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SynthesisJournal of thrombosis and thrombolysis2020

Medication adherence to rivaroxaban and dabigatran in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis.

Ashley Prentice, Irene Ruiz, Erin R Weeda

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Synthesis in Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ashley PrenticeCollege of Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, 280 Calhoun Street, QE213C MSC140, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
Irene RuizCollege of Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, 280 Calhoun Street, QE213C MSC140, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
Erin R WeedaCollege of Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, 280 Calhoun Street, QE213C MSC140, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA. weeda@musc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7876-5802
Medical University of South Carolina · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several real-world studies have evaluated adherence to direct acting oral anticoagulants in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF); however, these studies have not been systematically summarized. We performed a meta-analysis to compare adherence to rivaroxaban versus dabigatran therapy in United States (US) patients with NVAF in a real-world setting. Medline and Scopus were searched from January 2010 to August 2018 using keywords and MeSH terms related to adherence and oral anticoagulants. We included real-world studies of US adults with NVAF comparing adherence to dabigatran and rivaroxaban. Studies evaluating adherence by a measure other than proportion of days covered (PDC) were excluded. The proportion of patients with a PDC ≥ 80 (a commonly utilized definition of adherence) served as the primary outcome of interest. We conducted meta-analysis of non-overlapping studies using the Hartung-Knapp random-effects model to estimate risk ratios (RRs) with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs). We included 5 studies evaluating 80,230 patients (range 2667-22,571). Median follow-up across studies was 6 months (range 3-12 months). The proportion of patients with a PDC ≥ 80 ranged from 59.5 to 83.5% for rivaroxaban users and 57.3 to 78.3% for dabigatran users. Upon meta-analysis, rivaroxaban use was associated with increased adherence compared with dabigatran use (RR  1.08; 95% CI  1.03-1.12; I

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Medication AdherenceAdultAtrial FibrillationDabigatranFemaleHumansMaleRivaroxabanUnited StatesDabigatranRivaroxabanAtrial fibrillationDirect oral anticoagulantMedication adherenceProportion of days covered

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