Long-term Safety in Atrial Fibrillation Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to provide safety and tolerability data for AZD0837 during long-term treatment (5 years) in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) and one or more additional risk factors for stroke and systemic embolic events (moderate to high risk patients).

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: AstraZeneca
• Treatments: Vitamin K; Warfarin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with paroxysmal, persistent or permanent Non Valvular Atrial Fibrillation with one or more additional risk factors for stroke and systemic embolic event

• completing treatment with study drug in D1250C00008.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Atrial Fibrillation secondary to reversible disorders, eg hyperthyroidism

• Presence of a valvular heart disease, mechanical heart valves, active endocarditis, left ventricular aneurysm or thrombus, atrial myxoma or any condition other than Atrial Fibrillation requiring chronic anticoagulation treatment

• Myocardial infarction, heart surgery or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) within the previous three months prior to inclusion; Stroke and/or systemic embolism within the previous 30 days prior to inclusion

• Conditions associated with increased risk of major bleeding.