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Antiplatelet effects of prasugrel vs. double clopidogrel in patients on hemodialysis and with high on-treatment platelet reactivity.

Author(s): Alexopoulos D, Panagiotou A, Xanthopoulou I, Komninakis D, Kassimis G, Davlouros P, Fourtounas C, Goumenos D.

Affiliation(s): Department of Cardiology, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece. dalex@med.upatras.gr

Publication date & source: 2011, J Thromb Haemost. , 9(12):2379-85

BACKGROUND: High on-treatment platelet reactivity (HTPR) is frequent in patients on hemodialysis (HD) receiving clopidrogel. OBJECTIVES: The primary aim of this study was to determine the antiplatelet effects of prasugrel vs. high-dose clopidogrel in patients on HD with HTPR. PATIENTS/METHODS: We performed a prospective, single-center, single-blind, investigator-initiated, randomized, crossover study to compare platelet inhibition by prasugrel 10 mg day(-1) with that by high-dose 150 mg day(-1) clopidogrel in 21 patients on chronic HD with HTPR. Platelet function was assessed with the VerifyNow assay, and genotyping was performed for CYP2C19*2 carriage. RESULTS: The primary endpoint of platelet reactivity (PR, measured in P2Y12 reaction units [PRU]) was lower in patients receiving prasugrel (least squares [LS] estimate 156.6, 95% confidence interval [CI] 132.2-181.1) than in those receiving high-dose clopidogrel (LS 279.9, 95% CI 255.4-304.3), P < 0.001). The LS mean differences between the two treatments were - 113.4 PRU (95% CI - 152.9 to - 73.8, P < 0.001) and - 163.8 PRU (95% CI - 218.1 to - 109.2, P < 0.001) in non-carriers and carriers of at least one CYP2C19*2 allele, respectively. HTPR rates were lower for prasugrel than clopidogrel, in all patients (19% vs. 85.7%, P < 0.001) and in non-carriers (25.7% vs. 80%, P = 0.003). All carriers continued to show HTPR while receiving high-dose clopidogrel, but none showed it while receiving prasugrel. CONCLUSIONS: In HD patients exhibiting HTPR following standard clopidogrel treatment, prasugrel 10 mg day(-1) is significantly more efficient than doubling the clopidogrel dosage in achieving adequate platelet inhibition. Neither effect seems to be influenced by carriage of the loss-of-function CYP2C19*2 allele.

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