Active clinical trials for "Coronary Thrombosis"

To compare the in hospital clinical outcomes in terms of efficacy and safety of deferred stenting versus non-deferred stenting in STEMI patients with high thrombus burden undergoing primary percutaneous intervention.

Background: Retrospective analyses of long-term BASKET findings identified patients with large drug-eluting stents (DES) (>2.5mm Stents) as patients at risk for late cardiac death/nonfatal myocardial infarction. In view of new DES with absorbable polymers and new bare metal stents BMS) with thin struts and biocompatible polymers, BP-II will be launched to test their comparative clinical safety up to 12 years if treated with an aspirin/prasugrel combination, since prasugrel halved stent thrombosis rates compared to clopidogrel in a large ACS trial. The primary objective is to demonstrate non-inferiority of the Nobori DES stent compared to the Xience Prime DES stent on safety and e cacy in patients requiring stents >=3.0mm in diameter on the background of contemporary dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with prasugrel and aspirin Set-up: Multicenter open-label randomized trial. Patient inclusion: Unselected series of patients in need of large (>3mm) stents only in native vessels irrespective of clinical indication. Patient exclusion: In-stent restenosis, Left-main disease, cardiogenic shock, planned surgery <12months, increased bleeding risk, no compliance expected, History of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). Randomization: By centre using sealed envelopes 1:1:1: Nobori:Xience Prime:Prokinetik-stent.

All subjects requiring percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and stenting are eligible to participate in the study. Restudy coronary angiogram with Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) would be performed between 1 to 5 months at the time of a staged PCI procedure (for remaining coronary disease) or as clinically indicated, and then at 9 months. At the time of the 9-month restudy (a proper time window for drug eluting stent to develop into restenosis should it occur), any new disease detected or restenosis will be treated. The reported incidence of drug eluting stent restenosis is around 10% in simple lesions and is expected to be higher in diabetic patients, long lesions and multi-vessel diseases; a restudy at 9 months actually confers better protection to the patients with advanced disease and any restenosis can be treated timely. All data on clinical events and progress will be monitored and regular follow-ups will be carried out.

Despite the benefit of drug-eluting stents (DES) to reduce the need for repeat revascularization procedures, concerns regarding late stent thrombosis (ST) have led to recent guidelines advocating extended prescription of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with aspirin and a thienopyridine (clopidogrel or ticlopidine]) beyond that described in the product labeling. Specifically, an advisory has recommended at least 1 year DAPT following treatment with DES in patients without contraindications. However, this recommendation was largely empiric and not based on any trial showing reductions in ST with long-term DAPT, nor are potential safety differences between DES considered. Further, no study has examined the balance in potential efficacy with long-term DAPT relative to an increased bleeding risk. A consistency across clinical trials involving the Endeavor DES has been very low rates of late myocardial infarction, cardiac death and ST. Unlike other DES, recent studies indicate that the Endeavor stent may permit more rapid and complete healing over stent struts in addition to restoring normal blood vessel function. Further, in patients treated with the Endeavor stent, long-term safety outcomes are similar through 3 years follow-up irrespective of whether patients were adherent to DAPT for durations of ≤ 6 months, 12 months or 24 months. In this study, long-term safety and effectiveness will be examined for patients treated with the Endeavor stent and assigned to DAPT for reduced duration of 6 months. If the study demonstrates safety and efficacy, it could influence treatment guidelines in favor of an abbreviated duration of DAPT for patients treated with the Endeavor stent. This would mean that should a bleeding complication or need or surgery arise less than 12 months post-PCI, patients treated with the Endeavor stent could stop DAPT after 6 months with reasonable estimate of safety. Furthermore, it is possible that patients who are currently denied DES due to known need for elective surgery could be treated with the Endeavor stent in cases where surgery can be temporarily delayed. Finally, it could be an additional option for patients who forgo treatment with DES in favor of bare metal stent (BMS) out of fear of possible bleeding with long-term DAPT. Finally, it is recognized that not all patients respond the same way to anti-platelet therapy. Recent studies have indicated that inherited genetic variations in the way the body metabolizes anti-platelet medications may be important determinants of responsiveness to thienopyridine therapy, and that such differences may also confer a higher likelihood of adverse outcome. Patients agreeing to the additional genetic sub-study will have a DNA sample taken at baseline to test for the presence of such genes related to antiplatelet therapy metabolism and effectiveness. The results of these tests could help the medical community to better understand individual variation in response to anti-platelet therapy and the role that genetics may play in determining the response. It is possible that the information gained could help physicians tailor DAPT on a patient by patient basis.

Low dose of aspirin is the main cause of gastro-duodenal ulcer. The best prevention is not definite particularly in patients without history of ulcer and infected by H. pylori.The aim of the study is to evaluate the gastric damage induced by aspirin in patients with H. pylori infection but who have any history of ulcer.

In human purified platelets, only thrombin, and not the other platelet agonists, leads to a transient activation of the protein kinase activated by AMP (AMPK) and to phosphorylation of its "bona fide" substrate, ACC on its Ser79. ACC phosphorylation (P-ACC) can be an interesting marker of thrombin action on platelets. Indeed platelet and coagulation interplay, though undoubtedly present in atherosclerosis and atherothrombosis, remains difficult to assess. Our group showed that atherosclerotic mice (SRBI/Apolipoprotein E knock-out) had higher platelet P-ACC compared to corresponding control mice (C57BL6). In agreement with these data, preliminary results showed increased platelet P-ACC in a small cohort of patients admitted for coronary angiogram, with demonstrated coronary artery disease (CAD). In the light of our preliminary results, we sought to analyze platelet P-ACC in a large prospective clinical trial (ACCTHEROMA) in patients admitted for coronary angiogram. The aim of the study is to compare platelet P-ACC in platelets of patients with CAD and more particularly in unstable CAD patients to non-CAD patients. This study could potentially identify patients at high risk of future ischemic cardiovascular events, because of a higher level of thrombin generation.

The management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction in the acute phase requires an optimal antiaggregation combining aspirin and a P2Y12 inhibitor (clopidogrel, prasugrel or ticagrelor). Primary percutaneous coronary intervention must be performed within 2 hours of first medical contact. However, even with the new P2Y12 inhibitors, effective platelet inhibition which is required to inhibit the progression of intracoronary thrombus, is present only in half of the patients at 2 hours. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is the reference method for visualizing and quantifying intracoronary thrombus. The post-stenting intracoronary residual mass evaluated in OCT was associated with altered myocardial reperfusion indices, which were themselves associated with the prognosis of the patient. However, the determinants of this post-stenting residual mass -mostly thrombotic- remain unknown. Measurement of platelet reactivity (expressed as P2Y12 Reaction Unit and Aspirin Reaction Unit) by simple turbidimetric tests (VerifyNow) is available in the cathlab. Enhanced platelet reactivity is reported in patients with acute coronary syndrome and represents a high-risk situation for recurrent coronary events in this setting. The study aims to: to evaluate the relationship between the post-stenting residual intracoronary mass evaluated in OCT and the platelet response at the time of the PCI evaluated by Verify Now to confirm the impact of the residual mass measured by OCT on the EKG and angiographic myocardial reperfusion indices identify patients with high thrombotic risk who may require more intensive antithrombotic therapy identify simple biological markers associated with the residual mass measured by OCT

The purpose of the study is the evaluation of multiple biomarkers related to acute coronary syndromes, including myeloid-related protein 8/14 (MRP 8/14), along with established clinical markers, for early diagnosis and risk stratification in patients presenting with acute chest pain at the emergency department. Study hypothesis: MRP 8/14, alone or together with other established or new biomarkers, increases the earliness, sensitivity, and specificity of diagnosing acute coronary syndromes.

This study is a prospective, non-randomized, open-label registry of consecutive patients with CAD treated by stent-assisted PCI using at least one CypherTM stent. Up to 1000 pts will be included in the registry. The registry is conducted for the evaluation of the impact of CypherTM Sirolimus-eluting stent implantation in the "real world" of interventional cardiology. Informed consent will be obtained from patients meeting the inclusion criteria before the initiation of any study specific procedures. Consecutive patients treated with the use of the CypherTM stent will be included in the registry. Baseline and post-procedure blood samples will be used to perform platelet function analysis using the Accumetrics Ultegra RPFA (Rapid Platelet Function Assay). All patients will be followed from enrollment through the hospital discharge for any clinically significant event (death, myocardial infarction, TLR, TVR, major or minor bleeding). A follow-up telephone assessment of death, myocardial infarction, revascularization, and medical treatment will be conducted by experienced research personnel at 30 days, 6 months, 1 year and at least 2 years. All site reported deaths, myocardial infarctions and revascularizations will be adjudicated by an independent Clinical Events Committee for all 1000 patients enrolled in the trial. An interim analysis of the first 750 patients will be conducted and data forwarded to FDA.

Bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS, ABSORB BVS1.1, Abbott Vascular) has been approved (CE mark) and is used in daily clinical practice. While recent randomized controlled trials comparing BVS versus metallic drug-eluting stent showed higher risk of definite or probable device thrombosis after BVS implantation, the causes underlying thrombotic events occurring beyond one year after scaffold implantation remain unclear and require investigation in an independent manner. The INVEST registry is a world-wide, multi-center, observational, retrospective, investigator-initiated registry, which will include any patients who suffered from very late (>1 year) scaffold thrombosis, underwent optical coherence tomography (OCT) at the time of thrombosis and provided informed consent for the further use of their health related data for this registry.