Rivaroxaban versus warfarin in Japanese patients with nonvalvular atrial
fibrillation in relation to the CHADS2 score: a subgroup analysis of the J-ROCKET
AF trial.
Author(s): Hori M(1), Matsumoto M(2), Tanahashi N(3), Momomura S(4), Uchiyama S(5), Goto
S(6), Izumi T(7), Koretsune Y(8), Kajikawa M(9), Kato M(9), Ueda H(9), Iekushi
K(10), Yamanaka S(9), Tajiri M(9); J-ROCKET AF Study Investigators.
Affiliation(s): Author information:
(1)Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan.
(2)Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University,
Hiroshima, Japan.
(3)Department of Neurology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center,
Saitama, Japan.
(4)Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical
University, Saitama, Japan.
(5)Department of Neurology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
(6)Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Tokai University School of Medicine, Tokyo,
Japan.
(7)Department of Cardioangiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara
City, Kanagawa, Japan.
(8)Institute for Clinical Research, Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
(9)Bayer Yakuhin Ltd, Osaka, Japan.
(10)Bayer Yakuhin Ltd, Osaka, Japan. Electronic address: hori-ma@mc.pref.osaka.jp.
Publication date & source: 2014, J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. , 23(2):379-83
BACKGROUND: Results from a trial of rivaroxaban versus warfarin in 1280 Japanese
patients with atrial fibrillation (J-ROCKET AF) revealed that rivaroxaban was
noninferior to warfarin with respect to the principal safety outcome. In this
subanalysis, we investigated the safety and efficacy of rivaroxaban and warfarin
in relation to patients' CHADS2 scores.
RESULTS: The mean CHADS2 score was 3.25, and the most frequent scores were 3 and
4. No statistically significant interactions were observed between principal
safety outcome event rates and CHADS2 scores with respect to treatment groups (P
value for interaction = .700). Irrespective of stratification into moderate- and
high-risk groups based on CHADS2 scores of 2 and 3 or more, respectively, no
differences in principal safety outcome event rates were observed between
rivaroxaban- and warfarin-treated patients (moderate-risk group: hazard ratio
[HR], 1.06; 95% confidence interval [CI], .58-1.95; high-risk group: HR, 1.11;
95% CI, .86-1.45; P value for interaction = .488). The primary efficacy end point
rate in the rivaroxaban-treated group was numerically lower than in the
warfarin-treated group, regardless of risk group stratification (moderate-risk
group: HR, .46; 95% CI, .09-2.37; high-risk group: HR, .49; 95% CI, .22-1.11; P
value for interaction = .935).
CONCLUSION: This subanalysis indicated that the safety and efficacy of
rivaroxaban compared with warfarin were similar, regardless of CHADS2 score.
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