Abstract
BACKGROUND: Time in therapeutic range (TTR) measures the quality of vitamin K antagonist (VKA) anticoagulation. In patients with atrial fibrillation, the dichotomized SAMe-TT2-R2 score (≥2 vs. < 2 points) can predict if adequate TTR is unlikely to be achieved.
AIMS: We validated the SAMe-TT2-R2 score in patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) randomized to the warfarin arm of the Hokusai-VTE trial.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 3,874 patients were included in the primary analysis (day 31-180 from randomization). The efficacy and safety outcomes were symptomatic recurrent VTE and major or clinically relevant non-major bleeding.
RESULTS: The rates of recurrent VTE and bleeding events were higher in patients with a TTR below the median (< 66% vs. ≥66%) resulting in an absolute risk difference (ARD) of +0.5% (95% confidence interval: 0%, +1.1%) and +2.2% (0.9%, +3.5%), respectively. Patients with high SAMe-TT2-R2 score were 76% of total and had lower median TTR (64.7% vs. 70.7%). The SAMe-TT2-R2 score exhibited low negative (0.59) and positive (0.52) predictive value (TTR threshold 66%), and poor discrimination (c-statistic, 0.58). ARD between patients with high and low score was 0% (-0.6%, +0.7%) for recurrence and +1.3% (-0.1%, +2.7%) for bleeding. Results were confirmed in sensitivity analyses focusing on the whole study period (day 1-365).
CONCLUSION: In VTE patients, the SAMe-TT2-R2 score showed unsatisfactory discrimination and predictive value for individual TTR and did not correlate well with clinical outcomes. The choice of starting a patient on VKA cannot be based on this parameter and its routine use after VTE may not translate into clinical usefulness.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 675-684 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Thrombosis and haemostasis |
Volume | 119 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2019 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Anticoagulants/therapeutic use
- Atrial Fibrillation/blood
- Blood Coagulation/drug effects
- Double-Blind Method
- Female
- Hemorrhage/drug therapy
- Humans
- International Normalized Ratio
- Linear Models
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Recurrence
- Research Design
- Risk Assessment
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Severity of Illness Index
- Time Factors
- Treatment Outcome
- Venous Thromboembolism/drug therapy
- Vitamin K/antagonists & inhibitors
- Warfarin/therapeutic use