Status:

COMPLETED

Platelet Reactivity In Patients With Nuisance Bleeding On A Thienopyridine

Lead Sponsor:

Medstar Health Research Institute

Conditions:

Platelet Aggregation

Bleeding

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

The objective is to describe and quantify levels of platelet reactivity in three different cohorts of patients taking thienopyridine: patients who report nuisance bleeding, patients who report alarmin...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients 18 years or older from both genders
  • Underwent PCI within the last year
  • Taking maintenance dose of clopidogrel 75 mg once a day or prasugrel 10 mg once a day for at least five days

Exclusion

  • Known allergies to aspirin, clopidogrel, or prasugrel.
  • Use of a glycoprotein (GP)IIb/IIIa inhibitor within 8 hours of the blood draw.
  • Patient known to be pregnant or lactating
  • Patient with known history of anemia, thrombocytopenia, bleeding disorder, or currently active bleeding
  • On warfarin therapy at the time of blood draw
  • Known blood transfusion within the preceding 10 days of the blood draw
  • Patients treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS, not to include aspirin) within the previous 5 days
  • Any significant medical condition that, in the investigator's opinion, may interfere with the patient's optimal participation in the study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2010

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

July 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

300 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01152229

Start Date

April 1 2010

End Date

July 1 2011

Last Update

August 3 2011

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Washington Hospital Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010