Turn a newly registered trial into a decision-ready clinical landscape. This report examines NCT07709780 using PatSnap Clinical Trials MCP for protocol design and endpoint evidence, with Drug & Asset MCP and Company & Deal Intelligence MCP used as the companion asset and sponsor enrichment workflow. Explore PatSnap MCP Servers to reproduce the research sequence inside an AI workflow.
MCP evidence snapshot: 21 July 2026. Trial records, recruitment status and projected dates can change after the snapshot and should be rechecked before operational decisions.
Thrombosis is being segmented by mechanism, treatment setting, geography and endpoint architecture. NCT07709780 is notable because it evaluates Apixaban in a Phase 3 design sponsored by University of Arizona. The main development question is whether the protocol can translate its rationale into a clinically interpretable and operationally credible readout.
| Field | Indexed detail |
|---|---|
| Registration | NCT07709780 |
| Official title | Apixaban Versus Warfarin for Left Ventricular Thrombus (APEX) |
| Phase / status | Phase 3 / Recruiting |
| Intervention | Apixaban |
| Sponsor | University of Arizona |
| Geography | United States |
| Enrollment | 218 |
| Primary endpoint | Complete Left Ventricular Thrombus Resolution at 3 Months |
| Endpoint time frame | 3 months after randomization |
| Primary completion / readout proxy | 2028-07-01 |
Left ventricular thrombus is a blood clot that forms in the left ventricle and is associated with risk of systemic embolism and ischemic stroke. Warfarin has historically been used for anticoagulation in this condition, but it requires frequent international normalized ratio monitoring and is affected by dietary and drug interactions. Apixaban is a direct oral factor Xa inhibitor with fixed dosing and no routine anticoagulation monitoring requirement, and it is increasingly used in clinical practice for left ventricular thrombus, although definitive randomized evidence remains limited. This randomized, noninferiority trial will compare apixaban with warfarin for treatment of left ventricular thrombus. Eligible adults with recently confirmed left ventricular thrombus will be randomized 1:1 to apixaban or warfarin. The primary endpoint is complete left ventricular thrombus resolution at 3 months assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imag
Allocation is Randomized, masking is None (Open Label), and the intervention model is Parallel Assignment. Planned enrollment of 218 participants across United States shapes statistical precision, execution risk and external validity. Interpretation should account for baseline risk, prior therapy, assessment schedule, missing-data handling and clinical relevance—not only statistical significance.
The current protocol points to 2028-07-01 as the best available readout proxy. Because this is an active or newly posted study, a trial-specific result citation is not included until a normalized clinical-trial-result record becomes available. That gap is itself operationally important: teams should monitor first result indexing, conference abstracts, protocol amendments and changes to the primary-completion date.
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Trial-sourced asset: Apixaban. The Drug & Asset MCP enrichment step is designed to add normalized targets, modality and global development status when an exact asset match is available.
Trial-sourced sponsor: University of Arizona. Company & Deal Intelligence MCP is the companion workflow for resolving organization identity, corporate profile and partnering context.
The sponsor profile matters because scientific rationale alone does not determine development value. Manufacturing readiness, portfolio fit, geographic reach, partnering capacity and the ability to fund confirmatory development can determine whether a positive signal becomes a competitive asset.
Monitor recruitment, enrollment changes, protocol amendments, endpoint hierarchy, primary-completion timing, first result indexing, asset ownership and sponsor partnerships. A change in endpoint, population or ownership can alter the probability of success before a headline data release.
NCT07709780 provides a focused lens on Thrombosis development. Its value will be determined by whether Apixaban can convert the current Phase 3 design into evidence that is clinically meaningful, operationally credible and differentiated from competing programs.
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