PRospective Evaluation Comparing Initiation of Warfarin StrategiEs (PRECISE): Pharmacogenetic-guided Versus Usual Care

February 14, 2012 updated by: University of Florida
Warfarin (also called Coumadin®) is an anticoagulant drug (blood thinner) given to patients to help prevent blood clots from forming or to help prevent the growth of an existing blood clot. The purpose of this study is to collect information on a possible method used to determine the best warfarin dose for people before they start warfarin. This study will focus on finding out if a person's stable dose can be better predicted by using a new approach (called "pharmacogenetic-guided dosing") compared to the current warfarin dosing method. The pharmacogenetic-guided dosing method (the new warfarin dosing method) will use a person's specific health and genetic information to calculate a patient's warfarin dose at the beginning of warfarin treatment. The hope is that through this research, we may someday be able to use an individual's genetic information to guide the selection of their specific warfarin dose at the beginning of treatment, leading to precise warfarin dosing and less need for the current trial and error process.

Study Overview

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Warfarin is the mainstay of therapy in preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE), pulmonary embolism (PE), and subsequent morbidity and mortality. Despite its proven efficacy in reducing the advent of clot formation, patient-specific warfarin dosing is difficult to predict, with the initial dose regimen often resulting in supra- and subtherapeutic anticoagulation, and subsequently increasing patients' risk of bleeding or embolism. It has been shown that interpatient warfarin dosing variability is due in part to genetic variations found in the cytochrome P450 2C9 metabolism pathway (CYP2C9), as well as proteins involved in the coagulation cascade, most importantly vitamin K epoxide reductase complex subunit 1 (VKORC1). A recent retrospective study has shown that these two genes in addition to several clinical/demographic factors account for greater than 58% of the variation in patient-specific warfarin doses. However, there have been no studies documenting prospective use of this information in selecting an initial warfarin dose. Hypothesis: Stable therapeutic management of warfarin therapy can be more precisely achieved when patients are prospectively dosed based on a pharmacogenetic-guided dosing equation compared to usual care. Aim a: To determine if pharmacogenetic-guided dosing of warfarin is superior to usual care, when defined as the accuracy of the initial versus the stable warfarin dose. This will be assessed as the mean absolute difference in initial versus stable dose. Aim b: To determine if a stable warfarin dose is more quickly achieved using the pharmacogenetic-guided dosing equation compared to usual care. This will be assessed as time to stable dose. Aim c: To determine if pharmacogenetic-guided dosing is superior to usual care in terms of overdosing and underdosing patients. This will be assessed as the fraction of the population overdosed and the fraction of population underdosed by the two methods. We propose to evaluate a pharmacogenetic-guided dosing approach compared to usual care in the initiation of warfarin management. The selected pharmacogenetic-guided equation is a validated equation that includes both genetic and clinical factors and is relatively easy to incorporate into current clinical practice. Patients newly initiating warfarin therapy in a hospital setting will be randomized to receive either pharmacogenetic-guided or usual care, with follow-up anticoagulation management services provided by the University of Florida Health System Anticoagulation Clinic. Prospectively determining patients' stable dose has important clinical implications in today's management of warfarin therapy. Being able to predetermine a patient's stable dose upon initiation of therapy has the potential to decrease the time spent in supra- and subtherapeutic anticoagulation and reduce the number of clinic visits required to achieve a stable dose. Therefore we propose this study to test if using genotype data in determining the initial warfarin dose is more effective than usual care in predicting stable dose. If we can document the value of such an approach, this will provide the level of evidence needed to translate pharmacogenetic-guided dosing of warfarin into clinical practice.

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Phase 4

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

  • United States
    • Florida
      • Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32610
        • Shands at the University of Florida

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

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Newly initiating warfarin

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Previous use of warfarin
  • Cancer
  • Hepatic Disease
  • History of alcoholism
  • Diarrheal illness
  • Febrile Illness
  • Blood dyscrasias
  • Pregnancy
  • Medical plan to hold warfarin administration before stable dose is achieved (ie. for surgical intervention)
  • Dementia
  • Active bleed
  • Aneurysm

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

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Accuracy of the initial versus the stable warfarin dose, measured as mean absolute difference in initial versus stable dose

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time to stable dose
The frequency of subtherapeutic and supratherapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) measurements
The fraction of population overdosed and underdosed at warfarin initiation

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Florida

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Julie A Johnson, Pharm.D., University of Florida

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

July 1, 2006

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 13, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 13, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

September 15, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 16, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 14, 2012

Last Verified

September 1, 2011

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 131-2006

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