Replication of the RECORD1 Anticoagulant Trial in Healthcare Claims Data

June 8, 2026 updated by: Shirley Vichy Wang, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Investigators are building an empirical evidence base for real world data through large-scale replication of randomized controlled trials. The investigators' goal is to understand for what types of clinical questions real world data analyses can be conducted with confidence and how to implement such studies.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This is a non-randomized, non-interventional study that is part of the RCT DUPLICATE initiative (www.rctduplicate.org) of the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. It is intended to replicate, as closely as possible in healthcare insurance claims data, the trial listed below/above. Although many features of the trial cannot be directly replicated in healthcare claims, key design features, including outcomes, exposures, and inclusion/exclusion criteria, were selected to proxy those features from the trial. Randomization is also not replicable in healthcare claims data but was proxied through a statistical balancing of measured covariates through standard practice. Investigators assume that the RCT provides the reference standard treatment effect estimate and that failure to replicate RCT findings is indicative of the inadequacy of the healthcare claims data for replication for a range of possible reasons and does not provide information on the validity of the original RCT finding.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

89215

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02120
        • Brigham and Women's Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

This study will involve a new user, parallel group, propensity score-matched, retrospective cohort study design comparing rivaroxaban to enoxaparin users. The patients will be required to have continuous enrollment during a baseline period of 180 days before initiation of rivaroxaban or enoxaparin (index date). We will restrict the analyses to patients who underwent a total hip arthroplasty.

Description

Please see https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WD618wrywYjEaXzfLTcuK-VCcnb6b-gV for full code and algorithm definitions.

Inclusion Criteria:

  • At least 18 years of age
  • Scheduled to undergo elective total hip arthroplasty

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Scheduled to undergo staged, bilateral hip arthroplasty [Day -30, Day 0]
  • Pregnany or breastfeeding [Day -180, Day 0]
  • Had active bleeding or high risk of bleeding [Day -180, Day 0]
  • Had conditions preventing bilateral venography [Day -30, Day 0]
  • Congestive heart failure [Day -180, Day 0]
  • Pulmonary hypertension [Day -180, Day 0]
  • Edema of legs [Day -180, Day 0]
  • Substantial liver disease [Day -180, Day 0]
  • Severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance <30 ml per minute) [Day -180, Day 0]
  • Concomitant use of protease inhibitors for the treatment of HIV [Day -180, Day 0]

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Rivaroxaban
Exposure group
Any rivaroxaban dispensing claim is used as the exposure group
Other Names:
  • Xarelto
Enoxaparin
Reference group
Any enoxaparin dispensing claim is used as the reference group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Time to first occurrence of deep-vein thrombosis, nonfatal pulmonary embolism, or death from any cause at 36 days
Time Frame: From 1 day after fill until the earliest of outcome occurrence, end of data or study period, death, treatment discontinuation +10-day grace/risk window, nursing home admission, treatment augmentation, switch to other NOAC/Warfarin, assessed up to 36 days
The primary outcome is the time from 1 day after prescription fill of the exposure or comparator to the first occurrence of any component of the composite endpoint: deep-vein thrombosis, nonfatal pulmonary embolism, or death from any cause within 36 days after elective total hip arthroplasty, comparing rivaroxaban versus enoxaparin.
From 1 day after fill until the earliest of outcome occurrence, end of data or study period, death, treatment discontinuation +10-day grace/risk window, nursing home admission, treatment augmentation, switch to other NOAC/Warfarin, assessed up to 36 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Time to first occurrence of major bleeding
Time Frame: From 1 day after fill until the earliest of outcome occurrence, end of data or study period, death, treatment discontinuation +10-day grace/risk window, nursing home admission, treatment augmentation, switch to other NOAC/Warfarin, assessed up to 36 days
The control outcome is the time from 1 day after prescription fill of the exposure or comparator to the first occurrence of major bleeding as a control outcome, comparing rivaroxaban versus enoxaparin.
From 1 day after fill until the earliest of outcome occurrence, end of data or study period, death, treatment discontinuation +10-day grace/risk window, nursing home admission, treatment augmentation, switch to other NOAC/Warfarin, assessed up to 36 days
Time to first occurrence of fracture or fall
Time Frame: From 1 day after fill until the earliest of outcome occurrence, end of data or study period, death, treatment discontinuation +10-day grace/risk window, nursing home admission, treatment augmentation, switch to other NOAC/Warfarin, assessed up to 36 days
The control outcome is the time from 1 day after prescription fill of the exposure or comparator to the first occurrence of fracture or fall as a control outcome, comparing rivaroxaban versus enoxaparin.
From 1 day after fill until the earliest of outcome occurrence, end of data or study period, death, treatment discontinuation +10-day grace/risk window, nursing home admission, treatment augmentation, switch to other NOAC/Warfarin, assessed up to 36 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Shirley Wang, PhD, ScM, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 22, 2020

Primary Completion (Estimated)

June 15, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

June 15, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 20, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 18, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

October 19, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 11, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 8, 2026

Last Verified

June 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2018P002966-DUP-RECORD1

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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