Table 2.
Efficacy and safety endpoints in the primary and secondary prevention groups for stroke and systemic embolism (efficacy and safety populations)
Primary prevention group (n = 5546) | Secondary prevention group (n = 1595) | P value | |||||
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Event, n | %/year | 95% CI | Event, n | %/year | 95% CI | ||
Primary efficacy endpoint | |||||||
Stroke (ischemic/hemorrhagic)/SE | 92 | 0.7 | 0.53–0.81 | 84 | 2.2 | 1.72–2.65 | < 0.001 |
Secondary efficacy endpoints | |||||||
Stroke (ischemic/hemorrhagic)/SE/MI/cardiovascular death | 173 | 1.3 | 1.08–1.45 | 118 | 3.1 | 2.51–3.62 | < 0.001 |
Stroke (ischemic/hemorrhagic) | 91 | 0.7 | 0.53–0.80 | 80 | 2.1 | 1.62–2.54 | < 0.001 |
Ischemic stroke | 62 | 0.5 | 0.34–0.57 | 68 | 1.8 | 1.35–2.19 | < 0.001 |
Hemorrhagic stroke | 28 | 0.2 | 0.13–0.28 | 12 | 0.3 | 0.14–0.49 | 0.21 |
TIA | 18 | 0.1 | 0.07–0.19 | 19 | 0.5 | 0.27–0.72 | < 0.001 |
SE | 2 | 0.01 | 0.00–0.03 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.00–0.21 | 0.008 |
Acute MI/unstable angina pectoris | 25 | 0.2 | 0.11–0.25 | 10 | 0.3 | 0.10–0.42 | 0.339 |
Deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary thromboembolism | 4 | 0.03 | 0.00–0.06 | 2 | 0.05 | 0.00–0.12 | 0.497 |
PCI/CABG | 30 | 0.2 | 0.14–0.30 | 14 | 0.4 | 0.17–0.55 | 0.109 |
Cardiovascular death | 88 | 0.6 | 0.51–0.78 | 39 | 1.0 | 0.70–1.33 | 0.016 |
All-cause death | 190 | 1.4 | 1.19–1.58 | 91 | 2.4 | 1.88–2.85 | < 0.001 |
Primary safety endpoint | |||||||
ISTH major bleeding | 159 | 1.2 | 0.98–1.34 | 56 | 1.5 | 1.70–1.84 | 0.132 |
Intracranial hemorrhage | 54 | 0.4 | 0.29–0.50 | 30 | 0.8 | 0.50–1.06 | 0.002 |
Gastrointestinal bleeding | 67 | 0.5 | 0.37–0.61 | 16 | 0.4 | 0.21–0.62 | 0.42 |
Others | 38 | 0.3 | 0.19–0.37 | 10 | 0.3 | 0.10–0.42 | 0.942 |
Secondary safety endpoints | |||||||
Non-major bleeding (not defined using ISTH criteria) | 668 | 4.9 | 4.51–5.25 | 188 | 4.9 | 4.19–5.59 | 0.963 |
CI confidence interval, SE systemic embolism, MI myocardial infarction, TIA transient ischemic attack, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, CABG coronary artery bypass graft, ISTH International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis