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CRUSHed vs. Uncrushed Prasugrel in STEMI Patients Undergoing PCI

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
Cardiovascular Diseases
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT03296540
Lead Sponsor
Maasstad Hospital
Brief Summary

The studys evaluates the effect of prehospital administration of crushed tablets of Prasugrel loading dose (in addition to ASA and standard care) versus uncrushed tablets of Prasugrel loading dose on efficacy and safety as well as pharmacodynamics as measured by platelet reactivity using VerifyNow.

Detailed Description

The study is a two-centre, randomized, 1:1 trial comparing prehospital prasugrel initiation therapy between crushed vs. uncrushed prasugrel tablets on efficacy and safety as well as pharmacodynamics in STEMI patients.

Patients with STEMI planned for primary PCI will be screened and, if inclusion criteria are met, included at first medical contact (paramedics). After enrolment, patients will be randomly assigned (1:1) to receive 60mg prasugrel loading dose by ingesting integral or crushed tablets.

The follow-up duration is 12 months, i.e. clinical outcomes will be analysed in-hospital, at 30 days, and 12 months

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
729
Inclusion Criteria

Consecutive patients with STEMI planned for primary PCI:

  • Deferred written informed consent within 4 hours after prasugrel loading dose
  • Adult men and women aged at least 18 years
  • Symptoms of acute MI of more than 30 min but less than 6 hours
  • New persistent ST-segment elevation ≥ 1 mm in two or more contiguous ECG leads
Exclusion Criteria
  • Contraindication to prasugrel (e.g., hypersensitivity, active bleeding, history of previous intracranial bleed, history of any CVA including TIA, moderate to severe hepatic impairment, GI bleed within the past 6 months, major surgery within past 4 weeks)
  • Patient who has received loading dose of clopidogrel or ticagrelor for the index event or are on chronic treatment of ticagrelor, or prasugrel. However, patients on maintenance dose clopidogrel for at least 7 days are included in the study (see appendix A).
  • Oral anticoagulation therapy that cannot be stopped (i.e. patients requiring chronic therapy)
  • Planned fibrinolytic treatment
  • Patient requiring dialysis
  • Known, clinically important thrombocytopenia
  • Known clinically important anaemia
  • Known pregnancy or lactation
  • Need for a concomitant systemic therapy with strong inhibitors or strong inducers of CYP3A
  • Condition which may either put the patient at risk or influence the result of the study (e.g., cardiogenic shock with severe hemodynamic instability, active cancer, risk for non-compliance, risk for being lost to follow up)
  • Patient unable to swallow oral medication (i.e. intubated patients)
  • Patient who have not received prasugrel loading dose in the ambulance
  • Patient who vomited after randomization / receiving the loading dose prasugrel

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
UncrushedPrasugrel (Integral tablets)6 Integral tablets Prasugrel as loading dose
CrushedPrasugrel (Crushed tablets)6 Crushed tablets Prasugrel as loading dose
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Co-primary endpoint is the percentage of patients reaching TIMI flow grade 3 of MI culprit vessel at initial angiography or a ≥70% ST-segment resolution directly post-PCIdirectly post PCI

To assess the efficacy of crushed vs. integral tablets of prasugrel loading dose treatment by comparing the percentage of patients reaching the co-primary endpoint of TIMI flow grade 3 of MI culprit vessel at initial angiography or a ≥70% ST-segment elevation resolution directly post-PCI.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Composite of death, MI, stroke, urgent revascularization and acute stent thrombosis in hospital, at 30 days and 12 monthsupto 72 hours after randomisation, at 30 days and 12 months.

Percentage of patients in the following: composite of death, MI, stroke, urgent revascularization and acute stent thrombosis during inhospital stay, 30 days and 12 months of study

Corrected TIMI frame count (cTFC) at angiography, pre and post PCI.pre PCI, directly post PCI

Corrected TIMI frame count (cTFC) at angiography, pre and post PCI

TIMI myocardial perfusion grade (TMPG) at angiography, pre and post PCI.pre PCI, directly post PCI

TIMI myocardial perfusion grade (TMPG) at angiography, pre and post PCI.

Time-relationship (from symptom onset to 1st dose intake) on each co-primarydirectly post-PCI

Time from symptom onset to 1st dose intake correlated to TIMI flow grade 3 of MI culprit vessel at initial angiography and on ≥70% ST-segment elevation resolution directly post-PCI

Composite of death, MI, urgent revascularization during inhospital, at 30 days and 12 months of study30 days and 12 months

Percentage of patients in the following: composite of death, MI, or urgent revascularization during inhospital, 30 days and 12 months of study

Individual endpoints during inhospital, at 30 days and 12 months of studyupto 72 hours after randomisation, at 30 days and 12 months.

Percentage of patients presenting with any of the individual endpoints during inhospital, 30 days and 12 months of study

Thrombotic bail-out with GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors at initial PCIdirectly post PCI

Percentage of patients receiving thrombotic bail-out with GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors at initial PCI

Complete (≥ 70%) ST-segment elevation resolution pre-PCI and 60 min post-PCIpre-PCI and 60 min post-PCI

Complete (≥ 70%) ST-segment elevation resolution pre-PCI and 60 min post-PCI

Time-relationship (from 1st dose intake to ECG/ angiography) on each co-primarydirectly post-PCI

Time from first dose intake to ECG correlated to ≥70% ST-segment elevation resolution directly post-PCI and time from randomization to initial angiography correlated to TIMI flow grade 3 of MI culprit vessel

TIMI flow grade 3 at end of procedure.directly post PCI

TIMI flow grade 3 at end of procedure.

Myocardial Blush at the start and end of the procedurepre PCI, directly post PCI

Myocardial Blush at the start and end of the procedure

Maximum CK, and CK-MB levelsupto 72 hours after randomisation

Maximum CK, and CK-MB levels

Level of platelet inhibition at first medical contact, beginning and end of PCI procedure, as well as at 4 hours after prasugrel administrationat time of prasugrel administration, pre PCI, directly post PCI, 4 hours after prasugrel administration

Level of platelet inhibition at first medical contact, beginning and end of PCI procedure, as well as at 4 hours after prasugrel administration

Platelet reactivity, at each time point as well as over timeat time of prasugrel administration, pre PCI, directly post PCI, 4 hours after prasugrel administration

PRU measurements at first medical contact, beginning and end of PCI, as well as 4hours after drug administration

Rates of HPRupto 72 hours after randomisation

Percentage of patients with PRU values over HPR threshold

Exploratory analyses within each group to evaluate any differences in PD among patients receiving morphineupto 72 hours after randomisation

PD of each group among patients stratified for morphine treatment

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Erasmus Medical Center

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Rotterdam, Netherlands

Maasstadziekenhuis

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Rotterdam, Netherlands

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