Study Comparing Ticagrelor With Aspirin for Prevention of Vascular Events in Patients Undergoing CABG

Summary

The primary objective of this study ist to test the hypothesis that ticagrelor is superior to Aspirin (ASA) fort he prevention of major cardio- and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) in patients undergoing artery bypass operation. The primary efficiacy MACCE-endpoint is the composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, recurent revascularisation, and stroke at twelve month after coronary artery bypass operation.

Timeline

Start

2013-04-24

Primary completion

2018-05-19

Completion

2018-05-19

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

Stopped: “DSMB Interim Analyses”

paper [hazard ratio 1.19; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.87-1.62; P = 0.28]. PMID 31145798 ↗

Publications

• Sandner SE, Schunkert H, Kastrati A, Wiedemann D, Misfeld M, Boning A, Tebbe U, Nowak B, Stritzke J, Laufer G, von Scheidt M; TiCAB Investigators. Ticagrelor monotherapy versus aspirin in patients undergoing multiple arterial or single arterial coronary artery bypass grafting: insights from the TiCAB trial. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Apr 1;57(4):732-739. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz313.
• Schunkert H, Boening A, von Scheidt M, Lanig C, Gusmini F, de Waha A, Kuna C, Fach A, Grothusen C, Oberhoffer M, Knosalla C, Walther T, Danner BC, Misfeld M, Zeymer U, Wimmer-Greinecker G, Siepe M, Grubitzsch H, Joost A, Schaefer A, Conradi L, Cremer J, Hamm C, Lange R, Radke PW, Schulz R, Laufer G, Grieshaber P, Pader P, Attmann T, Schmoeckel M, Meyer A, Ziegelhoffer T, Hambrecht R, Kastrati A, Sandner SE. Randomized trial of ticagrelor vs. aspirin in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting: the TiCAB trial. Eur Heart J. 2019 Aug 1;40(29):2432-2440. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz185.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Aspirin	Small molecule	100 mg	—
Subject	Ticagrelor	Small molecule	90 mg	—

Indications