A prospective survey of the persistence of warfarin or noac in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: A comparison study of drugs for symptom control and complication prevention of atrial fibrillation (code-af)

Hyeongsoo Kim, Young Soo Lee, Tae Hoon Kim, Myung Jin Cha, Jung Myung Lee, Junbeom Park, Jin Kyu Park, Ki Woon Kang, Jaemin Shim, Jae Sun Uhm, Hyung Wook Park, Eue Keun Choi, Jin Bae Kim, Changsoo Kim, Jun Kim, Boyoung Joung

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    Abstract

    Background/Aims: Efforts to reduce stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have focused on increasing physician adherence to oral anticoagulant (OAC) guidelines; however, the high early discontinuation rate of vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) is a limitation. Although non-VKA OACs (NOACs) are more convenient to administer than warfarin, their lack of monitoring may predispose patients to nonpersistence. We compared the persistence of NOAC and VKA treatment for AF in real-world practice. Methods: In a prospective observational registry (COmparison study of Drugs for symptom control and complication prEvention of Atrial Fibrillation [CODE-AF] regis-try), 7,013 patients with nonvalvular AF (mean age 67.2 ± 10.9 years, women 36.4%) were consecutively enrolled between June 2016 and June 2017 from 10 tertiary hospitals in Korea. This study included 3,381 patients who started OAC 30 days before enrollment (maintenance group) and 572 patients who newly started OAC (new-starter group). The persistence rate of OAC was evaluated. Results: In the maintenance group, persistence to OAC declined during 6 months, to 88.3% for VKA and 95.5% for NOAC (p < 0.0001). However, the persistence rate was not different among NOACs. In the new-starter group, persistence to OAC declined during 6 months, to 78.9% for VKA and 92.1% for NOAC (p < 0.0001). The persistence rate was lower for rivaroxaban (83.7%) than apixaban (94.6%) and edoxaban (94.1%, p < 0.001). In the new-starter group, diabetes, valve disease, and cancer were related to nonpersistence of OAC. Conclusions: Nonpersistence was significantly lower with NOAC than VKA in both the maintenance and new-starter groups. In only the new-starter group, apixaban or edoxaban showed higher persistence rates than rivaroxaban.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)99-108
    Number of pages10
    JournalKorean Journal of Internal Medicine
    Volume35
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2020

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    Keywords

    • Anticoagulants
    • Apixaba
    • Atrial fibrillation
    • Dabigatran
    • Rivaroxaban

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Internal Medicine

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