• Charles V Pollack, Richard Bernstein, Robert Dubiel, Paul Reilly, Fredrik Gruenenfelder, Menno V Huisman, Chak-Wah Kam, Eva Kleine, Jerrold H Levy, Frank W Sellke, Thorsten Steiner, Anastasia Ustyugova, and Jeffrey I Weitz.
• a Thomas Jefferson University , Philadelphia , PA , USA.
• J Med Econ. 2017 May 1; 20 (5): 435-442.

AimsPatients treated with anticoagulants may experience serious bleeding or require urgent surgery or intervention, and may benefit from rapid anticoagulant reversal. This exploratory analysis assessed healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) in patients treated with idarucizumab, a specific reversal agent for dabigatran etexilate.Materials And MethodsRE-VERSE AD™ (NCT02104947), a prospective, multi-center open-label study, is evaluating idarucizumab for dabigatran reversal in patients with serious bleeding (Group A) or undergoing emergency surgery/procedures (Group B). HCRU outcome measures evaluated in the first 90 patients enrolled were use of blood products and pro-hemostatic agents, length of stay (LOS) in hospital, and LOS in intensive care unit (ICU).ResultsBlood products or pro-hemostatic agents were given to 63% (32/51) of patients in Group A and 23% (9/39) of patients in Group B on the day of/day after surgery. An overnight hospital stay was reported for 82% (42/51) of patients in Group A with median LOS = 7 (range = 1-71) bed-days. For Group B, 92% (36/39) had an overnight hospital stay with a median LOS = 9 (range = 1-92) bed-days. In Group A, 17 patients were admitted to the ICU for at least 1 day with median LOS = 4 (range = 1-44) days; in Group B the number was 15 with median LOS = 2 (range = 1-92) days.LimitationsThe lack of a control group and the small patient numbers limit the strength of the conclusions.ConclusionsThe use of idarucizumab may simplify emergency management of dabigatran-treated patients with life-threatening bleeds and reduce perioperative complications in patients undergoing emergency surgery.

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