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. 2012 Feb 8;8:65–75. doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S28090

Table 2.

Outcome studies with different inhibition of platelet aggregation

Study Study patients Clopidogrel dose Platelet function assay Platelet reactivity measure End-point prediction
Matetzky et al6 STEMI-PCI patients: 60 300 mg post-PCI LTA (ADP induced aggregation) Patients stratified into 4 quartiles MACE at 6 months
P < 0.01
Gurbel et al60 ELLECTIVE PCI, patients: 192 300/600 mg post PCI LTA and TEG Patients stratified in different quartiles MACE at 6 months
P = 0.02
Bliden et al61 ELLECTIVE PCI, patients: 100 75 mg for >1 month LTA and TEG Pre-procedural platelet aggregation in patients on clopidogrel MACE at 12 months
P < 0.001
Bonello et al38 ELLECTIVE PCI, patients: 144 300 mg, 24 hours prior to PCI VASP-P PRI > 50% MACE at 6 months
P < 0.01
Price et al63 ELLECTIVE PCI, patients: 380 600 mg, 12 hours prior to PCI VerifyNow PRU > 235 MACE at 6 months
P = 0.008
Marcucci et al64 ACS-PCI patients: 683 600 mg prior to PCI VerifyNow PRU > 240 MACE at 12 months
CV death P = 0.034
MI P = 0.004
Migliorini et al62 PCI unprotected LM, patients: 215 600 mg prior to PCI LTA Platelet reactivity > 70% MACE at 19.3 months
P = 0.005
El Ghannudi et al65 ELECTIVE and URGENT PCI, patients: 461 300 or 600 mg VASP-P PRI > 61% MACE at 9 months
P = 0.037
Breet et al66 ELLECTIVE PCI, patients: 1069 75 mg >5 days or 300 mg >24 hours prior or 600 mg >4 hours prior to PCI LTA, VerifyNow, plateletworks, IMPACT, Innovance PFA and PFA-100 Standard Platelet function measurement values MACE at 12 months
P values for tests shown in Figure 2

Abbreviations: ADP, adenosine diphosphate; LM, left main; LTA, light transmittance aggregometry; CV, cardiovascular; MACE, major adverse cardiovascular events; MI, myocardial infarction; PFA, platelet function assay; PRI, platelet reactivity index; PRU, P2Y12 reaction unit; TEG, thrombelastography; VASP-P, vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein phosphorylation.