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Short and Optimal Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Study

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
Coronary Artery Disease
Interventions
Drug: Thienopyridine for 3 months
Registration Number
NCT01659034
Lead Sponsor
Takeshi Morimoto
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate safety of reduction of thienopyridine treatment period to 3 months after implantation of Cobalt-Chromium everolimus-eluting Stents.

Detailed Description

"Thienopyridine antiplatelet agents have markedly inhibited incidence of stent thrombosis, when they were combined with aspirin for 1 month after implantation of bare-metal stent (BMS). On the other hand, combination of aspirin with thienopyridine (dual antiplatelet therapy: DAPT) for more than 1 year after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation is frequently used to prevent very late stent thrombosis in the current clinical practice. In the RESET study, which was carried out in clinical practice in Japan, DAPT was performed for at least 1 year in 90% of the patients. However, there has been no report showing that long-term thienopyridine treatment for at least 1 year reduces incidence of serious cardiovascular events, and large-scale observational studies or small-scale randomized comparative studies have demonstrated that thienopyridine treatment for 6 months or for at least 12 months does not reduce incidence of serious cardiovascular events. These results suggest that the optimal duration of DAPT after DES implantation may be shorter than 6 months.

With respect to Everolimus-eluting stent (EES), which is the most widely used DES in Japan, it has been associated with significantly lower incidence of early or late stent thrombosis compared with the first-generation DES and with BMS in large-scale observational study and randomized comparative studies and their meta-analyses.

Considering that long-term DAPT obviously increases hemorrhagic complications compared to Aspirin monotherapy, it is desirable to reduce the duration of DAPT as far as possible, if long-term DAPT is not effective in inhibiting the incidence of serious cardiovascular events. Moreover, long-term DAPT enormously increases medical expenses. In this study, we planned an exploratory multicenter study to evaluate incidences of cardiovascular events and bleeding events at 12 months after stent implantation using an EES (XIENCE Prime™), which is associated with low risk of stent thrombosis, when thienopyridine therapy is discontinued at 3 months after surgery.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1525
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients who received PCI using everolimus-eluting cobalt-chromium stents
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients who had been implanted drug-eluting stents other than everolimus-eluting cobalt-chromium stents

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
ThienopyridineThienopyridine for 3 monthsThienopyridine treatment for 3 months after implantation of everolimus-eluting Stents
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Major cardiovascular and bleeding events1-year

Composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke (ischemic and hemorrhagic), stent thrombosis (definite stent thrombosis not resulting in myocardial infarction), and major bleeding (TIMI Major/Minor) Cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction and stent thrombosis are defined according to the definition in the Academic Research Consortium (ARC). Stroke is defined as ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke with symptoms lasting \> 24 hour. Major bleeding is defined according to the definition in the Thrombosis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cardiovascular death/MI1-year

Composite of cardiovascular death and myocardial infarction

Cardiovascular death1-year

Cardiovascular death

Stent Thrombosis1-year

Stent thrombosis according to Academic Research Consortium classification

Target Lesion Failure1-year

Composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction due to target vessel, and target lesion revascularization

Cardiovascular death/MI/stroke/definite ST1-year

Composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, and definite stent thrombosis

CABG1-year

Coronary artery bypass graft

Target Vessel Revascularization1-year

Target vessel revascularization

Any bleeding1-year

Any bleeding complications

All-cause death1-year

All-cause death

Major bleeding (TIMI Major/Minor)1-year

Major bleeding (TIMI Major/Minor)

Death/MI1-year

Composite of all-cause death and myocardial infarction

MI1-year

Myocardial infarction

Stroke1-year

Both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke excluding transient ischemic attack

Clinically-driven Target Lesion Revascularization1-year

Clinically-driven Target Lesion Revascularization

Target Vessel Failure1-year

Composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and target vessel revascularization

Major Adverse Cardiac Events1-year

Composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and clinically-driven target lesion revascularization

Target Lesion Revascularization1-year

Target lesion revascularization

Non Target Lesion Revascularization1-year

Revascularization for non-target vessel or target vessel but target lesion

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Hospital

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Kyoto, Japan

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