A Reiffel James
Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Columbia University.
J Atr Fibrillation. 2017 Feb 28;9(5):1569. doi: 10.4022/jafib.1569. eCollection 2017 Feb-Mar.
In recent clinical trials, the "quality" of warfarin management has been characterized by the time in therapeutic range (TTR) -- with the therapeutic range being an INR between 2.0 and 3.0. In many reviews of recent clinical trials, differences in the TTR have been used comparatively to critique and contrast the trials. However, TTR is a more complex measurement than is commonly appreciated, and many factors that underlie the TTR calculation, which can differ from trial to trial, have not been adequately addressed. This manuscript attempts to explain these issues so as to help the reader understand the factors that contribute to TTR and to understand the limitations of TTR so as to better understand anticoagulation trial results. It also addresses the issue of INRs below or above the therapeutic range, that can differ among trials, that are not provided simply by presenting a TTR value, but that can in a substantial way affect the bleeding risk and embolism-prevention likelihood of anticoagulation in a trial.
在最近的临床试验中,华法林管理的“质量”以处于治疗范围内的时间(TTR)为特征,治疗范围是国际标准化比值(INR)在2.0至3.0之间。在最近许多对临床试验的综述中,TTR的差异已被用于比较,以批评和对比各试验。然而,TTR是一个比通常所认为的更为复杂的测量指标,而且TTR计算所依据的许多因素在不同试验中可能有所不同,这些因素尚未得到充分探讨。本手稿试图解释这些问题,以帮助读者理解促成TTR的因素,并理解TTR的局限性,从而更好地理解抗凝试验结果。它还讨论了INR低于或高于治疗范围的问题,这些问题在不同试验中可能不同,仅给出一个TTR值并不能体现这些问题,但它们会在很大程度上影响试验中抗凝治疗的出血风险和预防栓塞的可能性。