Left Atrial Appendage CLOSURE in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Compared to Medical Therapy (CLOSURE-AF)
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- STATUS
- Recruiting
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- End date
- Mar 1, 2025
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- participants needed
- 1512
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- sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Summary
The study goal is to determine the clinical benefit of percutaneous catheter-based left atrial appendage (LAA) closure in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) at high risk of stroke (CHA2DS2-VASc Score 2) as well as high risk of bleeding as compared to best medical care (including a [non-vitamin K] oral anticoagulant [(N)OAC] when eligible).
Description
The individualized therapy with oral anticoagulants is considered to be an essential preventive therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation. The risk of stroke can be reduced by approximately 65%. However, long-term anticoagulation therapy also increases the risk of major bleeding.
A significant proportion of patients at high risk of stroke do not tolerate long-term anticoagulation due to various relative or absolute contraindications. As demonstrated in previous studies with non-vitamin K antagonist anticoagulants (NOAK), 20-25% of patients were unable to tolerate long-term anticoagulation therapy.
For this reason, additional therapeutic approaches for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation have been developed.
A promising approach is catheter-based closure of the left atrial appendage, because more than 90% of cardiac thrombi in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation are detected in the left atrial appendage. Recent registry studies show that the safety of LAA occluder implantation is promising. However, further scientific studies are required, in order to explore more benefits of the underlying method and eligible patients for implantation.
Study objectives:
The study goal is to determine the clinical benefit of percutaneous catheter-based left atrial appendage (LAA) closure in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) at high risk of stroke (CHA2DS2-VASc Score 2) as well as high risk of bleeding as compared to best medical care (including a [non-vitamin K] oral anticoagulant [(N)OAC] when eligible).
Details
| Condition | Atrial Fibrillation |
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| Treatment | Clopidogrel, Rivaroxaban, Acetylsalicylic acid, Warfarin, Phenprocoumon, Apixaban, Dabigatran, Edoxaban, CE-mark approved LAA closure devices |
| Clinical Study Identifier | NCT03463317 |
| Sponsor | Charite University, Berlin, Germany |
| Last Modified on | 28 February 2022 |
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