Ticagrelor and Anti-inflammatory Effects

Kyung Hee University

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 3

Conditions: Chronic Kidney Disease

Treatments: Drug: Ticagrelor

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02406911

PIANO6

Details and patient eligibility

About

Antiplatelet treatment in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis (HD) is still challenging because of bleeding and thrombotic complications. The investigators hypothesized ticagrelor once daily dose would achieve tolerable antiplatelet effects compared with ticagrelor twice a day dose in ESRD patients on HD.

Full description

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a strong risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, and confers an increasing risk of stent thrombosis even when dual antiplatelet therapy (clopidogrel and aspirin) is administered. Patients with severe CKD or end stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis (HD) exhibited higher platelet reactivity to clopidogrel than did those with normal renal function. The investigators recently reported platelet inhibition by ticagrelor was faster and markedly greater than by clopidogrel with onset dosing regimen in patients with ESRD on HD. However, few studies have been conducted whether platelet reactivity during ticagrelor treatment is associated with endothelial function, platelet activation markers and inflammation status in ESRD patients on HD. Additionally, the dose dependent effects of ticagrelor have been rarely evaluated.

Enrollment: 25 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ESRD patients undergoing regular (≥ 6 months) maintenance HD
• ongoing (≥ 2 months) treatment with clopidogrel
• P2Y12 reaction units (PRUs) were more than 235

Exclusion criteria

• known allergies to aspirin, clopidogrel, or ticagrelor
• concomitant use of other antithrombotic drugs (oral anticoagulants, dipyridamole)
• thrombocytopenia (platelet count <100,000/mm3)
• hematocrit <25%
• uncontrolled hyperglycemia (hemoglobin A1c >10%)
• liver disease (bilirubin level >2 mg/dl)
• symptomatic severe pulmonary disease
• active bleeding or bleeding diathesis
• gastrointestinal bleeding within the last 6 months
• hemodynamic instability
• acute coronary or cerebrovascular event within the last 3 months
• pregnancy
• any malignancy
• concomitant use of a cytochrome P450 inhibitor or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
• recent treatment (<30 days) with a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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25 participants in 2 patient groups

Ticagrelor 90 mg

Experimental group

Description:

After randomization, an initial loading dose of ticagrelor (180 mg) was given and low dose ticagrelor (ticagrelor 90 mg once a day) was treated for 14 days.

Treatment:

Drug: Ticagrelor

Ticagrelor 180 mg

Active Comparator group

Description:

After randomization, an initial loading dose of ticagrelor (180 mg) was given and usual dose ticagrelor (ticagrelor 90 mg twice a day) was treated for 14 days.

Treatment:

Drug: Ticagrelor