Escalated Single Platelet Inhibition for One Month Plus Direct Oral Anticoagulation in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and acUte coRonary Syndrome Undergoing percutaneoUS Coronary Intervention
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Status
- Recruiting
- Enrollment
- 2,334
- Locations
- 25
- Primary Endpoint
- Major ischaemic events defined as the composite of all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction, definite or probable stent thrombosis, ischaemic stroke and systemic thromboembolism
Overview
Brief Summary
The selection of the optimal antithrombotic therapy in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is challenging. Until recently, triple antithrombotic therapy (TAT) consisting in Aspirin plus Clopidogrel plus OAC was considered the treatment of choice. While efficiently preventing ischaemic events, TAT is associated with an increase in bleeding complications. Therefore, in the past years several randomized controlled trials challenged TAT by comparing a triple antithrombotic therapy (TAT) regimen based on Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) to a dual antithrombotic regimen (DAT) based on non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) and P2Y12-inhibitors, mainly Clopidogrel in patients with AF undergoing PCI.
However, approximately 30-40% of patients show low response to Clopidogrel and are not adequately protected against ischaemic events, in particular when presenting with ACS. This is supported by a recent meta-analysis reporting that TAT compared to DAT is associated with lower rates of stent thrombosis within 30 days after PCI. It is therefore reasonable to assume that a more potent platelet inhibition within the first month after PCI might reduce the rate of ischaemic complications observed in AF patients undergoing PCI, when receiving DAT. Moreover, a subsequent de-escalation to a less potent platelet inhibition one month after PCI might prevent an increase in bleeding complications.
In EPIDAURUS the investigators will therefore test the hypothesis that DAT using NOAC plus an escalated antiplatelet therapy with a potent P2Y12-inhibitor for one month followed by Clopidogrel reduces ischaemic events without a relevant increase in bleeding complications in patients with AF and ACS undergoing PCI compared to standard DAT with NOAC plus Clopidogrel.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Written informed consent
- •Age ≥ 18 years
- •Atrial fibrillation requiring oral anticoagulation
- •STEMI or NSTEMI (biomarker positive acute coronary syndrome) and successful completion of PCI (randomization will take place within 24h after successful PCI)
Exclusion Criteria
- •Chronic renal insufficiency with glomerular filtration rate \< 15 ml/min/1.73m2
- •History of ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (both contraindications for Prasugrel) and history of intracranial bleeding (contraindication for Ticagrelor)
- •Contraindication for Clopidogrel or Aspirin
- •Contraindication for P2Y12-inhibitor
- •Severe chronic liver disease (Child-Pugh C)
- •Indication for oral anticoagulation with Vitamin K antagonists
- •Moderate to severe mitral stenosis or mechanical heart valve
- •Any bleeding BARC type ≥ 2 within the last 4 weeks before index procedure
- •Pregnancy or lactation
- •Inability to cooperate with the protocol requirements
Arms & Interventions
Potent P2Y12-Inhibition
Prasugrel 10mg (5 mg in patients ≥ 75 years old or weighing < 60 kg) q.d. per os or Ticagrelor 90mg bid per os
Intervention: Prasugrel or Ticagrelor (Drug)
Clopidogrel
Clopidogrel 75mg q.d. per os
Intervention: Clopidogrel (Drug)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Major ischaemic events defined as the composite of all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction, definite or probable stent thrombosis, ischaemic stroke and systemic thromboembolism
Time Frame: 6 weeks
superiority test
Bleeding type 2 or higher according to the Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) criteria
Time Frame: 6 weeks
non-inferiority test
Secondary Outcomes
- Urgent revascularization(6 weeks)
- Bleeding type 2 or more according to the Bleeding Academic Research Consortium(6 weeks)
- All-cause mortality(6 months)
- Ischaemic stroke(6 months)
- Systemic thromboembolism(6 weeks)
- Cardiovascular mortality(6 weeks)
- Myocardial infarction(6 weeks)
- Definite or probable stent thrombosis(6 weeks)
- Unplanned hospitalization due to acute heart failure or acute coronary syndrome(6 months)
Investigators
Konstantinos Rizas
PD Dr. med. Konstantinos Rizas, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Co-Principal Investigator
Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich