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A Randomized Comparison of CLOpidogrel Monotherapy Versus Extended Dual-antiplatelet Therapy Beyond 12 Months After Implantation of Drug-eluting StEnts in High-risk Lesions or Patients; A-CLOSE Trial

A Randomized Comparison of CLOpidogrel Monotherapy Versus Extended Dual-antiplatelet Therapy Beyond 12 Months After Implantation of Drug-eluting StEnts in High-risk Lesions or Patients; A-CLOSE Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03947229
Enrollment
3200
Registered
2019-05-13
Start date
2019-08-14
Completion date
2026-08-16
Last updated
2024-10-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Coronary Artery Disease, DES

Keywords

Patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention with DES implantation carrying high risks for the recurrent major adverse events., anti platelet therapy, bleeding

Brief summary

We hypothesized that clopidogrel mono-therapy will not be inferior to the extended DAPT in terms of the occurrence of both ischemic and bleeding events, for lesions or patients at high risk for either ischemic or bleeding complications 12 months after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation.

Detailed description

Patients at high risk for either ischemic or bleeding complications, but who were stable without clinical evetns for 12 months after DES implantation will be included in this study. Eligible patients will be randomized to continue DAPT (aspirin plus clopidogrel) for further 24 months or to change to single antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel (clopidogrel-alone). Randomization will be stratified according to 1) clinical presentation (acute coronary syndrome or stable coronary artery disease) and 2) age (≥75 or \<75). Baseline clinical and angiographic characteristics, laboratory findings will be assessed at the time of randomization. All patients will provide informed consent on their own initiative. All of study subjects will be have an outpatient visit as scheduled in outpatient clinic. Occurrence of study endpoints will be documented at clinical visit or telephone interview every 6 months up to 24 months after randomization. Antiplatelet drugs will be open-label and prescribed by attending physician.

Interventions

DRUGClopidogrel mono-therapy

Patients will receive clopidogrel (75 mg once daily) monotherapy without co-administration of aspirin for 24 months after randomization.

Patients will receive co-administration of aspirin (100 mg/day) and clopidogrel (75 mg/day) for 24 months after randomization.

Sponsors

Yonsei University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Masking description

Antiplatelet drugs will be open-label and prescribed by attending physician.

Intervention model description

Patients will be assigned to continue DAPT (aspirin plus clopidogrel) or to change to single antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel (clopidogrel-alone) for further 24 months.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
19 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

(must all met) 1. Patients \>19 years old 2. Patients who underwent DES implantation 12 months (-1 to +5 months) previously. 3. High risk characteristics (clinical or lesion) for ischemic events (must at least one) High risk patients; clinical criteria 1. Acute coronary syndrome 2. Previous history of cerebrovascular accidents 3. History of peripheral artery intervention 4. Heart failure (left ventricular ejection fraction ≤40%) 5. Diabetes treated with medication 6. Chronic renal insufficiency including end-stage renal diseases High risk lesions; angiographic or procedural criteria 1. Left main diseases 2. Bifurcation lesions 3. Chronic total occlusion 4. In-stent restenotic lesions 5. Graft lesions 6. Diffuse long lesions requiring total stent length ≥28 mm 7. Calcified lesions requiring atherectomy 8. Multivessel coronary artery disease with multiple stents 9. Small vessel disease requiring stent diameter of ≤2.5 mm

Exclusion criteria

1. Age\> 80 years 2. Pregnant women or women with potential childbearing 3. Life expectancy \< 1 year 4. Refusal or inability to understand of informed consent 5. Need for chronic oral anticoagulation 6. History of major bleeding within 3 months prior to randomization

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Net Adverse Clinical Events (NACE)24 monthsThe composite of all-cause of death, myocardial infarction (MI), stent thrombosis, stroke, or bleeding (BARC type 2, 3, or 5)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Each component of net adverse clinical events24 months
All-cause or cardiovascular mortality24 months
Major or minor bleeding24 monthsMajor or minor bleeding would be defined by BARC and TIMI criteria
Major adverse cardiac event24 monthsMajor Adverse Cardiac events includes all-cause of death, myocardial infarction, stent thrombosis, or ischemia-driven target vessel revascularization
Major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular event24 monthsMajor adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular event includes all-cause death, myocardial infarction, stent thrombosis, stroke, or ischemia-driven target vessel revascularization

Countries

South Korea

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Aug 31, 2026