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ArticleJournal of arrhythmia2021

Electronic monitoring of adherence to once-daily and twice-daily direct oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation: Baseline data from the SMAAP-AF trial.

Tsuyoshi Shiga, Toshimi Kimura, Noritoshi Fukushima, Yuji Yoshiyama, Kazunori Iwade, Fumiaki Mori, Yoichi Ajiro, Shoji Haruta, Yuichiro Yamada, Emi Sawada and 2 more

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Tsuyoshi ShigaDepartment of Cardiology Tokyo Women's Medical University Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0358-7196
Toshimi KimuraDepartment of Pharmacy Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Noritoshi FukushimaDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health Tokyo Medical University Tokyo Japan.
Yuji YoshiyamaKitasato University School of Pharmacy Tokyo Japan.
Kazunori IwadeDepartment of Cardiology National Hospital Organization Yokohama Medical Center Yokohama Japan.
Fumiaki MoriDepartment of Cardiology National Hospital Organization Yokohama Medical Center Yokohama Japan.
Yoichi AjiroDepartment of Cardiology National Hospital Organization Yokohama Medical Center Yokohama Japan.
Shoji HarutaDepartment of Cardiology Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center Yachiyo Japan.
Yuichiro YamadaDepartment of Cardiology Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center Yachiyo Japan.
Emi SawadaDepartment of Cardiology Tokyo Women's Medical University Tokyo Japan.
Nobuhisa HagiwaraDepartment of Cardiology Tokyo Women's Medical University Tokyo Japan.
SMAAP‐AF investigators

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNonadherence diminishes the efficacy of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). This report presents the baseline survey results regarding medication adherence among NVAF patients who were treated with once-daily edoxaban or twice-daily apixaban from a randomized control trial of the effect of an educational intervention on DOAC adherence.

methodsWe prospectively studied 301 NVAF patients who were treated with edoxaban (n = 175) or apixaban (n = 126) during the 12-week observation period. Adherence was measured with an electronic monitoring system and is expressed as the percentage of days with the correct doses in the measurement period (days). Adherence to DOAC therapy was defined based on the standard threshold (≥80%) or a strict threshold (≥90%).

resultsOf the 301 patients, 33 had incomplete data or protocol deviations, leaving 268 patients (edoxaban 158 and apixaban 110) for the per-protocol baseline analysis. There was no difference in adherence (threshold ≥80%) between the groups (edoxaban 95% vs apixaban 91%,

conclusionsOur study showed that the proportion of DOAC users with adherence (≥80%) did not differ between the groups, but the proportion of patients with strict adherence (≥90%) was lower among those using apixaban than among those using edoxaban.

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adherenceatrial fibrillationdirect oral anticoagulantdosing frequencyelectronic monitoring

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PMID34141014
PMCPMC8207342

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