ACUTE-PRAS

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: ot Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

1.Patients age are over 20 years at informed consent
2.Patients with acute atherothrombotic cerebral infarction (with a stenosis rate of >= 50% in diameter or complete occlusion of the culprit vessel due to atherosclerosis) with a NIH Stroke Scale score of <= 10 or patients with high-risk TIA (ABCD2 risk score >= 4 or paralyzed)
3.Patients who can receive the study drug within 48 hours after onset of symptoms. The origin of symptom onset is defined as the time point when the normal condition was finally confirmed
4.Patients with at least one of the following risk factors
i)Hypertension: patients with a systolic blood pressure of 140 mmHg and a diastolic blood pressure of 90 mmHg or higher, or patients who received therapeutic drugs
ii)Diabetes mellitus: HbA1c >= 6.5% or patients who received therapeutic drugs
iii)Chronic kidney disease: patients with eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 or urinary protein >= 1+
iv)Dyslipidemia: LDL cholesterol >= 120 mg/dL, HDL cholesterol < 40 mg/dL, triglyceride >= 150 mg/dL, or therapeutic drugs
v)Medical history of cerebral infarction before the onset of index cerebral infarction or TIA
5.Patients from whom written informed consent is obtained after receiving an explanation on the details of this clinical study (consent obtained from patients as long as possible after consent from their legally acceptable representative in urgent situations)

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patients with a baseline modified Rankin Scale of >= 3
2.Patients who cannot undergo a brain MRI
3.Patients with moderate or high-risk cardiogenic embolic sources in the TOAST classification
4.Patients with or have a medical history of symptomatic nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage, excludes asymptomatic microbleeding found only on MRI
5.Patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage or with high risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage such as an untreated unruptured cerebral aneurysm of 5 mm or more
6.Patients with cerebral hemorrhage at enrollment which are hemorrhagic infarction, vitreous bleeding, retinal bleeding, blood stasis, hematemesis, bloody urine, bloody stool, melena, hemorrhage, etc., and patients with a high risk of cerebral hemorrhage which are congenital or acquired bleeding diseases, blood coagulation disorders, platelet abnormalities, peptic ulcer etc.
7.Patients who were planned to undergo endovascular thrombectomy or cerebral revascularization, which are carotid endarterectomy, carotid artery stenting etc., for the last cerebral ischemic attack at enrollment
8.Patients who have undergone or were planned to undergo Intravenous rt-PA therapy etc., for the index cerebral infarction at enrollment
9.Patients who scheduled for surgery requiring discontinuation of the study drug during clinical trial
10.Patients who have severe hepatic disorder (fulminant hepatitis, cirrhosis, malignant liver tumors etc.,)
11.Patients who have severe renal disorder requiring dialysis
12.Patients with malignant tumors with requirement for treatment
13.Autoimmune disease
14.Patients who received antiplatelet drugs except for aspirin (such as clopidogrel, prasugrel, cilostazol, ticlopidine or ozagrel sodium) and Anticoagulant (excluding argatroban) within 14 days prior to the initiation of the study treatment
15.Patients who have a medical history of significant side effects or contraindications to prasugrel, clopidogrel or aspirin and patients with a medical history of serious drug allergy (including hypersensitivity to ingredients of this drug)
16.Patients who were pregnant, breastfeeding, or possibly pregnant or planned to be pregnant
17.Patients who are planning to participate in or are participating in other clinical trials during this clinical trial
18.Patients who were judged by the investigator to be ineligible for the study

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
EFFICACY ASSESSMENTS<br>-Platelet aggregation (PRU) at 5 days after administration of the study drug in patients with each genetic polymorphism of CYP2C19<br>-Platelet aggregation (PRU) at 5 days after administration of the study drug in all patients

Secondary Outcome Measures