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Trial of Clopidogrel After Surgery for Coronary Artery Disease (CASCADE Trial) — CASCADE  

Atherosclerosis Clinical Trial

Official title:
Clopidogrel After Surgery for Coronary Artery Disease (CASCADE Trial): Does Clopidogrel Prevent Saphenous Vein Graft Disease After Coronary Bypass?

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the combination of clopidogrel with aspirin prevents the development of blockages (atherosclerosis) in vein grafts one year after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) compared to aspirin alone.

Clinical Trial Description

Saphenous vein graft disease remains a major limitation of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). The process of saphenous vein intimal hyperplasia is mediated by platelet aggregation and begins just days after surgical revascularization. Subsequently, areas of intimal hyperplasia in turn develop graft atherosclerotic disease and its sequelae. Clopidogrel improves outcomes in patients with atherosclerotic disease, and is effective at reducing intimal hyperplasia in animal models of thrombosis. Therefore, the goal of this study will be to evaluate the efficacy of clopidogrel and aspirin therapy versus aspirin alone in the prevention of saphenous vein graft intimal hyperplasia following one year after CABG. Patients undergoing multi-vessel CABG and in whom at least two saphenous vein grafts will be used are eligible for the study. Patients will be randomized to receive daily clopidogrel 75 mg or placebo, in addition to daily aspirin 162 mg, for the duration of one year starting as soon as postoperative bleeding has been ruled out on the day of surgery. At the end of one year, all patients will undergo coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasound assessment of one saphenous vein graft as selected by randomization. The study will be powered to test the hypothesis that clopidogrel and aspirin will reduce vein graft intimal hyperplasia by 20% compared to aspirin alone at one year following bypass surgery. ;

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Clinical Trial Details
NCT number NCT00228423
Study type Interventional
Source Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
Start date May 2006
Completion date July 2009
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