OASIS-6 : The Safety and Efficacy of Fondaparinux Versus Control Therapy in Patients With ST Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction

Summary

This is a randomized, double blindcontrolled, parallel group, multi-center, multinational study of fondaparinux vs. control in patients with STEMI (ST segment myocardial infarction) randomized within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms.

Timeline

Start

2003-08

Primary completion

2006-02

Completion

2006-02

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Death or reinfarction at 30 days was significantly reduced from 677 (11.2%) of 6056 patients in the control group to 585 (9.7%) PMID 16537725 ↗

Publications

• Results Yusuf S, Mehta SR, Chrolavicius S, Afzal R, Pogue J, Granger CB, Budaj A, Peters RJ, Bassand JP, Wallentin L, Joyner C, Fox KA; OASIS-6 Trial Group. Effects of fondaparinux on mortality and reinfarction in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: the OASIS-6 randomized trial. JAMA. 2006 Apr 5;295(13):1519-30. doi: 10.1001/jama.295.13.joc60038. Epub 2006 Mar 14.
• Diaz R, Goyal A, Mehta SR, Afzal R, Xavier D, Pais P, Chrolavicius S, Zhu J, Kazmi K, Liu L, Budaj A, Zubaid M, Avezum A, Ruda M, Yusuf S. Glucose-insulin-potassium therapy in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. JAMA. 2007 Nov 28;298(20):2399-405. doi: 10.1001/jama.298.20.2399.

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