Long Term Safety of Clopidogrel in Neonates/Infants With Systemic to Pulmonary Artery Shunt Palliation — CLARINET LT  

Heart Defects, Congenital Clinical Trial

Official title: Long Term Safety Study in Patients Included in the CLARINET Study With Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease Palliated With a Systemic-to-pulmonary Artery Shunt and for Whom the Shunt is Still in Place at One Year of Age

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is the extension of the CLARINET study [NCT00396877 -EFC5314] in neonates or infants with cyanotic congenital heart disease palliated with a systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt.

The primary objective was to assess the safety up to 18 months of age of the extended use of Clopidogrel 0.2 mg/kg/day in patients for whom the shunt was still in place at one year of age.

The secondary objective was to assess the efficacy on the occurrence of shunt thrombosis requiring intervention or any death.

Clinical Trial Description

Patients remained in the treatment group to which they were originally allocated for the CLARINET study and continued blindly their treatment (0.2 mg/kg/day of clopidogrel or placebo) up to the occurrence of shunt thrombosis, next surgical procedure for correction of the congenital heart disease, death, or 18 months of age, whichever came first. The maximum treatment duration were 6 months. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Congenital Abnormalities
• Heart Defects, Congenital

• NCT number: NCT00833703
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Sanofi
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: January 2009
• Completion date: July 2010