ReAHEAD: A Study to Find Out Whether Education Improves Adherence to Dabigatran in People With Atrial Fibrillation Who Are Younger Than 75 Years

Relationship of Advanced Holding Education and ADherence on Antithrombotic in Younger SPAF Patients

Lifelong oral anticoagulant (OAC) therapy is the preferred treatment for the prevention of thromboembolic events in the majority of patients with Atrial Fibrillation (AF). Adherence to medication is essential for valid treatment for OAC therapy.

The study aims to explore whether the advanced educational intervention would improve the adherence to dabigatran.

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients can be included if ALL the following criteria are met:

1. Provide written informed consent prior to participation
2. Female or male adult patients aged ≥ 20 years and < 75 years, newly diagnosed with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) within 1 month and has newly prescribed with dabigatran on physician's decision before study enrolment.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients should not be included if ANY ONE of the following criteria is met:

1. Contraindication to the use of dabigatran (i.e., active pathological bleeding, history of a serious hypersensitivity reaction to dabigatran [e.g., anaphylactic reaction or anaphylactic shock], severely impaired renal function [Creatinine clearance rate (Ccr) < 30 mL/min], hemorrhagic manifestations, bleeding diathesis, mechanical prosthetic heart valve, congenital or acquired coagulation disorders, organic lesions with bleeding tendency, or concomitantly use systemic ketoconazole, cyclosporine, and itraconazole)
2. Participate in other interventional trials currently or in the past 30 days