Crushed Ticagrelor Versus Eptifibatide Bolus + Clopidogrel

Summary

Patients with troponin-negative acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are not routinely pre-treated with P2Y12 inhibitors and the rate of high on-treatment platelet reactivity (HPR) remains elevated after a loading dose of ticagrelor at the time of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This suggests that faster platelet inhibition with crushed ticagrelor , eptifibatide , or cangrelor is needed to reduce HPR and periprocedural myocardial infarction and injury (PMI). The present study compared the effects of crushed ticagrelor vs. eptifibatide bolus + clopidogrel in troponin-negative ACS patients undergoing PCI.

Timeline

Start

2016-11-01

Primary completion

2018-01-30

Completion

2018-12-01

Publications

• Marian MJ, Abu Daya H, Chatterjee A, Al Solaiman F, Sasse MF, Fonbah WS, Workman RW, Johnson BE, Carlson SE, Brott BC, Prabhu SD, Leesar MA. Effects of Crushed Ticagrelor Versus Eptifibatide Bolus Plus Clopidogrel in Troponin-Negative Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Randomized Clinical Trial. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Dec 3;8(23):e012844. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.012844. Epub 2019 Nov 26.

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