Tranexamic Acid in Clopidogrel Exposure to Decrease Hemorrhage and Transfusion
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-10-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The use of platelet aggregation inhibitors, including aspirin and clopidogrel(CPDG), has
become a standard management strategy for patients with acute coronary syndrome. On this
background, an increasing percentage of patients presenting for surgical coronary
revascularization is the subject to irreversible platelet inhibition.
Investigations on the effect of antiplatelet treatment on postoperative bleeding after
cardiac surgery have shown that patients treated with antiplatelet agents until surgery have
increased postoperative bleeding, and also an increased need for transfusions of blood
products. As a result of the antiplatelet effect of clopidogrel, the frequency of serious
bleeding complications has increased significantly, as seen in patients requiring coronary
artery bypass grafting(CABG), especially when they received clopidogrel until surgery.
Tranexamic acid(TA) is a widely used antifibrinolytic agent, and is a promising substitute
for aprotinin when the latter has seceded in 2007.The release of plasmin during
cardiopulmonary bypass(CPB) activates fibrinolysis and may contribute to platelet
dysfunction. Pharmacological inhibition of the fibrinolytic system may therefore ameliorate
platelet dysfunction and fibrinolysis after CPB and decrease postoperative bleeding.
Tranexamic acid prevents plasmin formation and inhibits fibrinolysis.
Concerning the cessation of aprotinin and the increasing proportion of patients with
persistence on clopidogrel until their surgery, evolutional work is expected, especially in
the eastern population.
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of tranexamic acid in patients with
clopidogrel and asprin ingestion until surgery. The investigators working hypothesis was that
tranexamic acid would lower postoperative blood loss and transfusion requirements in these
patients and would attenuate bleeding complication of antiplatelet therapy.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital