Background: Dabigatran etexilate (DE) has similar stroke prevention efficacy in patients with and without diabetes mellitus (DM). However, the benefit of reducing major bleeding was not seen in diabetics. Thus, this study investigated anticoagulant responses to DE and the biological predictors of this response in a DM model.
Methods: Experiments were performed in six control (C), eight DE-treated control (CD), five diabetic (D), and eight DE-treated diabetic (DD) rats. Dabigatran etexilate (50 mg/kg/day) was administered in chow for 12 weeks. At the end of the study, plasma glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and plasma creatinine were measured. Correlations were ascertained with the diluted thrombin time (dTT).
Results: When corrected for similar DE intake, dTT was significantly higher in DD than CD rats (P < 0.001). There was a significant negative correlation between creatinine clearance (CCr) and dTT (r = -0.91, P < 0.01) in DD rats. In addition, dTT was positively correlated with TC (r = 0.96, P < 0.01), LDL-C (r = 0.75, P = 0.04), and glucose (r = 0.83, P = 0.02). In multiple regression analysis, CCr (r = -0.81, P = 0.01), TC (r = 0.93, P < 0.001), and LDL-C (r = 0.74, P < 0.01) remained the only independent predictors of dTT.
Conclusions: The results show a significantly more intense DE-induced anticoagulation in diabetic rats that does not seem to be solely related to altered kidney function, and demonstrate that plasma cholesterol can significantly affect DE anticoagulation in this setting.
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Rev Cardiovasc Med
January 2025
Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, 541001 Guilin, Guangxi, China.
Background: To compare the efficacy and safety of novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) and vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients with left atrial/left atrial thrombosis through a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Methods: The CBM (China Biology Medicine disc), CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), VIP (Chinese Technology Periodical Database), Wanfang, PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases were searched for relevant studies from their inception to June 30, 2022.
Results: Twelve articles (eight cohort studies and four randomized controlled trials) involving 982 patients were included.
Front Pharmacol
January 2025
Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Background: Dabigatran etexilate (DABE), a prodrug of dabigatran (DAB), is a direct thrombin inhibitor used to prevent ischemic stroke and thromboembolism during atrial fibrillation. The effect of genetic polymorphisms on its metabolism, particularly , has not been extensively explored in humans. This study aimed to investigate the effects of , , and polymorphisms on the pharmacokinetics of DAB and its acylglucuronide metabolites in healthy subjects.
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January 2025
Pfizer Ltd., Tadworth, United Kingdom.
Background: Risk factors and comorbidities can complicate management of non-valvular atrial fibrillation. We describe and compare real-world safety and effectiveness of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs; apixaban, rivaroxaban, dabigatran) and vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) in subgroups of patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation at high risk for gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, utilizing data from a national quasi-exhaustive French database.
Methods: Anticoagulant-naïve adults with non-valvular atrial fibrillation with ≥1 gastrointestinal bleeding risk factor, initiating anticoagulant treatment January 2016-December 2019, and covered by the French national health data system were eligible.
Pharmacotherapy
January 2025
Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy, Auburn, Alabama, USA.
Recent guidelines for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) indicate administration of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) in patients receiving direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) is not firmly established and may be harmful unless certain potential parameters are met. This systematic review and meta-analysis explores safety outcomes and other clinical parameters from the growing number of publications describing patients taking a DOAC who experience an AIS that is treated acutely with IVT alone. Embase, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, and PubMed were searched up to January 9, 2024 for studies including adult patients taking a DOAC who experienced an AIS treated with IVT and did not undergo endovascular therapy (EVT), regardless of the use of an anticoagulation reversal agent.
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January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Department of Haematology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Objectives: The current study aimed to explore current UK practices in managing HMB in anticoagulated individuals and identify areas requiring clinical research to address disparities.
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