Clinical trial NCT04271293: Oral Anti-coagulants in Fragile Patients With Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy and Atrial Fibrillation (ORIGAMI) Pilot Study
Official title: anticOagulanti oRali in pazIenti fraGili Con gAstrostoMia endoscopIca Percutanea e fIbrillazione Atriale
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Atrial Fibrillation
Lead sponsor: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-02-17
Enrollment: 12
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Patients with PEG and indication for treatment with long-term oral anticoagulant therapy according to the guidelines.

Brief summary: Compelling evidences support the safety of direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) compared to Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. The 2018 EHRA/ESC practical guide on the use of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants stated that "data have shown that administration in a crushed form (e.g. via a nasogastric tube), does not alter the bioavailability for apixaban, rivaroxaban, and edoxaban". However, at the moment, there are no evidences supporting unequivocally the use of DOAC via PEG.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Edoxaban administered through PEG in patients with an indication of anticoagulation according to the current clinical practice.

Detailed description: Several studies support the safety of direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) compared to Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.

The 2018 EHRA/ESC practical guide on the use of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants affirmed that "data have shown that administration in a crushed form (e.g. via a nasogastric tube), does not alter the bioavailability for apixaban, rivaroxaban, and edoxaban". However, at the moment, there are no evidences supporting unequivocally the use of DOAC via Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG).

PEG is a method developed throughout the early 1980s for patients who need long-term enteral nutrition due to neurodegenerative, neuromuscular and oncological diseases. This class of patients is expected to increase significantly in the next decade.

Several studies have proven the safety of DOAC compared to VKA even recommending to prefer DOAC over VKA wherever possible in the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in adult patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. However, there is no evidence to support unequivocally the use of DOAC in patients fed PEG.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Edoxaban administered through PEG in patients with an indication of anticoagulation according to the current clinical practice.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with PEG and indication for treatment with long-term oral anticoagulant therapy
* Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Exclusion Criteria:

* Children under 18 years old.
* Life expectancy \<30 days.
* Lack of informed consent.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Cardio-embolic events
timeFrame: 1 month
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Bleeding events
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: Anti-factor Xa assay
timeFrame: within 1 month
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Rome
country: Italy
facility: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Study officials:
affiliation: Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS
name: Domenico D'Amario
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
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citation: Galli M, D'Amario D, Andreotti F, Porto I, Vergallo R, Sabatelli M, Lancellotti S, Meleo E, De Cristofaro R, Crea F. Sustained safe and effective anticoagulation using Edoxaban via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. ESC Heart Fail. 2019 Aug;6(4):884-888. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.12434. Epub 2019 Jun 11.
citation: D'Amario D, Galli M, Canonico F, Restivo A, Arcudi A, Scacciavillani R, Cappannoli L, Riccioni ME, Annetta MG, Di Stefano G, Piccinni C, Vergallo R, Montone RA, Leone AM, Niccoli G, Sabatelli M, Antonelli M, Andreotti F, De Cristofaro R, Crea F. ORal anticoagulants In fraGile patients with percutAneous endoscopic gastrostoMy and atrIal fibrillation: the (ORIGAMI) study. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2021 Mar 1;22(3):175-179. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000001142.