ABC-Scores for Reduction of Stroke and Mortality in Atrial Fibrillation - The ABC-AF Study

NCT ID: NCT03753490

Last Updated: 2025-09-03

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

3933 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-10-25

Study Completion Date

2028-05-31

Brief Summary

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The primary study objective is to evaluate if personalized treatment by decision support, based on the biomarker-based risk prediction (ABC-scores) guided strategy, reduces the occurrence of the composite outcome of stroke or death in patients with atrial fibrillation. Approximately 6500 patients will be randomized 1:1 to ABC risk score guided therapy or standard care.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Atrial Fibrillation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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ABC score guided therapy

Individual treatment recommendations based on the ABC-scores for stroke and bleeding.

Group Type OTHER

ABC score guided therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

In the ABC arm, individual treatment recommendations based on the ABC-scores for stroke and bleeding including non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant or no anticoagulant treatment, and other drugs and interventions, to improve stroke free survival.

Standard care

Management according to local practice, national and international guidelines.

Group Type OTHER

Standard care

Intervention Type OTHER

In the standard care arm, management according to local practice, national and international guidelines, including the potential use of traditional clinical risk scores for stroke and/or bleeding, anticoagulant treatment and other treatments and interventions.

Interventions

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ABC score guided therapy

In the ABC arm, individual treatment recommendations based on the ABC-scores for stroke and bleeding including non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant or no anticoagulant treatment, and other drugs and interventions, to improve stroke free survival.

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard care

In the standard care arm, management according to local practice, national and international guidelines, including the potential use of traditional clinical risk scores for stroke and/or bleeding, anticoagulant treatment and other treatments and interventions.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, including newly diagnosed, with or without current oral anticoagulant treatment
2. Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Contraindication for any oral anticoagulant, according to the SmPC (in Sweden FASS)
2. Indication for oral anticoagulant treatment beyond atrial fibrillation, e.g. venous thromboembolism and/or mechanical heart valve prosthesis
3. Currently on treatment with a non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant (NOAC) and not eligible for change of NOAC drug e.g. drug-drug interactions
4. Concomitant dual antiplatelet treatment
5. Acute coronary syndrome (myocardial infarction or unstable angina) within the last 30 days
6. Participation in anti-thrombotic pharmaceutical trial
7. Planned for AF ablation or AF surgery
8. Haemoglobin \<90 g/L
9. Patients who, in the opinion of the investigator, cannot or will not comply with the requirements of the protocol
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Swedish Heart Lung Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Roche Diagnostics GmbH

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Swedish Research Council

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Uppsala University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jonas Oldgren, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Uppsala Clinical Reseach Center, UCR

Locations

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Uppsala University Hospital

Uppsala, , Sweden

Site Status

Countries

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Sweden

Other Identifiers

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1011455

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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