New double-blind a-fib trial

[kaisardog]

found online: national double blind study and research trial now soliciting a-fib patients: this funded study at a number of major teaching hospitals nationally is to ascertain whether group 1: pt s w/ a hx of a-fib, who are dx d and rx d eliquis by their MD to take daily for life , do better long-term than group 2, pts in the study who are told by MD to take eliquis for only a 30- day period, starting right after an a-fib episode.

is taking eliquis for 30-days only post an a-fib episode as effective as being on eliquis for life?

note the warnings on eliquis say 'do not discontinue this drug w/o MD supervision. '
so this study has patients stop taking eliquis, then only start it up if they have an a-fib episode?

any thoughts ?

 

[E tank]

found online: national double blind study and research trial now soliciting a-fib patients: this funded study at a number of major teaching hospitals nationally is to ascertain whether group 1: pt s w/ a hx of a-fib, who are dx d and rx d eliquis by their MD to take daily for life , do better long-term than group 2, pts in the study who are told by MD to take eliquis for only a 30- day period, starting right after an a-fib episode.

is taking eliquis for 30-days only post an a-fib episode as effective as being on eliquis for life?

note the warnings on eliquis say 'do not discontinue this drug w/o MD supervision. '
so this study has patients stop taking eliquis, then only start it up if they have an a-fib episode?

any thoughts ?

Had to check your last posts to be sure you weren't a robot...doesn't seems so, so I'll chime in. You don't post any links to an actual randomized DBS so I'm still dubious as to the premise of the post...just for starters, that a broad swathe of patients don't even know they're in a fib, not sure how subjective awareness of a fib would be a reasonable trigger for taking a Xa inhibitor....or not taking one...unless a vetted monitoring device (which assumes someone dialed in enough to recognize a fib on an ekg) was being used, this sounds insane given what is at stake, ie debilitating stroke...if legit, def sounds like a European study....