Guided Antiplatelet Therapy in Interventional Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms

Summary

The use of intracranial stents expands the possibilities for endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms and improves the success rate. However, it also increases the risk of ischemic complications in patients. The current standard dual antiplatelet regimen is considered crucial in reducing thrombotic events. Nevertheless, some patients exhibit resistance to antiplatelet drugs, which puts them at a higher risk of thrombotic events. In clinical practice, there is a lack of standardized platelet function testing and consensus on adjusting antiplatelet drug programs. This study conducted a multi-center, prospective cluster randomized controlled trial to investigate whether antiplatelet adjustment therapy guided by light transmittance aggregometry (LTA) detection can decrease the occurrence of ischemic events after stent implantation in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Additionally, the study aimed to establish a set of standardized antiplatelet regimens.

Timeline

Start

2023-05-04

Primary completion

2023-10-03

Completion

2023-10-29

Publications

• Results Zhou Y, Li W, Wang C, Xie R, Zhu Y, Peng Q, Zhang L, Zhang H, Gu Y, Mu S, Liu J, Yang X. Roles of light transmission aggregometry and CYP2C19 genotype in predicting ischaemic complications during interventional therapy for intracranial aneurysms. Stroke Vasc Neurol. 2023 Aug;8(4):327-334. doi: 10.1136/svn-2022-001720. Epub 2023 Feb 6.
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• Zhou Y, Wang J, Li W, Liu J, Wang A, Zhang Y, Mu S, Xie R, Peng Q, Zhang L, Luo B, Zhao Y, Wang Y, Zhang Z, Lin Y, Zhang P, Zhang J, Li L, Yin X, Xiao F, Lin Y, Liu X, Bian Y, Wang S, Li J, Zhang X, Hasan DM, Krings T, Zhang H, Yang X. Guided Antiplatelet Therapy for Stent-Treated Intracranial Aneurysms: A Cluster-Randomized Trial. Radiology. 2025 Mar;314(3):e241509. doi: 10.1148/radiol.241509.

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