Brain bleed breakthrough? new study tests antidote for blood thinner patients
NCT ID NCT05127941
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study observed 141 people in German stroke units who had a brain bleed while taking the blood thinners rivaroxaban or apixaban. Researchers wanted to see if giving the reversal drug andexanet alfa could stop the bleed from getting bigger. They tracked changes in bleed size on brain scans and checked patients' recovery and survival up to 90 days later.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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141 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2021
- Finished
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May 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
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Who is studied
Patients with anticoagulating therapy with rivaroxaban or apixaban admitted with a clinically symptomatic ICH will be included in the study if they have been treated with andexanet alfa. A repeat CT or MRI between 12-72h after initial imaging to assess size and volume of bleeding corresponds to the standard treatment. The option to include patients under anticoagulating therapy edoxaban will be evaluated during the course of the study in case a marketing authorization of andexanet alfa for patients under edoxaban will be received.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥18 years at enrollment * Patients willing and able to provide written informed consent for data transmission. For patients who are not legally competent to sign this informed consent for data transmission exceptions/special cases are defined (details provided in the study protocol) * Patients with primary intracranial hemorrhage as confirmed with CT or MRI. * Patients under effective anticoagulation treatment with rivaroxaban or apixaban at the time of admission, according to the judgement of treating physician and determined using Point-of-care (PoC) anti-factor Xa (fXa) assays or laboratory-based anti-fXa measurement. * Patients treated with andexanet alfa * Signed informed consent as soon as possible after start of symptoms of initial ICH event, but before discharge Exclusion Criteria: * Start of symptoms of initial ICH event \> 24 h before admission to hospital
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Hanover, 30625, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
Tübingen, 72076, Germany
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