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CompletedNCT03387826ALTIC-2Updated Mar 5, 2019

Low Dose Ticagrelor Versus Low Dose Prasugrel in Patients With Prior Myocardial Infarction

A Phase 4 interventional study of Ticagrelor 60 mg and Prasugrel 5mg in Myocardial Infarction, Diabetes Mellitus and Coronary Artery Disease, sponsored by Attikon Hospital. Completed at 1 site in Greece. Open to participants aged 50 Years to 90 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-03-05.

Sponsored by Attikon Hospital · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

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Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
50 Years to 90 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 36 studies testing ticagrelor in Myocardial Infarction — 3 open to participants now, 3 under way, 1 of them phase 3. Ticagrelor · Myocardial Infarction.

Enrollment
34th of 36
20 · median 132
Started
2018
with 2 others
Phase 4
20 of 36
2 open now
Registered
23rd of 36
by date
Lead sponsor
1 of 36
Attikon Hospital

Among the 36 studies testing ticagrelor in Myocardial Infarction, this one is the 34th largest by enrollment, is one of 3 that started in 2018, is one of 20 in phase 4, and was the 23rd registered.

Myocardial Infarction

2,270 studies on the registry are indexed under Myocardial Infarction; 371 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

3 of the 36 studies testing ticagrelor in Myocardial Infarction are open now, in 7 countries. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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About ticagrelor

Ticagrelor: first FDA approval 2011 (BRILINTA), first EMA approval 2010. What it is approved for, and how studies give it, is on its page →

Who these studies take

Of the 255 Myocardial Infarction studies recruiting now, 172 (67%) set no upper age limit and 26 (10%) stop at 75 or younger; 16 take children under 18; 27 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 50 Years to 90 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

Taken together the results from DAPT and PEGASUS-TIMI54, it appears that physicians may consider extending beyond 1 year or reinitiating treatment with a thienopyridine or ticagrelor 60mg bid in patients with a prior MI and features of high ischemic and low bleeding risk. Comparative clinical or pharmacodynamic studies, however, between prasugrel 5 mg od and ticagrelor 60 mg bid in the chronic phase of stable post MI patients have not been performed.

In light of this, we believe that a dedicated pharmacodynamic study of ticagrelor 60 bid mg vs prasugrel 5 mg od in a PEGASUS-like population would be informative for the practicing clinician, thus setting the rationale for conducting this specifically designed investigation.

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This is a prospective, randomized, single blind, single center, crossover study. Eligible patients undergoing P2Y12 receptor antagonist therapy before screening will undergo a 14-day minimum washout period before randomization. Following screening/washout period (visit 1), patients will be randomized (visit 2, time 0) in 1:1 fashion to either prasugrel 5 mg od or ticagrelor 60 mg bid. Following 14±2 days (visit 3) patients will receive alternate treatment for additional 14 days (visit 4). Platelet reactivity assessment will be performed with the VerifyNow P2Y12 reaction assay at time 0, prior to first study drug dose. At visit 3 platelet function will be assessed at 2-4 hours post dose and prior to crossover. At visit 4 also platelet function will be assessed at 2-4 hours post study drug post dose. All patients will receive concomitant aspirin (100 mg/d) and standard secondary prevention medication.

The primary endpoint is the platelet reactivity measured in P2Y12 reaction units (PRU) at the end of the 2 study periods (pre-crossover and post-crossover).

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Conditions studied

  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Renal Disease

Keywords

  • ticagrelor
  • prasugrel
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
50 Years to 90 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Provision of prior to any study specific procedures
  2. female (defined as absence of any vaginal bleeding for a year) or male aged >50 years
  3. A spontaneous MI (ST or Non ST segment elevation) 1 to 3 years before enrolment. In addition, at least one of the following high-risk features: age of 65 years or older, diabetes mellitus requiring medication, a second prior spontaneous MI, multivessel coronary artery disease, or non-end stage renal disease (estimated of \<60 ml per minute).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Planned use of a P2Y12 receptor antagonist, dipyridamole, cilostazol, or anticoagulant therapy during the study period;
  2. Known allergy, intolerance, to ticagrelor or prasugrel or any ,
  3. Active pathological bleeding, severe hepatic impairment, a bleeding disorder or a history of an ischemic stroke or intracranial bleeding, a central nervous system tumor, or an intracranial vascular abnormality;
  4. Gastrointestinal bleeding within the previous 6 months or major surgery within the previous 30 days;
  5. Concomitant use of potent Cytochrome P450 3A4 () inhibitors (atazanavir, clarithromycin, indinavir, itraconazole, ketoconazole, nefazodone, nelfinavir, ritonavir, saquinavir, telithromycin and voriconazole, grapefruit juice over 1 litre daily), CYP3A substrates with narrow therapeutic indices (cyclosporine, quinidine), or inducers (carbamazepine, dexamethasone, phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifampin, and rifapentine).
  6. Increased risk of bradycardic events (e.g. known sick sinus syndrome or third degree AV block or previous documented syncope suspected to be due to bradycardia unless treated with a pacemaker).
  7. Inability to adhere to the follow-up requirements or any other reason or condition that the investigator feels would place the patient at increased risk if the therapy is initiated.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(7)

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Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

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Excipients

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CYP3A (CYP3A4) inhibitors and inducers

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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
Single (Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
20 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Ticagrelor

    Ticagrelor 60mg twice daily followed by Prasugrel 5mg once daily

    Drug: Ticagrelor 60 mg · Drug: Prasugrel 5mg

  • Active comparator
    Prasugrel

    Prasugrel 5m once daily followed by Ticagrelor 60mg twice daily

    Drug: Ticagrelor 60 mg · Drug: Prasugrel 5mg

Interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Platelet reactivity measured in P2Y12 reaction units (PRU) at the end of the 2 study periods

    Platelet reactivity measured in P2Y12 reaction units (PRU) at the end of the 2 study periods (pre-crossover and post-crossover).

    Time frame: 14 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. High platelet reactivity rate at the end of the 2 study periods

    High platelet reactivity rate (defined as \>208 PRU) at the end of the 2 study periods

    Time frame: 14 days

  2. VerifyNow P2Y12 assay % inhibition, using the TRAP-induced response at the end of the 2 study periods

    VerifyNow P2Y12 assay % inhibition, using the TRAP-induced (BASE channel) response at the end of the 2 study periods

    Time frame: 14 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • Attikon University Hospital
    Chaidari, 12462, Greece
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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 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Jan 2018 to primary completion in Jan 2019, 12 months.

Of 83 non-industry phase 4 interventional studies under Myocardial Infarction, half reached primary completion within 42 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 22 and three quarters within 78. This study's 12 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 87 studies reached it within 42 months; a quarter within 22 and three quarters within 78.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Dec 23, 2017
First posted
Jan 2, 2018
StartActual
Jan 11, 2018
Primary completionActual
Jan 31, 2019
CompletionActual
Jan 31, 2019
Last update
Mar 5, 2019
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 5, 2019, 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
NCT03387826
Lead sponsor
Attikon Hospital
Responsible party
Dimitrios Alexopoulos (Professor of Cardiology, National and Capodestrian University of Athens, Attikon Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 2, 2018
Start date
Jan 11, 2018
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2019
Completion
Jan 31, 2019
Last update
Mar 5, 2019

Study contacts

Dimitrios Alexopoulos, MD
principal investigator · Attikon Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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