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Comparison of Loading Strategies With Antiplatelet Drugs in Patients Undergoing Elective Coronary Intervention

Phase 4
Terminated
Conditions
Angina Pectoris
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT02548611
Lead Sponsor
LMU Klinikum
Brief Summary

Use of high loading doses of clopidogrel (antiplatelet drug) just before coronary interventions is associated with improved outcomes after coronary stenting. However the onset of platelet inhibition after clopidogrel loading takes 2 to 4 hours and its action if very variable. A way to overcome this limitation is loading with a more potent antiplatelet drug such as prasugrel. Therefore in the current study the investigators want to compare loading with 60 mg prasugrel (potent antiplatelet drug) and loading with clopidogrel (standard drug) in patients undergoing elective coronary intervention.

Detailed Description

Patients with stable or clinically unstable (biomarker-negative) angina pectoris who are in need of coronary intervention will be randomly assigned in one of the treatment strategies - 60 mg of prasugrel or 600 mg clopidogrel just prior to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). After PCI all patients will receive clopidogrel 75 mg/d as per standard. The patients will be monitored throughout a 30-day time frame and ischemic and bleeding events will be recorded. The study is powered to show the superiority of single-dose 60 mg prasugrel over single-dose 600 mg clopidogrel regarding the ischemic complications at 30-day follow-up.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
795
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with biomarker negative stable or unstable angina pectoris
  • Written informed consent
  • In women with childbearing potential a pregnancy test is obligatory
Exclusion Criteria
  • Age < 18 years and >80 years
  • ST-elevation MI
  • Elevated cardiac biomarkers
  • Subjects with known contraindications to clopidogrel treatment, which are hypersensitivity to the drug substance or any component of the product and active pathological bleeding such as peptic ulcer or intracranial hemorrhage and with known severe liver disease (Child Pugh Class C)
  • Subjects with known contraindications to prasugrel treatment, which are hypersensitivity to the drug substance or any component of the product, active pathological bleeding such as peptic ulcer or intracranial hemorrhage and a history of prior transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke and with known severe liver disease (Child Pugh Class C)
  • Chronic therapy on potent P2Y12 receptor inhibitors (ticagrelor, prasugrel)
  • Pre-treatment with a loading dose of either clopidogrel, prasugrel or ticagrelor
  • Simultaneous participation in another clinical trial that involves the administration of an investigational medicinal drug within 30 days prior to the start of this clinical trial
  • Major surgeries in the last 6 weeks and planned surgeries within the next 6 weeks (per decision of the treating physician)
  • Active bleeding
  • Known or persistent abuse of medication, drugs or alcohol
  • Current or planned pregnancy or nursing women, women 90 days after childbirth. Females of childbearing potential, who do not use and are not willing to use medically reliable methods of contraception for the entire study duration (such as oral, injectable, or implantable contraceptives, or intrauterine contraceptive devices) unless they are surgically sterilized / hysterectomized or there are any other criteria considered sufficiently reliable by the investigator in individual cases

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PrasugrelPrasugrelsingle-dose loading with 60 mg of prasugrel pre PCI
ClopidogrelClopidogrelloading with 600 mg of clopidogrel pre PCI
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Combined ischemic events30 days

Combined outcome of all-cause death, any myocardial infarction (MI), stent thrombosis, urgent revascularization and stroke

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Stent thrombosis30 days

according to Academic Research Consortium criteria

Urgent vessel revascularization30 days

revascularization related to symptoms

cerebro-vascular events30 days

stroke and TIA

Any myocardial infarction30 days

according to SASSICAIA protocol definition

Bleeding30 days

Academic Research Consortium ≥2 bleeding and TIMI classification

Peri-PCI MI Type 4a30 days

according to Third Universal Definition of MI

All-cause death30 days

mortality

Trial Locations

Locations (5)

Deutsches Herzzentrum Muenchen

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Munich, Germany

Munich University Hospital

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Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Klinikum Bogenhausen

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Munich, Germany

Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg, Bad Krozingen

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Freiburg, Bad Krozingen, Germany

Heart Center Balatonfüred and Heart and Vascular Center

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Balatonfüred, Hungary

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