claudicatio peripheral arterial disease
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: All patients of 18 and over with: (1) lesions to the iliac, femoropopliteal or below the knee (BTK) arteries; (2) eligibility of lesions for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) or recanalization with or without additional stenting (ST), (3) all TASC lesions [16]; (4) all Rutherford (1-6) classes.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are acute ischemia, PAD due to aneurysm abdominal or popliteal, patients with reported intolerance or hypersensitivity for the study medications, impossibility of discontinuing current antiplatelet therapy, the use of anticoagulant therapy (coumarin derivatives; acenocoumarol /fenprocoumon /warfarin), the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the two weeks prior to the venepuncture to determine eventual aspirin resistance, a history of platelet/bleeding abnormalities, a platelet count
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary endpoint is the occurrence of cardiovascular adverse events: thrombo-embolic events, re-stenosis and occlusion, re-intervention due to symptomatic restenosis or re-occlusion, the occurrence of cerebrovascular events, myocardial infarction, and mortality after one year of follow-up. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary endpoint is occurrence of major and/or minor bleeding. Also it is determined if CYP2C19 polymorphisms and non-responsiveness to aspirin or clopidogrel predicts outcome. The results of these tests are blinded for physicians. | — |
Countries
The Netherlands