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Prasugrel vs. Ticagrelor on Myocardial Injury in STEMI

Comparison of Prasugrel vs. Ticagrelor on Myocardial Injury in Revascularized ST Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03435133
Acronym
COMPARE
Enrollment
61
Registered
2018-02-15
Start date
2015-11-23
Completion date
2018-12-31
Last updated
2019-06-10

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Conditions

ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Keywords

Primary angioplasty, Prasugrel, Ticagrelor, STEMI, cardiac magnetic resonance, infarct size, infarct injury

Brief summary

The investigators propose to perform a randomized clinical trial comparing prasugrel vs. ticagrelor in 60 patients with ST elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention. The principal objective of the study would be analyzing the difference in myocardial infarction size measured by cardiac magnetic resonance at 6 months

Detailed description

Dual antiplatelet therapy consisting of aspirin and one of the P2Y12 receptor inhibitors is the mainstay of treatment for patients with ST elevation acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Prasugrel or ticagrelor have actually shown to be superior to clopidogrel improving the prognosis of these patients. However, the industrial interest has avoided any direct comparison between these two antiplatelets. Comparison is of great interest considering that only ticagrelor has shown to significantly reduce mortality. As ticagrelor may exert off-target effects through adenosine-related mechanisms, the investigators aimed to investigate whether ticagrelor reduces myocardial injury to a greater extent than prasugrel in patients with revascularized STEMI. Patients with acute STEMI undergoing primary percutaneous coronary revascularization within 6 hours of chest pain, will be randomized to (1) prasugrel (a 60 mg oral loading and a 10-mg dailiy maintenance dose) or to (2) ticagrelor (a 180 mg loading dose and a 90 mg twice daily maintenance dose). The predefined primary end point is infarct sieze on magnetic resonance imaging at the end of the study (6 months). Magnetic resonance will be performed at day 1, day 7 and moth 6. Platelet reactivity, biomarkers and clinical outcomes will also be assesed.

Interventions

DRUGPrasugrel

60 mg oral bolus plus oral 10 mg once daily

DRUGTicagrelor

180 mg oral bolus plus oral 90 mg every 12 hours daily

Sponsors

AORTICA Group
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* age 18 years or older and equal or less than 75 years * symptom onset within 12 hours before random assignment * chest pain lasting more than 30 minutes * ST-segment elevation of at least 0.1 mV in at least 2 limb leads, ST-segment elevation of at least 0.2 mV in 2 or more contiguous precordial leads, or left bundle-branch block or paced rhythm * time from symptoms onset to randomization less than 6 hours * no severe heart failure (Killip class \<3) * informed, written consent

Exclusion criteria

* history of myocardial infarction with Q wave * history of surgical or percutaneous coronary revascularization * cardiogenic shock, defined as a systolic blood pressure \<90 mm Hg with no response to fluid administration or \<100 mm Hg in patients with supportive treatment and no bradycardia * history of stroke * history of bronchial asthma * symtomatic sinusal bradicardia or advance AV block * history of hypersensitivity to aspirin, prasugrel or ticagrelor or contraindication to the doses established in the study * patients pretreated with 600 mg of clopidogrel or more * contraindication for the use of gadolinium during the magenitc resonance

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Infarct size6 monthsCardiac magnetic resonance imaging-assessed infarct size of left ventricular mass (%)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Infarct sizeup to two weeksCardiac magnetic resonance imaging-assessed infarct size of left ventricular mass (%)
Myocardial salvage indexup to two weeksCardiac magnetic resonance imaging-assessed myocardial salvage index
Microvascular obstructionup to two weeksCardiac magnetic resonance imaging-assessed microvascular obstruction
MACE6 monthsThe rate of MACE defined as the composite of death, reinfarction, new-onset heart failure, or rehospitalization

Countries

Spain

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026