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The purpose of this study is to determine whether adding clopidogrel to aspirin after coronary bypass operation (CABG) improves graft patency, in patients that have preoperatively increased platelet activity(hypercoagulable) and therefore greater risk of graft occlusion( thrombosis).


Clinical Trial Description

Graft patency after CABG is reported to 80-90% worldwide 1 year following surgery. In the immediate period after surgery, and the following month, graft occlusion mainly occurs due to thrombosis.

Patients with platelet hyperreactivity have increased risk of thromboembolic events, including graft occlusion, myocardial infarction and stroke. Therefore intensifying the antiplatelet therapy in these patients, must be anticipated to have beneficial effects.

Hypercoagulable patients are identified with thrombelastography(TEG) as having a Maximal Amplitude(MA)>69, thereafter randomized to either clopidogrel(3months) and aspirin or aspirin alone. At 3 months postoperative after surgery the coronary graft patency is assessed with Multislice CT scan.

Pre- and postoperatively, and then again at 3month followup, TEG and multiplate aggregometry are performed to assess platelet reactivity and resistance to aspirin and clopidogrel. ;


Study Design

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


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NCT number NCT01046942
Study type Interventional
Source Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Contact Sulman Rafiq, MD
Phone (0045) 35458728
Email sulman_raf@hotmail.com
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 3
Start date November 2008
Completion date September 2014

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