TY - JOUR
T1 - Continuation versus Interruption of Oral Anticoagulation during TAVI
AU - van Ginkel, Dirk Jan
AU - Bor, Willem L
AU - Aarts, Hugo M
AU - Dubois, Christophe
AU - De Backer, Ole
AU - Rooijakkers, Maxim J P
AU - Rosseel, Liesbeth
AU - Veenstra, Leo
AU - van der Kley, Frank
AU - van Bergeijk, Kees H
AU - Van Mieghem, Nicolas M
AU - Agostoni, Pierfrancesco
AU - Voskuil, Michiel
AU - Schotborgh, Carl E
AU - IJsselmuiden, Alexander J J
AU - Van Der Heyden, Jan A S
AU - Hermanides, Renicus S
AU - Barbato, Emanuele
AU - Mylotte, Darren
AU - Fabris, Enrico
AU - Frambach, Peter
AU - Dujardin, Karl
AU - Ferdinande, Bert
AU - Peper, Joyce
AU - Rensing, Benno J W M
AU - Timmers, Leo
AU - Swaans, Martin J
AU - Brouwer, Jorn
AU - Nijenhuis, Vincent J
AU - Overduin, Daniel C
AU - Adriaenssens, Tom
AU - Kobari, Yusuke
AU - Vriesendorp, Pieter A
AU - Montero-Cabezas, Jose M
AU - El Jattari, Hicham
AU - Halim, Jonathan
AU - Van den Branden, Ben J L
AU - Leonora, Remigio
AU - Vanderheyden, Marc
AU - Lauterbach, Michael
AU - Wykrzykowska, Joanna J
AU - van 't Hof, Arnoud W J
AU - van Royen, Niels
AU - Tijssen, Jan G P
AU - Delewi, Ronak
AU - Ten Berg, Jurriën M
AU - POPular PAUSE TAVI Investigators.
N1 - Copyright © 2024 Massachusetts Medical Society.
PY - 2024/8/31
Y1 - 2024/8/31
N2 - BACKGROUND: One third of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) have an indication for oral anticoagulation owing to concomitant diseases. Interruption of oral anticoagulation during TAVI may decrease the risk of bleeding, whereas continuation may decrease the risk of thromboembolism.METHODS: We conducted an international, open-label, randomized, noninferiority trial involving patients who were receiving oral anticoagulants and were planning to undergo TAVI. Patients were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to periprocedural continuation or interruption of oral anticoagulation. The primary outcome was a composite of death from cardiovascular causes, stroke from any cause, myocardial infarction, major vascular complications, or major bleeding within 30 days after TAVI.RESULTS: A total of 858 patients were included in the modified intention-to-treat population: 431 were assigned to continuation and 427 to interruption of oral anticoagulation. A primary-outcome event occurred in 71 patients (16.5%) in the continuation group and in 63 (14.8%) in the interruption group (risk difference, 1.7 percentage points; 95% confidence interval [CI], -3.1 to 6.6; P = 0.18 for noninferiority). Thromboembolic events occurred in 38 patients (8.8%) in the continuation group and in 35 (8.2%) in the interruption group (risk difference, 0.6 percentage points; 95% CI, -3.1 to 4.4). Bleeding occurred in 134 patients (31.1%) in the continuation group and in 91 (21.3%) in the interruption group (risk difference, 9.8 percentage points; 95% CI, 3.9 to 15.6).CONCLUSIONS: In patients undergoing TAVI with a concomitant indication for oral anticoagulation, periprocedural continuation was not noninferior to interruption of oral anticoagulation during TAVI with respect to the incidence of a composite of death from cardiovascular causes, stroke, myocardial infarction, major vascular complications, or major bleeding at 30 days. (Funded by the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development and the St. Antonius Research Fund; POPular PAUSE TAVI ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04437303.).
AB - BACKGROUND: One third of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) have an indication for oral anticoagulation owing to concomitant diseases. Interruption of oral anticoagulation during TAVI may decrease the risk of bleeding, whereas continuation may decrease the risk of thromboembolism.METHODS: We conducted an international, open-label, randomized, noninferiority trial involving patients who were receiving oral anticoagulants and were planning to undergo TAVI. Patients were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to periprocedural continuation or interruption of oral anticoagulation. The primary outcome was a composite of death from cardiovascular causes, stroke from any cause, myocardial infarction, major vascular complications, or major bleeding within 30 days after TAVI.RESULTS: A total of 858 patients were included in the modified intention-to-treat population: 431 were assigned to continuation and 427 to interruption of oral anticoagulation. A primary-outcome event occurred in 71 patients (16.5%) in the continuation group and in 63 (14.8%) in the interruption group (risk difference, 1.7 percentage points; 95% confidence interval [CI], -3.1 to 6.6; P = 0.18 for noninferiority). Thromboembolic events occurred in 38 patients (8.8%) in the continuation group and in 35 (8.2%) in the interruption group (risk difference, 0.6 percentage points; 95% CI, -3.1 to 4.4). Bleeding occurred in 134 patients (31.1%) in the continuation group and in 91 (21.3%) in the interruption group (risk difference, 9.8 percentage points; 95% CI, 3.9 to 15.6).CONCLUSIONS: In patients undergoing TAVI with a concomitant indication for oral anticoagulation, periprocedural continuation was not noninferior to interruption of oral anticoagulation during TAVI with respect to the incidence of a composite of death from cardiovascular causes, stroke, myocardial infarction, major vascular complications, or major bleeding at 30 days. (Funded by the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development and the St. Antonius Research Fund; POPular PAUSE TAVI ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04437303.).
U2 - 10.1056/NEJMoa2407794
DO - 10.1056/NEJMoa2407794
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 39216096
SN - 0028-4793
JO - The New England journal of medicine
JF - The New England journal of medicine
ER -