Florian Härtig1,2, Ingvild Birschmann3, Andreas Peter4, Sebastian Hörber4, Matthias Ebner5, Matthias Sonnleitner1,2, Charlotte Spencer1,2, Paula Bombach1,2, Maria-Ioanna Stefanou1,2, Johannes Tünnerhoff1,2, Annerose Mengel1,2, Joachim Kuhn3, Ulf Ziemann1,2, Sven Poli6,7. 1. Department of Neurology & Stroke, University Hospital, Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076, Tübingen, Germany. 2. Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. 3. Institute for Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Heart and Diabetes Center, Ruhr University, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. 4. Department of Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine, Institue for Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. 5. Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany. 6. Department of Neurology & Stroke, University Hospital, Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076, Tübingen, Germany. sven.poli@uni-tuebingen.de. 7. Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. sven.poli@uni-tuebingen.de.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) including edoxaban are increasingly used for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. Despite treatment, annual stroke rate in these patients remains 1-2%. Rapid assessment of coagulation would be useful to guide thrombolysis or reversal therapy in this growing population of DOAC/edoxaban-treated stroke patients. Employing the Hemochron™ Signature Elite point-of-care test system (HC-POCT), clinically relevant plasma concentrations of dabigatran and rivaroxaban can be excluded in a blood sample. However, no data exists on the effect of edoxaban on HC-POCT results. We evaluated whether edoxaban plasma concentrations above the current treatment thresholds for thrombolysis or anticoagulation reversal (i.e., 30 and 50 ng/mL) can be ruled out with the HC-POCT. METHODS: We prospectively studied patients receiving a first dose of edoxaban. Six blood samples were collected from each patient: before, 0.5, 1, 2, 8, and 24 h after drug intake. HC-POCT-based INR (HC-INR), activated clotting time (HC-ACT+ and HC-ACT-LR), activated partial thromboplastin time (HC-aPTT), and mass spectrometry for edoxaban plasma concentrations were performed at each time-point. We calculated correlations, receiver operating characteristics (ROC) and test-specific cut-offs for ruling out edoxaban concentrations > 30 and > 50 ng/mL in a blood sample. RESULTS: One hundred twenty blood samples from 20 edoxaban-treated patients were analyzed. Edoxaban plasma concentrations ranged from 0 to 512 ng/mL. HC-INR/HC-ACT+/HC-ACT-LR/HC-aPTT ranged from 0.7-8.3/78-310 s/65-215 s/19-93 s, and Pearson's correlation coefficients showed moderate to very strong correlations with edoxaban concentrations (r = 0.95/0.79/0.70/0.60). With areas under the ROC curve of 0.997 (95% confidence interval: 0.991-0.971) and 0.989 (0.975-1.000), HC-INR most reliably ruled out edoxaban concentrations > 30 and > 50 ng/mL, respectively, and HC-INR results ≤1.5 and ≤ 2.1 provided specificity/sensitivity of 98.6% (91.2-99.9)/98.0% (88.0-99.9) and 96.8% (88.0-99.4)/96.5% (86.8-99.4). CONCLUSIONS: Our study represents the first systematic evaluation of the HC-POCT in edoxaban-treated patients. Applying sufficiently low assay-specific cut-offs, the HC-POCT may not only be used to reliably rule out dabigatran and rivaroxaban, but also very low edoxaban concentrations in a blood sample. Because the assay-specific cut-offs were retrospectively defined, further investigation is warranted. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, registration number: NCT02825394 , registered on: 07/07/2016, URL.
BACKGROUND: Direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) including edoxaban are increasingly used for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. Despite treatment, annual stroke rate in these patients remains 1-2%. Rapid assessment of coagulation would be useful to guide thrombolysis or reversal therapy in this growing population of DOAC/edoxaban-treated strokepatients. Employing the Hemochron™ Signature Elite point-of-care test system (HC-POCT), clinically relevant plasma concentrations of dabigatran and rivaroxaban can be excluded in a blood sample. However, no data exists on the effect of edoxaban on HC-POCT results. We evaluated whether edoxaban plasma concentrations above the current treatment thresholds for thrombolysis or anticoagulation reversal (i.e., 30 and 50 ng/mL) can be ruled out with the HC-POCT. METHODS: We prospectively studied patients receiving a first dose of edoxaban. Six blood samples were collected from each patient: before, 0.5, 1, 2, 8, and 24 h after drug intake. HC-POCT-based INR (HC-INR), activated clotting time (HC-ACT+ and HC-ACT-LR), activated partial thromboplastin time (HC-aPTT), and mass spectrometry for edoxaban plasma concentrations were performed at each time-point. We calculated correlations, receiver operating characteristics (ROC) and test-specific cut-offs for ruling out edoxaban concentrations > 30 and > 50 ng/mL in a blood sample. RESULTS: One hundred twenty blood samples from 20 edoxaban-treated patients were analyzed. Edoxaban plasma concentrations ranged from 0 to 512 ng/mL. HC-INR/HC-ACT+/HC-ACT-LR/HC-aPTT ranged from 0.7-8.3/78-310 s/65-215 s/19-93 s, and Pearson's correlation coefficients showed moderate to very strong correlations with edoxaban concentrations (r = 0.95/0.79/0.70/0.60). With areas under the ROC curve of 0.997 (95% confidence interval: 0.991-0.971) and 0.989 (0.975-1.000), HC-INR most reliably ruled out edoxaban concentrations > 30 and > 50 ng/mL, respectively, and HC-INR results ≤1.5 and ≤ 2.1 provided specificity/sensitivity of 98.6% (91.2-99.9)/98.0% (88.0-99.9) and 96.8% (88.0-99.4)/96.5% (86.8-99.4). CONCLUSIONS: Our study represents the first systematic evaluation of the HC-POCT in edoxaban-treated patients. Applying sufficiently low assay-specific cut-offs, the HC-POCT may not only be used to reliably rule out dabigatran and rivaroxaban, but also very low edoxaban concentrations in a blood sample. Because the assay-specific cut-offs were retrospectively defined, further investigation is warranted. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, registration number: NCT02825394 , registered on: 07/07/2016, URL.
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Anticoagulation reversal; DOAC; Direct oral anticoagulants; NOAC; Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants; POCT; Point-of-care testing; Stroke; Thrombolysis
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