Efficacy And Safety Of Clopidogrel In Neonates /Infants With Systemic To Pulmonary Artery Shunt Palliation

Summary

Contemporary management of cyanotic congenital heart disease includes three stages of surgery. Incidence of shunt thrombosis and death between the two first stages of palliation remains important. The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of Clopidogrel 0.2 mg/kg/day for the reduction of all cause mortality and shunt related morbidity in neonates or infants with cyanotic congenital heart disease palliated with a systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt (e.g. modified Blalock Taussig Shunt \[BTS\]). The secondary objective was to assess the safety of Clopidogrel in the study population.

Timeline

Start

2006-11

Primary completion

2010-02

Completion

2010-02

Publications

• Wessel DL, Berger F, Li JS, Dahnert I, Rakhit A, Fontecave S, Newburger JW; CLARINET Investigators. Clopidogrel in infants with systemic-to-pulmonary-artery shunts. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jun 20;368(25):2377-84. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1114588.

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