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CompletedNCT03273322ADRIFTUpdated Dec 21, 2021

Assessment of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Versus Rivaroxaban In Atrial Fibrillation Patients Treated With Left Atrial Appendage Closure

A Phase 2/3 interventional study of Rivaroxaban 10 mg qd and Rivaroxaban 15 mg qd in Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Appendage and Hemorrhage, sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-12-21.

Sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Phase 2/3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2/3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
105
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Evaluation of 2 doses of rivaroxaban (10 and 15 mg) compared to dual anti platelet therapy (aspirin+clopidogrel) after left atrial appendage closure. The patients will be assessed at 10 and 90 days: central laboratory hemostasis analysis and clinical events assessment.

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Data on antithrombotic therapy after Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) are scarce and no randomized evaluation has been performed to demonstrate what is the best antithrombotic strategy following LAAC. LAAC is classically associated with a 6-week period of anticoagulation with warfarin + aspirin followed by once daily clopidogrel (75 mg) + aspirin (81-325 mg) until the 6 months visit, then aspirin alone is continued indefinitely, as tested in patients without contraindication for anticoagulation in the pivotal Watchman trials. LAAC is mostly used in Europe as an alternative to warfarin anticoagulation when patients have a contraindication to or are unsuitable for warfarin anticoagulation. The classic regimen is not applicable and believed to be too risky in such frail patients. These patients usually receive a regimen of daily clopidogrel + aspirin followed by single antiplatelet therapy (most frequently used treatment). Some patients receive oral anticoagulation without aspirin, including NOAC anticoagulation. Rivaroxaban is a tempting strategy for anticoagulation following LAAC in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. The dose needs first to be carefully evaluated the trial propose a dose ranging study in patients who have undergone successful LAAC.

The study will evaluate two different Rivaroxaban regimen (10 or 15 mg a day) in comparison to dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) (aspirin+clopidogrel : control arm representing standard of care) after successful LAAC. The aim is to investigate whether rivaroxaban could provide correct anticoagulation levels and adequately suppress coagulation activation after LAAC.

The patient will be enrolled after left atrial appendage closure before discharge. The randomization is 1/1/1 between the 3 groups : rivaroxaban 10mg a day, rivaroxaban 15 mg a day and aspirin 75mg + clopidogrel 75 mg a day. At 10 and 90 days, the patients will be sampled for biological assessment : Prothrombin fragments 1+2, Factor Xa inhibitory activity, Russel Viper venom enzyme assay, thrombin anti-thrombin (TAT) complex, D-Dimers, Prothrombin time (Neoplastin) and plasma von Willebrand factor (vWf) Ag level

After 90 days, the patient will end his/her participation in the trial. Clinical endpoints (death, MI, Stroke, TIA, systemic embolism, extracranial major bleeding or clinically relevant non major bleeding) at 90 days will be assessed by a clinical endpoint committee. Central echographic laboratory will review all 90 days transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) to detect the presence of thrombus or peri-device leak.

The study is open-label. Central laboratory, clinical endpoint committee and echographic core laboratory is blinded to randomization arm.

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Conditions studied

  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Atrial Appendage
  • Hemorrhage

Keywords

  • Left atrial appendage closure
  • Rivaroxaban
  • Dual antiplatelet therapy
  • Anticoagulation
  • Stroke prevention
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In context

Atrial Fibrillation

4,009 studies on the registry are indexed under Atrial Fibrillation; 961 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 105 is below the median of 150 across 2,476 interventional studies indexed under Atrial Fibrillation.

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Lead sponsor

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris is the lead sponsor of 3,592 studies on the registry; 1,033 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Men and women ≥18 years of age
  • Patients who underwent a clinically successful LAAC procedure (device implanted without procedural or bleeding complication). LAAC may have been indicated for patients or unsuitable for long-term Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) anticoagulation.
  • AF (permanent or persistent or paroxysmal) patients irrespective of prior antithrombotic treatment are eligible for randomization.
  • Written by the patient or designee if the patient is unable to consent
  • Patients affiliated to the French social security system

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • \<30 mL / min (Cockcroft formula).
  • Dialysis.
  • Mechanical heart valves or valvular disease requiring surgery or interventional procedure
  • Planned Ablation of AF during follow up period
  • Mandatory indication for dual antiplatelet therapy (e.g. recent stent) or single anti- treatment (SAPT) (e.g. high coronary risk).
  • Any or known allergy to aspirin or clopidogrel or rivaroxaban.
  • Any mandatory indication for anticoagulation for a reason other than AF (e.g. Pulmonary embolism)
  • Ongoing major bleeding or complicated or recent (\<72hours) major surgery
  • Known large oesophageal varices or decompensated liver disease (unless a documented positive opinion of a gastro-enterologist)
  • Severe thrombocytopenia (\<50,000/ml) after referral to haematologist to confirm or not contraindication
  • Recent myocardial infarction (\<6 weeks).
  • Recent cerebro-vascular event (CVE) or (\<6 weeks) after evaluation of stroke vs bleeding risk by the referring neurologist.
  • Recent Intracranial bleeding (\< 6 months): these patients will be evaluated by a neurologist as these patients may be considered at higher stroke risk. Neurologist may consider that the LAAC procedure with a short (90 days) period of anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy as tested in the protocol is a preferable option (in that case intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) will not be considered as a contraindication).
  • Prasugrel or ticagrelor concomitant use
  • Participating in an drug or another device trial within the previous 30 days.
  • High likelihood of being unavailable for follow-up or psycho-social condition making study participation impractical.
  • Woman with child bearing potential who do not use an efficient method of .
  • positive serum or urine pregnancy test for woman with child bearing potential
  • Pregnancy or within 48 hours post-partum or breast feeding women
  • Patient under legal protection
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(7)

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Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

TIA (transient ischaemic attack)

A “mini-stroke”: temporary stroke-like symptoms caused by reduced blood flow to part of the brain, spinal cord or eye, without signs of a new stroke on a scan.

Stroke symptoms need emergency care at once, even if they go away.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2 / Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
105 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    1: Rivaroxaban 10 mg qd

    Rivaroxaban 10 mg, 1 tablet a day, from randomization to Day 90 should be taken between 8 and 10 AM

    Drug: Rivaroxaban 10 mg qd

  • Experimental
    2: Rivaroxaban 15 mg qd

    Rivaroxaban 15 mg, 1 tablet a day, from randomization to Day 90 should be taken between 8 and 10 AM

    Drug: Rivaroxaban 15 mg qd

  • Active comparator
    3: DAPT

    Aspirin 75 mg, 1 a day Clopidogrel 75 mg, 1 tablet a day from randomization to Day 90 should be taken between 8 and 10 AM

    Drug: DAPT

Interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Measure of prothrombin fragment 1 + 2

    Measure of prothrombin fragment 1 + 2 at Day 10 (2 to 4 hours after last intake : concentration peak)

    Time frame: at Day 10

Secondary outcomes

  1. Measure of prothrombin fragment 1 + 2

    Measure of prothrombin fragment 1 + 2 at Day 90 (2 to 4 hours after last intake : concentration peak)

    Time frame: at Day 90

  2. Factor Xa inhibitory activity at day 10

    Factor Xa inhibitory activity

    Time frame: at Day 10

  3. Factor Xa inhibitory activity at day 90

    Factor Xa inhibitory activity

    Time frame: at Day 90

  4. Russel Viper venom enzyme assay

    Russel Viper venom enzyme assay

    Time frame: at Day 90

  5. TAT complex

    TAT complex

    Time frame: at Day 10

  6. TAT complex

    TAT complex

    Time frame: at Day 90

  7. D-Dimers

    D-Dimersand at peak, 2 to 4 hours after treatment intake

    Time frame: at Day 10

  8. D-Dimers

    D-Dimersand at peak, 2 to 4 hours after treatment intake

    Time frame: at Day 90

  9. Prothrombin time (Neoplastin)

    Prothrombin time (Neoplastin)

    Time frame: at Day 10

  10. Prothrombin time (Neoplastin)

    Prothrombin time (Neoplastin)

    Time frame: at Day 90

  11. Plasma vWf Ag level

    plasma vWf Ag level treatment intake

    Time frame: at Day 10

  12. Plasma vWf Ag level

    plasma vWf Ag level treatment intake

    Time frame: at Day 90

  13. Haemorrhagic stroke and bleeding will be safety outcomes TEE with central core lab reading: presence of thrombus, peri-device leak

    Haemorrhagic stroke and bleeding will be safety outcomes 3-month TEE with central core lab reading: presence of thrombus, peri-device leak

    Time frame: at Day 90

  14. Composite clinical endpoint combining all clinical outcomes

    Composite clinical endpoint combining all clinical outcomes : Death, MI, stroke, TIA,

    Time frame: at Day 90

  15. Death (any cause)

    Death (any cause) assessed individually and combined at other outcomes

    Time frame: at Day 90

  16. Myocardial infarction (MI)

    Myocardial infarction (MI) assessed individually and combined at other outcomes

    Time frame: at Day 90

  17. Stroke (ischaemic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke)

    Stroke (ischaemic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke) assessed individually and combined at other outcomes

    Time frame: at Day 90

  18. Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

    Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) assessed individually and combined at other outcomes

    Time frame: at Day 90

  19. Systemic embolism

    Systemic embolism assessed individually and combined at other outcomes

    Time frame: at Day 90

  20. Extracranial major bleeding or clinically relevant non major bleeding (ISTH definition) at day 90

    Extracranial major bleeding or clinically relevant non major bleeding (ISTH definition) assessed individually and combined at other outcomes

    Time frame: at Day 90

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Study locations

1 site
  • Institut de Cardiologie - Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière
    Paris, 75013, France
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References and documents

Publications

  • Duthoit G, Silvain J, Marijon E, Ducrocq G, Lepillier A, Frere C, Dimby SF, Popovic B, Lellouche N, Martin-Toutain I, Spaulding C, Brochet E, Attias D, Mansourati J, Lorgis L, Klug D, Zannad N, Hauguel-Moreau M, Braik N, Deltour S, Ceccaldi A, Wang H, Hammoudi N, Brugier D, Vicaut E, Juliard JM, Montalescot G. Reduced Rivaroxaban Dose Versus Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Left Atrial Appendage Closure: ADRIFT a Randomized Pilot Study. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 Jul;13(7):e008481. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.119.008481. Epub 2020 Jul 17. PubMed 32674675 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Sep 2017 to primary completion in Nov 2018, 14 months.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Aug 11, 2017
First posted
Sep 6, 2017
StartActual
Sep 13, 2017
Primary completionActual
Nov 20, 2018
CompletionActual
Sep 30, 2019
Last update
Dec 21, 2021
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 21, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03273322
Collaborators
Action Research Group, Bayer
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 6, 2017
Start date
Sep 13, 2017
Primary completion
Nov 20, 2018
Completion
Sep 30, 2019
Last update
Dec 21, 2021

Study contacts

Gilles MONTALESCOT, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière Paris

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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