Comparison of Prasugrel and Clopidogrel in Low Body Weight Versus Higher Body Weight With Coronary Artery Disease (FEATHER)

Lilly

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 1

Conditions

Coronary Artery Disease

Treatments

Drug: clopidogrel

Drug: prasugrel

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT01107925

12921

H7T-MC-TADI (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The 5-milligram (mg) dose of prasugrel in low body weight (LBW) patients with coronary artery disease produces a pharmacodynamic response within the same therapeutic range as 10-mg dose in higher body weight (HBW) patients.

Enrollment

72 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 74 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Subjects with a history of stable coronary artery disease who are not currently indicated for treatment with a thienopyridine (that is, prasugrel, clopidogrel, or ticlopidine)
Provision of written informed consent
For women of child-bearing potential only (that is, women who are not surgically or chemically sterilised and who are between menarche and 1 year post menopause), test negative for pregnancy (based on a urine or serum pregnancy test to be performed before randomisation) and agree to use a reliable method of birth control during the study

Exclusion criteria

Unstable coronary artery disease
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) or Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG) within the previous 90 days
History of refractory ventricular arrhythmias within the last 6 months; an implanted defibrillator device; congestive heart failure within 6 months prior to screening; major surgery, or severe trauma, fracture or organ biopsy within 3 months prior to enrollment
Any planned surgical procedure or any coronary revascularisation (surgical or percutaneous) planned within 60 days following randomisation
Any known contraindication to treatment with an antiplatelet agent
Significant hypertension at the time of screening or randomisation
Clinically significant out-of-range values for platelet count or haemoglobin at screening, in the investigator's opinion, or results of clinical laboratory tests at the time of screening that are judged to be clinically significant for the study population, as determined by the investigator
Prior history or presence of significant bleeding disorders, abnormal bleeding tendency, or personal history of coagulation or bleeding disorders.
Prior history or clinical suspicion of cerebral vascular malformations, intracranial neoplasm, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) or stroke.
Prior history of thrombocytopenia or thrombocytosis
Use of antiplatelet agents (besides aspirin) within 10 days prior to screening; the use (or planned use) of heparin, oral anticoagulants, or fibrinolytic agents within 30 days of screening; or subjects receiving daily treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) or cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors that cannot be discontinued for the duration of the study