Platelet Activity in Vascular Surgery and Cardiovascular Events (PACE)

NYU Langone Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Peripheral Artery Disease; Critical Limb Ischemia; Cardiovascular Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02106429

14-00531

R01HL114978 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pathological and clinical studies have consistently demonstrated that abnormalities in thrombosis and hemostasis play a major role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and atherothrombosis. Screening for abnormalities in thrombosis and hemostasis by measuring platelet activity, thrombin generation, and markers of coagulation have been proposed to identify individuals at high-risk for cardiovascular events, however, it remains a research tool not ready for implementation in standard care.

The proposed study will add to the growing understanding of platelet activity and markers of coagulation in cardiovascular disease; examine a comprehensive battery of platelet activity markers, thrombin generation, markers of coagulation, and inflammatory biomarkers in subjects undergoing vascular surgery; and will provide important data on the mechanism of increased platelet activity using micro RNA, RNA and DNA expression profiling. The study design is prospective and the main outcome measure is platelet activity measurements associated with short-term cardiovascular events in PAD patients

Full description

The main aim is to determine whether preoperative platelet activity measurements are independently associated with short-term cardiovascular events in Peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients undergoing open non-emergent lower extremity vascular surgery. We will characterize the platelet phenotype in 350 PAD patients before vascular surgery and use Cox proportional hazard models to determine the independent association of the platelet phenotype with risk of cardiovascular events in the first 30 days after surgery.

Blood collection at three different time points (before surgery, following surgery while still in the hospital, and at the subjects' first return visit to the vascular surgeon following surgery) will allow us to assess the dynamic change in platelet activity, coagulation and inflammation during the perioperative period. We believe that markers of clotting and bleeding will change during the course of surgery, and that some of these markers may be used to help predict the likelihood of developing a clotting or bleeding event following surgery. The long-term goal is to develop a clinically useful assessment of platelet activity, thrombin generation, coagulation and inflammation for risk stratification that may ultimately serve as a target for therapeutic intervention.

Enrollment: 246 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Subjects undergoing non emergent lower extremity revascularization
2. Use of aspirin within 48 hours prior to surgery
3. Age > 21 years of age
4. Able and willing to provide written informed consent for the study

Exclusion criteria

1. Use of any therapeutic anticoagulant
2. Use of any nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (ibuprofen, naproxen, etc.) within 72 hours
3. Thrombocytopenia (platelet count<100) or Thrombocytosis (platelet count>500)
4. Anemia (hemoglobin<9)
5. Any known hemorrhagic diathesis

Trial design

246 participants in 2 patient groups

Platelet Hyperactivity

Description:

Subjects with platelet hyperactivity undergoing non emergent lower extremity revascularization.

No Platelet Hyperactivity

Description:

Subjects with no platelet hyperactivity undergoing non emergent lower extremity revascularization.