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Status unknownNCT02459288APROVE-CKDUpdated Jun 2, 2015

Platelet Resistance With Ticagrelor or Standard-Dose Clopidogrel Among CKD and ACS Patients

A Phase 4 interventional study of Clopidogrel first and Ticagrelor first in Acute Coronary Syndrome, Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease, sponsored by Ping-Yen Liu. Status unknown at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-06-02.

Sponsored by Ping-Yen Liu · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified May 2015), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
80
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
20 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

A 4 week-duration cross-over study on Ticagrelor and Clopidogrel for the Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) subjects, focusing on the platelet inhibition and safety observation.

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Acute coronary syndrome is a high mortality and costly disease. Antiplatelet therapies, including aspirin and P2Y12 antagonist, play important roles at the acute and subacute stage treatment for acute coronary syndrome, especially after coronary stent implantation. Patients with decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) experience higher cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Clopidogrel, one of P2Y12 receptor antagonists, inhibits the receptor's activation by blocking its interaction with ADP. However, the efficacy of clopidogrel shows substantial variation and residual platelet reactivity, which is related to adverse cardiovascular outcome, especially in impaired renal function. Our study aims to check the platelet inhibition rate comparing both medication with a cross-over study among CKD subjects and ACS condition.

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Conditions studied

  • Acute Coronary Syndrome
  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • End-Stage Renal Disease

Keywords

  • Acute coronary syndrome
  • Chronic kidney disease
  • End-Stage Renal Disease
  • eGFR
  • Ticagrelor
  • Clopidogrel
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In context

Kidney Diseases

3,840 studies on the registry are indexed under Kidney Diseases; 500 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 80 is above the median of 70 across 2,640 interventional studies indexed under Kidney Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Ping-Yen Liu as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Provision of informed consent prior to any study specific procedures
  2. Female and male, age between 20-75 years
  3. Stage 3-5 chronic kidney disease (eGFR\<60ml/min) patients or ESRD
  4. Taking standard treatment dose of clopidogrel (75mg/day) for more than 1 week
  5. Patients were eligible for enrollment if they were hospitalized for an acute coronary syndrome, with or without ST-segment elevation, with an onset of symptoms during the past 6 months.
  6. For patients who had an acute coronary syndrome without ST-segment elevation, at least two of the following three criteria had to be met: ST-segment changes on electrocardiography, indicating ischemia; a positive test of a biomarker, indicating myocardial necrosis; or one of several risk factors (age ≥60 years; previous myocardial infarction or coronary-artery bypass grafting [CABG]; coronary artery disease with stenosis of ≥50% in at least two vessels; previous ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, carotid stenosis of at least 50%, or cerebral revascularization; diabetes mellitus; peripheral arterial disease).
  7. For patients who had an acute coronary syndrome with ST-segment elevation, the following two inclusion criteria had to be met: persistent ST-segment elevation of at least 0.1 mV in at least two contiguous leads or a new left bundle-branch block.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Oral anticoagulation therapy that cannot be stopped
  2. Increased risk of bradycardia
  3. Concomitant use of strong CYP3A inhibitor/inducers
  4. Unwilling to sign inform consent
  5. Allergic or contraindicated to any study medications
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
80 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Clopidogrel first

    Clopidogrel (Plavix) 75 mg qd, 2 weeks; followed with Ticagrelor (Brilinta) 90 mg bd, 2 weeks

    Drug: Clopidogrel first

  • Experimental
    Ticagrelor first

    Ticagrelor (Brilinta) 90 mg bd, 2 weeks; followed with Clopidogrel (Plavix) 75 mg qd, 2 weeks

    Drug: Ticagrelor first

Interventions

  • DrugClopidogrel first

    After randomization, 2 weeks Clopidogrel (Plavix) 75 mg QD will be given and then crossover with following 2 weeks Ticagrelor (Brilinta) 90 mg bd

    Also known as: C-T

  • DrugTicagrelor first

    After randomization, 2 weeks Ticagrelor (Brilinta) 90 mg bd will be given then crossover with following 2 weeks Clopidogrel (Plavix) 75 mg QD

    Also known as: T-C

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. platelet VerifyNow inhibition rate and Platelet Residual Unit (PRU) values changes

    Time frame: baseline, 2 weeks and 4 weeks later (compare cross over effect)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Major bleeding events

    assessed by TIMI bleeding score: mild, moderate and severe; the transfusion of packed red blood cell amount; decreased count in Hb (\>2.5)

    Time frame: 1 year

Other outcomes

  1. Myocardial infarction

    Time frame: 1 year

  2. emergent condition with hospitalization need

    Number of subjects with an emergent condition that required hospitalization

    Time frame: 30 days

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital
    Tainan, 704, Taiwan
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Natale P, Palmer SC, Saglimbene VM, Ruospo M, Razavian M, Craig JC, Jardine MJ, Webster AC, Strippoli GF. Antiplatelet agents for chronic kidney disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Feb 28;2(2):CD008834. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008834.pub4. PubMed 35224730 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 2, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02459288
Lead sponsor
Ping-Yen Liu
Responsible party
Ping-Yen Liu (Attending Physician, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Jun 2, 2015
Start date
Jan 2014
Primary completion
Dec 2015 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2015 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 2, 2015

Study contacts

Ping-Yen Liu, MD, PhD.
Contact
larry@mail.ncku.edu.tw
+88662353535 ext. 4602
Ping-Yen Liu, MD, PhD.
principal investigator · National Cheng Kung University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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