Cangrelor is an intravenous, direct-acting, reversible P2Y12 inhibitor for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) who have not been yet treated by oral P2Y12 inhibitors. An advantage Cangrelor provides over oral P2Y12 inhibitors (such as prasugrel, ticagrelor, and clopidogrel) is that it is an active drug not requiring metabolic conversion therefore providing a rapid onset and offset of action. Cangrelor was approved by the FDA in June 2015 for intravenous application.
For use as an adjunct to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for reducing the risk of periprocedural myocardial infarction (MI), repeat coronary revascularization, and stent thrombosis (ST) in patients in who have not been treated with a P2Y12 platelet inhibitor and are not being given a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor.
IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
Division of Cardiology, University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Division of Cardiology - Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy
Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy
University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
CAEN University Hospital, Caen, France
University Federico II of Naples, Napoli, Italy
University of Florida Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
CHU Lyon, Lyon, France
CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
CHRU Lille, Lille, France
University of Florida Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
R.S. Hermanides, Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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