The Effect of Reloading Prasugrel in a Patient Who Has Already Received a Loading Dose (LD) of Clopidogrel

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to compare platelet reactivity between patients receiving a loading dose of clopidogrel and a reloading dose of prasugrel to patients receiving only a loading dose of prasugrel.

Timeline

Start

2010-10

Primary completion

2014-01

Completion

2014-01

Publications

• Results Lhermusier T, Lipinski MJ, Drenning D, Marso S, Chen F, Torguson R, Waksman R. Switching patients from clopidogrel to prasugrel in acute coronary syndrome: impact of the clopidogrel loading dose on platelet reactivity. J Interv Cardiol. 2014 Aug;27(4):365-72. doi: 10.1111/joic.12139. Epub 2014 Jul 19.

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