Status:

COMPLETED

Impact of Race/Ethnicity on Platelet Function

Lead Sponsor:

University of Nebraska

Conditions:

Coronary Heart Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

19+ years

Brief Summary

The effects of race/ethnicity on platelet function and response to antiplatelet agents will be assessed using healthy participants and coronary heart disease patients from at least 5 racial/ethnic gro...

Detailed Description

The effects of race/ethnicity on platelet function and response to antiplatelet agents will be assessed using 125 healthy subjects, 250 coronary heart disease patients treated with aspirin, and 250 co...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Each subject must fulfill the following criteria in order to be included in the study.
  • The subject must be capable of understanding the nature of the study and executing an informed consent document.
  • The subject must be aged 19 years or older.
  • For healthy subjects, the subject must deny taking any medications that affect platelet function for at least 7 days before blood collection.
  • For diseased patients, subjects with documented CAD are eligible to participate if they have been treated with antiplatelet therapy of aspirin (81 to 325 mg/day) with and without clopidogrel (75 mg/day) or another P2Y12 antagonist for at least one month.

Exclusion

  • For healthy volunteers, subjects who fulfill one or more of the following criteria will be excluded from the study.
  • taking medications for chronic cardiovascular diseases.
  • illnesses requiring hospitalization or surgery within the last three months.
  • history of drug or alcohol abuse.
  • history of recent anemia or thrombocytopenia.
  • history of excessive bleeding or thrombosis.
  • pregnancy.
  • For coronary heart disease subjects, subjects who fulfill one or more of the following criteria will be excluded from the study.
  • illnesses requiring hospitalization or surgery within the last one month.
  • history of drug or alcohol abuse.
  • history of recent anemia or thrombocytopenia.
  • pregnancy.
  • recent bleeding diathesis
  • malignancy
  • renal insufficiency
  • liver dysfunction
  • treatment with warfarin or glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa antagonists during the preceding 14 days

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2010

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 30 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

625 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01168622

Start Date

June 1 2010

End Date

March 30 2013

Last Update

September 1 2023

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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198