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. 2017 Nov 28;359:j5058. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j5058

Table 1.

Number of events for each main outcome reported by 23 randomised trials in prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation

Study Study size* Reporting pattern† Stroke Myocardial infarction All-cause mortality Bleeding
All or SE Ischaemic Haemorrhagic All Minor Major IC GI CR
ACTIVE W 6706 1 159 NA 132 20 59 317 1199 1049 194 NA NA NA
AF-ASA-VKA-CHINA 101 2 NA 18 14 NA 5 4 14 9 3 NA 1
AF-DABIG-VKA-JAPAN 166 2 NA 1 NA NA NA NA 45 NA 3 NA NA 14
AF-EDOX-VKA-ASIA 234 2 NA 0 NA NA NA NA 57 48 2 NA 1 11
AF-EDOX-VKA-JAPAN 519 2 NA 1 NA NA NA NA 115 NA 5 NA NA 20
AF-EDOX-VKA-MULTI 1143 2 NA 11 NA NA 5 NA 114 52 13 NA NA 62
AF-VKA-ASA-CHINA 440 2 10 NA 9 1 NA 11 NA 25 8 NA 7 NA
AFASAK 671 2 20 NA NA NA NA 15 23 NA NA NA 5 NA
AFASAK II 339 1 19 22 8 2 8 31 NA 68 9 3 NA NA
ARISTOTLE 18140 3 449 477 337 118 192 1272 5416 NA 789 174 224 1490
ARISTOTLE-J 218 2 NA 3 1 NA 0 0 41 36 1 NA 1 6
AVERROES 5599 1 154 164 128 15 52 251 NA 341 83 24 26 263
BAFTA 973 1 94 NA NA NA 30 215 NA NA 50 NA NA NA
Chinese ATAFS 704 2 23 NA NA NA NA 12 NA NA NA NA NA NA
ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48 21 026 2 958 1016 804 169 443 2349 NA 1851 1196 234 551 4450
EXPLORE-Xa 508 2 2 NA 2 NA 0 2 118 109 8 NA NA 18
J-ROCKET AF 1278 2 31 33 24 7 4 12 NA NA NA 15 18 262
PATAF 272 1 7 NA 7 NA 5 29 NA NA NA NA 11 NA
PETRO 515 2 NA 2 NA NA NA NA 88 NA 4 NA NA 36
RE-LY 18 113 2 NA 519 389 71 270 1371 NA 5284 1162 150 435 NA
ROCKET AF 14 236 2 405 575 310 NA 227 458 NA NA 781 139 378 2924
SPAF II 1100 3 NA 67 63 NA 34 127 NA NA NA 18 NA NA
WASPO 75 2 0 NA NA NA NA 3 NA 10 3 NA 3 NA
Total 93 076 2331 2909 2228 403 1334 6479 7230 8882 4314 757 1661 9556

SE=systemic embolism; IC=intracranial; GI=gastrointestinal; CR=clinically relevant; NA=not available
* Study sizes are based on the arms that were relevant to the purpose of this review. 
†1=Number of patients whose first event is of a given type, patients censored thereafter; 2=Number of patients experiencing at least one event of each given type; 3=Total number of events of each type.