The Effects of loW Dose tIcagrelor on Platelet Function Testing in Patients With Stable Coronary arTery Disease

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-03-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study aims to assess the effects of low dose ticagrelor on platelet function testing in patients with stable coronary artery disease.

• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: The University of The West Indies
• Treatments: Ticagrelor

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. between 18 and 74 years of age,

2. have stable coronary artery disease, already on DAPT with aspirin and clopidogrel for at least 6 months,

3. not on any physician-prescribed medications or complementary/alternative therapies,

Exclusion Criteria:

1. presence of active internal bleeding or history of bleeding diathesis or clinical findings associated with an increased risk of bleeding,

2. history of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, transient ischemic attack, intracranial neoplasm, arteriovenous malformation, or aneurysm,

3. history of clinical and/or hemodynamic instability,

4. within 1 month of placement of a bare-metal stent,

5. within 30 days of coronary artery bypass graft surgery or PCI without a stent placed,

6. planned coronary revascularization,

7. treatment with fibrin-specific fibrinolytic therapy <24 h or non-fibrin-specific fibrinolytic therapy <48 h,

8. use of an oral anticoagulation agent or international normalized ratio >1.5,

9. body weight <60 kg,

10. age >75 years,

11. hemoglobin <10 g/dL,

12. platelet count <100×106/μL,

13. creatinine >2 mg/dL,

14. hepatic enzymes >2.5 times the upper limit of normal,

15. pregnancy and/or lactation.