Apixaban for Treatment of Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (ATTICUS Randomized Trial)
Latest Information Update: 09 Oct 2023
At a glance
- Drugs Apixaban (Primary) ; Aspirin
- Indications Stroke
- Focus Therapeutic Use
- Acronyms ATTICUS
- 28 Aug 2023 Results assessing the overall atrial fibrillation burden in the ATTICUS cohort; to determine the correlation between AF detection and new ischemic lesions; and to explore predictors for atrial fibrillation within the enriched ESUS population, presented at the ESC Congress 2023 - Annual Congress of the European Society of Cardiology.
- 10 Feb 2023 Primary endpoint (Imaging Endpoint: Occurrence of at least one new ischemic lesion at 12 months after study drug initiation when compared to baseline MRI before study drug initiation) has not been met, as per presented at the International Stroke Conference 2023.
- 10 Feb 2023 Results of subgroup analysis assessing (n=352) the efficacy of apixaban, initiated within 28 days after ESUS versus acetylsalicylic acid in preventing new ischemic lesions on 12-month follow- up MRI (primary endpoint) in subjects with remote atrial fibrillation (AF) monitoring, presented at the International Stroke Conference 2023.