Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Tailored on the Extent of Platelet Inhibition — DANTE  

Unstable Angina Clinical Trial

Official title: Optimization of Antiplatelet Therapy With Clopidogrel on the Basis of the Extent of Platelet Inhibition in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes on Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Undergoing PCI With Stent Implantation

Status Not yet recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy (reduction of major ischemic events at 6 and 12 months of follow-up) of a tailored clopidogrel therapy in patients with UA/NSTEMI undergoing PCI with stent implantation and wiht a documented residual platelet reactivity assessed by a point of care system (VerifyNow P2Y12).

Clinical Trial Description

Several studies documented the presence of a high variability in the individual response to antiplatelet therapies in terms of extent of platelet function inhibition. This laboratory finding is the so-called aspirin or clopidogrel resistance which we prefer to define residual platelet reactivity (RPR) on antiplatelet therapy.

A growing body of evidence is demonstrating the clinical relevance of this laboratory parameter, i.e. patients with RPR are at higher risk of a subsequent adverse cardiovascular event.

In particular, it has been demonstrated that RPR measured by light transmittance aggregometry induced by ADP or by the point of care assay VerifyNow P2Y12 identifies patients which, after coronary revascularization with stent implantation, at higher risk of a potentially catastrophic event such as stent thrombosis.

No randomized trials are available in the literature on the efficacy and safety of an antiplatelet therapy tailored on the extent of platelet function inhibition. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Angina, Unstable
• NSTEMI
• Unstable Angina

• NCT number: NCT00774475
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Florence
• Contact: Gian Franco Gensini, MD
• Phone: 00390557949417
• Email: g.gensini@dac.unifi.it
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: November 2008
• Completion date: January 2011