Bioresorbable Polymer-Coated EES in Patients at High Bleeding Risk Undergoing PCI Followed by 1-Month DAPT (POEM)
Coronary Artery Disease, Acute Coronary Syndrome
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Coronary Artery Disease
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
All patients will need to have symptomatic coronary artery disease including patients with chronic stable angina, silent ischemia, or acute coronary syndromes (including NSTE-ACS and STE-ACS) and presence of one or more coronary artery stenoses >50% in a native coronary artery or a saphenous bypass graft that treated with one or multiple Synergy® stents.
Moreover, in order to be included patients will need to meet at least 1 of the following HBR criteria:
- Age ≥75 years
- Oral anticoagulation planned to continue after PCI
- Hemoglobin <11 g/l,
- Transfusion within 4 week before inclusion
- Platelet count <100'000
- Hospital admission for bleeding in previous 12 months
- Stroke in previous 12 months
- History of intracerebral hemorrhage
- Severe chronic liver disease
- Creatinine clearance <40 ml/min
- Cancer in previous 3 years
- Planned major surgery in next 12 months
- Glucocorticoids or NSAID planned for >30 days after PCI
- Expected non-adherence to >30 days of dual antiplatelet therapy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Cardiogenic shock
- Major active bleeding at the time of PCI
- Expected non-adherence with 1 month DAPT
- Known intolerance to aspirin, clopidogrel, or ticagrelor
- Inability to provide informed consent
- Currently participating in another trial before reaching first endpoint
Sites / Locations
- Humanitas Research HospitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Study arm
1023 real world high-bleeding risk (HBR) patients with coronary artery disease (stable as well as acute coronary syndromes) who qualify for percutaneous coronary interventions will be included in the study.