High Ischemic Risk
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this prospective randomized clinical trial is to compare the clinical outcomes between aspirin with ticagrelor versus aspirin with clopidogrel in high ischemic risk patients beyond 12 months after percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stent implantation
Interventions
Aspirin with ticagrelor
Aspirin with clopidogrel
Sponsors
Study design
Intervention model description
Ticagrelor-based dual-antiplatelet therapy vs. Clopidogrel-based dual-antiplatelet therapy
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
1. Age ≥50 years old 2. History of drug-eluting stent implantation due to acute myocardial infarction 12 to 24 months ago 3. High-risk for ischemic events (at least one of the following) 1) Age \>65 years old 2) Medical treatments for diabetes mellitus 3) Multi-vessel coronary artery disease 4) More than 2 episodes of myocardial infarction 5) Chronic kidney disease (stage III or IV)
Exclusion criteria
1. Age ≥85 years old 2. Pregnant women or women with potential childbearing 3. Life expectancy \< 1 year 4. Inability to understand or read the informed consent 5. Need for long-term anticoagulation therapy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Composite of all-cause death, myocardial infarction, or stroke | up to 24 months | Composite of all-cause death, myocardial infarction, or stroke at 24 months after randomization |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| All-cause death | up to 24 months | All-cause death at 24 months after randomization |
| Myocardial infarction | up to 24 months | Myocardial infarction at 24 months after randomization |
| BARC type 2, 3, or 5 bleeding | up to 24 months | BARC type 2, 3, or 5 bleeding at 24 months after randomization |
| Cardiac death | up to 24 months | Cardiac death at 24 months after randomization |
| Composite of all-cause death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or BARC type 2, 3, or 5 bleeding | up to 24 months | Composite of all-cause death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or BARC type 2, 3, or 5 bleeding at 24 months after randomization |
| Stroke | up to 24 months | Stroke at 24 months after randomization |
Countries
South Korea