Triple Therapy in Patients on Oral Anticoagulation After Drug Eluting Stent Implantation

Summary

The investigators hypothesize that reducing the duration of clopidogrel therapy from 6 months to 6 weeks after DES implantation is associated with improved clinical outcomes in patients on ASA and an oral anticoagulant.

Timeline

Start

2008-09

Primary completion

2013-12

Completion

2014-09

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper Six weeks of triple therapy was not superior to 6 months with respect to net clinical outcomes. PMID 25908066 ↗

Publications

• Background Rubboli A, Halperin JL, Airaksinen KE, Buerke M, Eeckhout E, Freedman SB, Gershlick AH, Schlitt A, Tse HF, Verheugt FW, Lip GY. Antithrombotic therapy in patients treated with oral anticoagulation undergoing coronary artery stenting. An expert consensus document with focus on atrial fibrillation. Ann Med. 2008;40(6):428-36. doi: 10.1080/07853890802089786.
• Background Schomig A, Neumann FJ, Kastrati A, Schuhlen H, Blasini R, Hadamitzky M, Walter H, Zitzmann-Roth EM, Richardt G, Alt E, Schmitt C, Ulm K. A randomized comparison of antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy after the placement of coronary-artery stents. N Engl J Med. 1996 Apr 25;334(17):1084-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199604253341702.
• Fiedler KA, Maeng M, Mehilli J, Schulz-Schupke S, Byrne RA, Sibbing D, Hoppmann P, Schneider S, Fusaro M, Ott I, Kristensen SD, Ibrahim T, Massberg S, Schunkert H, Laugwitz KL, Kastrati A, Sarafoff N. Duration of Triple Therapy in Patients Requiring Oral Anticoagulation After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation: The ISAR-TRIPLE Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Apr 28;65(16):1619-1629. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.02.050.
• Fiedler KA, Byrne RA, Schulz S, Sibbing D, Mehilli J, Ibrahim T, Maeng M, Laugwitz KL, Kastrati A, Sarafoff N. Rationale and design of The Intracoronary Stenting and Antithrombotic Regimen-Testing of a six-week versus a six-month clopidogrel treatment Regimen In Patients with concomitant aspirin and oraL anticoagulant therapy following drug-Eluting stenting (ISAR-TRIPLE) study. Am Heart J. 2014 Apr;167(4):459-465.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.01.005. Epub 2014 Jan 14.

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