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NCT ID: NCT03056118
Brief Summary: Investigators try to assess the safety of 6-months or 12-months maintenance of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT, aspirin + clopidogrel) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention using the Zotarolimus-eluting, Resolute Integrity™ stent (Medtronic Vascular Inc, Santa Rosa, CA) or the BioMatrix™ stent (Biosensors. Singapore).
Detailed Description: Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) has proven the most effective treatment in reducing thrombotic complications after drug eluting stent (DES) implantation. Although the optimal duration of antiplatelet therapy is still under investigation, late stent thrombosis (ST) with DES has pushed the recommendation for duration of clopidogrel therapy for one year or more, in patients without risks for bleeding. However, recent controversies regarding the risk of stent thrombosis in patients receiving DES has brought up the issue of the appropriate duration of antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention, and a recent study reported that the use of extended DAPT for a period longer than 12 months in patients who had received DES was not significantly more effective than aspirin monotherapy in reducing the rate of myocardial infarction (MI) or death for cardiac causes. Zotarolimus-eluting stent (Resolute Integrity™) and biolimus-eluting stent with biodegradable polymer system (BioMatrix™) share several similarities. Both stents are flexible thin strut stents eluting sirolimus-analogue drugs targeting at mammalian target of rapamycin. The advantages that Resolute Integrity™ stent strut is quite thin and coated with highly biocompatible polymer and BioMatrix™ stent has the abluminal drug coating system with biodegradable polymer might provide clinical studies showing that both stents are quite safe as well as efficacious. Moreover, recent report showed that continuation of clopidogrel for only 3 months after implantation of Endeavor stent seems to be safe in low-to-moderate coronary artery risk group. Based on these clinical evidences, the duration of DAPT continuation for 12 months or less after implantation of Resolute Integrity™ or BioMatrix™ stent, 'the second generation DES', would be safe, however, there are no data available about this. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to assess the safety of 6-months or 12-months maintenance of DAPT in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using Resolute Integrity™ or BioMatrix™ stent.
Study: NCT03056118
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Protocol Section: NCT03056118