Status:

COMPLETED

Platelet Reactivity After Cessation of Clopid in the Setting of Coronary Stent Implantation I: PRACTICE I

Lead Sponsor:

Medstar Health Research Institute

Conditions:

Coronary Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Single center randomized parallel group study to determine if: 1. there is a temporary increase in platelet reactivity after abrupt discontinuation of clopidogrel due to a potential rebound phenomeno...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients, male or female, \> 18 years of age,
  • Patients who are scheduled for an elective PCI with a drug eluting stent
  • Patients willing to return for all required follow up visits.
  • Patients live/work within a 60 mile radius of the Washington Hospital Center.

Exclusion

  • Patient has experienced an acute myocardial infarction within the preceding 48 hours of the subsequent angioplasty.
  • Unprotected left main coronary disease with \>50% stenosis;
  • Patients with renal failure requiring dialysis;
  • Patients with a documented ejection fraction \< 30 percent at the time of subsequent PCI;
  • Patient with a life expectancy less than 12 months or malignancy.
  • Known allergies to aspirin or clopidogrel bisulfate (PlavixR) and that cannot be medically managed;
  • Planned surgery or other indication for requiring the cessation of clopidogrel within 12 months of PCI;
  • Any significant medical condition which in the investigator's opinion may interfere with the patient's optimal participation in the study.
  • Patients with known history of bleeding diathesis;
  • Prothrombin time \>1.5 times control; coumadin therapy
  • Platelet count \<100 000/mm3;
  • Hematocrit \<25%;
  • Creatinine \>4.0 mg/dL;
  • Thienopyridine use within 5 days of enrollment
  • Glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa use within 8 hours of enrollment or any indication were the operator will require GP IIb/IIIa inhibitor use during the hospitalization.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2007

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

February 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00684359

Start Date

June 1 2007

End Date

February 1 2010

Last Update

May 31 2010

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Ron Waksman, MD, Washington Hospital Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010