Study to Learn When Platelets Return to Normal After One Loading Dose of Anti-platelet Drugs in Patients With Symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndromes

Summary

To investigate how platelets recover to normal function in subjects who have symptoms of a heart attack or unstable angina and who get a loading dose of prasugrel or clopidogrel for planned coronary angiography.

Timeline

Start

2009-10

Primary completion

2010-12

Completion

2010-12

Publications

• Bernlochner I, Morath T, Brown PB, Zhou C, Baker BA, Gupta N, Jakubowski JA, Winters KJ, Schomig A, Kastrati A, Sibbing D. A prospective randomized trial comparing the recovery of platelet function after loading dose administration of prasugrel or clopidogrel. Platelets. 2013;24(1):15-25. doi: 10.3109/09537104.2011.654003. Epub 2012 Feb 28.

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