women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or of childbearing potential who are not taking
effective contraception; OR

13. previously enrolled in the trial

Study design
Purpose of the study
Prevention
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?


The people assessing the outcomes
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 4
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Recruiting
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
14/06/2019
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
1/12/2026
Actual
Sample size
Target
2800
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
ACT,NSW,QLD,SA,VIC,WA
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Canberra Hospital - Garran
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Bankstown Hospital - Bankstown
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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - Camperdown
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Concord Repatriation General Hospital - Concord
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Liverpool Hospital - Liverpool
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John Hunter Hospital - Newcastle
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Westmead Hospital - Westmead
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Wollongong Hospital - Wollongong
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Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service - Birtinya
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Wesley & Greenscopes Private Hospitals - Brisbane
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Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital - Herston
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Redcliffe Hospital - Redcliffe
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Royal Adelaide Hospital - Adelaide
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Northeast Health Wangaratta - Wangaratta
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Royal Perth Hospital - Perth
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2605 - Garran
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2200 - Bankstown
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2050 - Camperdown
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2139 - Concord
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2170 - Liverpool
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2305 - Newcastle
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2145 - Westmead
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2500 - Wollongong
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4575 - Birtinya
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4064 - Brisbane
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4029 - Herston
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4020 - Redcliffe
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5000 - Adelaide
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3677 - Wangaratta
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6000 - Perth
Recruitment outside Australia
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Argentina
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Buenos Aires
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Santa Fe
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Population Health Research Institute
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Other
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Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Multinational, investigator-initiated study of oral anticoagulation versus no anticoagulation
for the prevention of stroke and other adverse cardiovascular events in patients with
transient perioperative atrial fibrillation after noncardiac surgery and additional stroke
risk factors.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03968393
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
David Conen, MD, MPH
Address 0 0
Population Health Research Institute
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Cassie McDonald
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
1-905-594-0560
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
aspireaf@phri.ca
Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03968393