Review Article

Stent Thrombosis: Incidence, Predictors and New Technologies

Table 6

Ongoing studies assessing pharmacogenomics and antiplatelet therapy.

StudyNumber of patientsPatient populationTherapyPrimary endpoint

GIFTNAAll-comers undergoing PCITailored clopidogrel versus standard clopidogrel according to platelet reactivity and genetic typeResidual platelet activity
TARGET-PCI1,500Nonemergent PCITailored with clopidogrel and prasugrel to results of platelet reactivity and genetic typeMACE
CLOVIS-2120Post-MIClopidogrel 300 mg versus Clopidogrel 600 mg in 2 genetic CYP2C19 typesInhibition of residual platelet activity 6 hours following clopidogrel
PREDICT42Stable CADThose with high residual platelet activity on clopidogrel and genotyped for CYP2C19 treated with double dose clopidogrelChange in residual platelet activity
GeCCO14,600Recent ACSGenotype-guided comparison of clopidogrel in extensive metabolizers and prasugrelCardiovascular death, nonfatal MI, or nonfatal stroke

GIFT: Genotype Information and Functional Testing; TARGET-PCI: Thrombocyte Activity Reassessment and Genotyping for PCI; CLOVIS-2: Clopidogrel and response Variability Investigation Study 2; PREDICT: Pilot Study on the Effect of High Clopidogrel Maintenance Dosing; GeCCO: Genotype Guided Comparison of Clopidogrel and Prasugrel Outcomes Study; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; MI: myocardial infarction; CAD: coronary artery disease; ACS: acute coronary syndrome; MACE: major adverse cardiovascular event.