Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Cilostazol in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients

Phase 4

Brief Summary: Current antiplatelet therapy in acute coronary syndrome have a focus on the dual antiplatelet therapy including aspirin and clopidogrel. However, the patient's drug resistance of aspirin and clopidogrel is the important cause of poor clinical prognosis. Therefore, recently, clinical research about the triple antiplatelet therapy including cilostazol is actively conducted. But, clinical research about triple antiplatelet therapy for acute myocardial infarction is inadequate situation, and the ideal duration of triple antiplatelet therapy has been actively discussed. Therefore, we try to evaluate the clinical outcomes of triple antiplatelet therapy in acute myocardial infarction patients undergoing percutaneous intervention with drug eluting stent compared with dual antiplatelet therapy and investigate ideal duration of triple antiplatelet therapy through this research.

Detailed Description: Drug-eluting stents (DES) have drastically changed the landscape of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), with significant reductions in the angiographic restenosis rate and need for repeated revascularization. However, several studies showed that DES is associated with a higher incidence of in-stent thrombosis compared with bare metal stents. Therefore, the latest guideline for antiplatelet therapy after PCI with DES suggests that the dual antiplatelet therapy (aspirin plus clopidogrel) be administered for at least 12 months.But is it enough for high-risk patients? Some studies showed that as many as 50% of the patients who received PCI did not react positively to aspirin or clopidogrel.Furthermore, there is increased platelet activity in acute coronary syndrome, especially in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). compared with aspirin or clopidogrel.A recent study suggested that cilostazol could ameliorate platelet responsiveness to clopidogrel in patients who underwent primary PCI. Furthermore, some other studies showed that the administration of cilostazol after PCI could significantly lower the incidence of in-stent restenosis. Therefore, the present study is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of additional administration of cilostazol with aspirin and clopidogrel in a real-world cardiology practice among patients presenting with AMI who received primary PCI with DES.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Exclusion Criteria

The patient has a known hypersensitivity or contraindication to any of the following medications: Heparin, Aspirin, Clopidogrel, Cilostazol
Uncontrolled hypertension
History of bleeding diathesis or known coagulopathy (including heparin-induced thrombocytopenia), or refuses blood transfusions.
Baseline hemogram with Hb<10g/dL or PLT count<100,000/μL
Patients already taking warfarin, cilostazol or any other type of anti-platelet agents except aspirin and clopidogrel
Gastrointestinal or genitourinary bleeding within the prior 3 months, or major surgery within 2 months.
Pregnancy

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Dual antiplatelet therapy for 1 year	antiplatelet therapy	Dual antiplatelet therapy for 1 year : dual antiplatelet combination therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel for 1 year
Triple antiplatelet therapy for 1 month	antiplatelet therapy	Triple antiplatelet therapy for 1 month : triple antiplatelet therapy including cilostazol for 1 month and after then, dual antiplatelet therapy for 11 months
Triple antiplatelet therapy for 6 months	antiplatelet therapy	Triple antiplatelet therapy for 6 months : triple antiplatelet combination therapy including cilostazol for 6 months and after then, dual antiplatelet therapy for 6 months and cilostazol

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Major Adverse Cardiovascular and Cerebral Events	One Year	Composite of total death, Nonfatal Myocardial Infarction (Non-QMI , Q-MI), Repeat RevascularizationI (Target Vessel Revascularization +Non Target Vessel Revascularization , Coronary Artery Bypass Graft), Stroke (Ischemic \& Hemorrhagic)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Individual outcome of primary end points, Stent thrombosis,Bleeding Complication,PFT (Platelet function test),Genotyping results	One year	1. Individual outcome of primary end points 2. Stent thrombosis 3. Beeding Complication defined by the TIMI criteria \& Minor Bleeding, Vascular Complications 4. Angiographic outcomes at 1 year : Binary restenosis, Late loss, FU MLD, mean % restenosis, restenosis type 5. IVUS findings at Index and Follow up angiography 6. PFT (Platelet function test) : at discharge, intercurrent event , after one year 7. Genotyping results : genetic polymorphism