Anticoagulant Utilization Pattern

Completed

Conditions studied: Atrial Fibrillation

In brief

This study plans to describe utilization patterns for oral anticoagulants over time in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation at risk for stroke using electronic claims data from a United States commercial insurance database.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01847560

Run by

Boehringer Ingelheim

People needed

333664

Starts

2013-04-17

Expected to finish

2017-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-06-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• A recorded diagnosis of atrial fibrillation
• Initiation of oral anticoagulant medication
• Congestive Heart Failure, Hypertension, Age > 75, Diabetes Mellitus, Prior Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack, Vascular Disease, Age 65-74, Sex Category (CHA2DS2-VASc) Score >=1
• At least 18 years of age on the date of anticoagulant initiation

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with missing or ambiguous age or sex information
• Patients with documented evidence of valvular disease
• Patients with less than 12 months enrolment in the UnitedHealth Research Database preceding the first dispensing
• Patients with prior use of any oral anticoagulant

Where it is running

• Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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