Efficacy and Safety of a Half-dose Bolus of r-SAK Prior to Primary PCI in ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction (OPTIMA-6)

October 24, 2024 updated by: Chunjian Li, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

Efficacy and Safety of a Half-dose Bolus of r-SAK Prior to Primary PCI in ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction: a Multicenter Randomized Double-blind Placebo-controlled Trial (OPTIMA-6)

As an effective treatment for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), early reperfusion may reduce the infarct size and improve the prognosis of patients. However, it remains uncertain whether adjunctive thrombolytic therapy administered immediately prior to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) improves outcomes in patients undergoing the procedure within 120 minutes.

In this investigator-initiated, prospective, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, subjects meeting the inclusion/exclusion criteria should be randomly assigned 1:1 to the trial group (r-SAK) or the control group (placebo). The risk of major adverse cardiovascular events within 90 days will be observed.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a serious and critical disease that causes acute coronary artery stenosis, spasm or occlusion due to the rupture or erosion of coronary artery plaque, resulting in myocardial ischemia and necrosis. Myocardial ischemia and necrosis can cause myocardial cell loss, ventricular remodeling and local inflammatory reaction, leading to decreased cardiac output or increased intracardiac pressure, and eventually progress to heart failure (HF), which seriously affects the prognosis of patients. The FAST-MI study found that 37.5% of AMI patients were complicated with HF, and the 1-year mortality of these patients was significantly increased. Early reperfusion treatment as an effective means of AMI treatment can promote myocardial reperfusion, save dying myocardium and reduce infarct area, which is of great significance to improve the clinical prognosis of patients.

At this stage, many primary hospitals do not have the conditions for emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Transferring patients to PCI hospitals takes a lot of time, delaying the best time for early reperfusion treatment. In addition, the thrombus burden in the coronary artery increases with the prolongation of ischemia time. Stent implantation in the coronary artery with excessive thrombus burden is prone to slow blood flow or no reflow, resulting in the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). In view of the above problems, guidelines suggest that if the estimated transit time is more than 120 minutes, thrombolytic therapy should be performed before transport; If the estimated transfer time is less than 120 minutes, it can be directly transferred to the PCI hospital.

However, it remains uncertain whether adjunctive thrombolytic therapy administered immediately prior to primary PCI improves outcomes in patients undergoing the procedure within 120 minutes ("facilitated PCI"). Multiple previous studies comparing facilitated PCI with primary PCI found facilitated PCI to be inferior in terms of clinical outcomes, while other studies based on reduced-dose thrombolysis confirmed the superiority of facilitated PCI in better patency of infarct-related artery (IRA). Recombinant staphylokinase (r-SAK), as the third-generation thrombolytic agent, may serve as the potential thrombolytic drug to contemporary facilitated PCI by virtue of its high fibrinolytic activity and fibrin selectivity.

Staphylokinase (SAK) is produced by Staphylococcus aureus and it is a protein containing 136 amino acid residues. Its ability for dissolving blood clots was first discovered in 1948. Studies have shown that SAK is not directly convert plasminogen (PLG) into plasminogen (PLi), but first combines with PLG in a 1:1 ratio to form a complex. The complex can lead to the exposure of PLG active site, from single chain to double chain PLi, resulting to form an active SAK-PLI complex, which subsequently activates PLG molecules. Then PLG transforms into PLi and further dissolve the thrombus.

R-SAK was developed in 1990 by Shanghai Institute of Plant and Biological Physiology. It is a gene recombinant drug prepared by molecular cloning of SAK gene in Escherichia coli. Its biological characteristics are very similar to natural SAK, and r-SAK is a highly fibrin-specific fibrinolysis agent. R-SAK is considered to be one of the most promising thrombolytic drugs due to its high thrombolysis activity (especially in platelet-rich arterial thrombosis), inactivation of system fibrinolysis, and few side effects. Clinical studies have shown that the efficacy of r-SAK in the treatment of AMI is better than urokinase, comparable to RT-PA, and it does not increase serious bleeding complications such as intracranial hemorrhage.

In terms of pharmacokinetics, r-SAK has a fast distribution and a long action time in human body. Half-lives of distribution term is 13.30±2.06min and elimination term is 67.94±21.39min when intravenous injection 10 mg r-SAK in 30min. A single bolus of r-SAK as early as possible during the first medical contact (such as prehospital care or primary hospitals or medical centers with conditional PCI) can maximize the time window for reperfusion therapy.

Achieving early reperfusion by means of facilitated PCI is consistent with the core of STEMI treatment, but the efficacy and safety of facilitated PCI are still controversial. OPTIMA-6, designed as shorter symptom onset to treatment time, a half-dose thrombolytic agent, and upstream use of the potent antiplatelet agent, will therefore evaluate the efficacy and safety of a half-dose bolus of r-SAK vs. placebo prior to primary PCI to inform clinical practice of contemporary facilitated PCI in patients with STEMI.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

2260

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

      • Changzhou, China
        • Recruiting
        • The First People's Hospital of Changzhou
        • Contact:
          • Ling Yang, MD
      • Changzhou, China
        • Recruiting
        • Changzhou Second People's Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Xin Chen, MD
      • Changzhou, China
        • Recruiting
        • Changzhou Wujin People's Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Jianqiang Xiao, MD
      • Chongqing, China
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        • Chongqing Hospital of Jiangsu Province Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Junhong Wang, MD
        • Contact:
          • Hongyan Xing
      • Dalian, China
        • Recruiting
        • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University
        • Contact:
          • Xin Zhao, MD
      • Daqing, China
        • Recruiting
        • Daqing Oilfield General Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Zhiqi Sun, MD
      • Dongguan, China
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        • Dongguan People's Hospital
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          • Suxia Guo, MD
      • Fengcheng, China
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        • Fengcheng People's Hospital
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          • Wenbo Li, MD
      • Guangzhou, China
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        • General Hospital of Southern Theatre Command
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          • Jinxia Zhang, MD
      • Hainan, China
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        • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University
        • Contact:
          • Yuewu Chen, MD
      • Hangzhou, China
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        • The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University
        • Contact:
          • Peng Dong, MD
          • Phone Number: +86 13501352371
      • Hangzhou, China
        • Recruiting
        • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University Medical College
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          • Jun Jiang, MD
      • Hefei, China
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        • The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University
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          • Xianhe Lin, MD
      • Huai'an, China
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        • Huai'an First People's Hospital
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          • Xiwen Zhang, MD
      • Huai'an, China
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        • Huai'an Second People's Hospital
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          • Naiquan Yang, MD
      • Lianyungang, China
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        • The First People's Hospital of Lianyungang
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          • Bo Zhao, MD
      • Lianyungang, China
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        • The Second People's Hospital of Lianyungang
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          • Yilian Wang, MD
      • Lianyungang, China
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        • Donghai Country People's Hospital
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          • Jianling Zhou, MD
      • Liyang, China
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        • Liyang Hospital of Jiangsu Province Hospital
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          • Junhong Wang, MD
      • Nanchang, China
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        • The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
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          • Xiaoping Peng, MD
      • Nanjing, China
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        • The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
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          • Pingxi Xiao, MD
      • Nanjing, China
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        • Sir Run Run Hospital Nanjing Medical University
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          • Chunjian Li, MD
      • Nanjing, China
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        • Nanjing Tongren Hospital
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          • Jiakuan Wu, MD
      • Nanning, China
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        • Nanjing Qixia District Hospital
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          • Daxing Yang, MD
      • Nantong, China
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        • Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University
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          • Hongzhuan Sheng, MD
      • Nantong, China
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        • Nantong First People's Hospital
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          • Koulong Zheng, MD
      • Neimeng, China
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        • The People's Hospital of Zhalaite
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          • Guofeng Chang, MD
      • Qingdao, China
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        • Qingdao Municipal Hospital
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          • Yibing Shao, MD
      • Shandong, China
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        • Qilu Hospital of Shandong University
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          • Yuguo Chen, MD
      • Shanghai, China
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        • Renji Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University
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          • Jun Bu, MD
      • Shanghai, China
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        • Songjiang hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
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          • Lei Hou, MD
          • Phone Number: +86 13564868096
      • Shenyang, China
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        • The People's Hospital of Liaoning Province
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          • Bo Luan, MD
      • Shenzhen, China
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        • ShenZhen People's Hospital
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          • Da Yin, MD
      • Suining, China
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        • Suining County People's Hospital
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          • Ruili Wang, MD
      • Suqian, China
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        • Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Group Suqian Hospital
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          • Hao Ding, MD
      • Suqian, China
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        • Suqian First Hospital
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          • Zhiyong Zhang, MD
      • Suzhou, China
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        • The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
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          • Tingbo Jiang, MD
      • Suzhou, China
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        • Suzhou Municipal Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Jun Zhang, MD
          • Phone Number: +86 18994427321
      • Suzhou, China
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        • Suzhou Dushu Lake Hospital
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          • Yafeng Zhou, MD
      • Suzhou, China
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        • Suzhou Municipal Hospital of Anhui Province
        • Contact:
          • Hailong Qiu, MD
      • Suzhou, China
        • Recruiting
        • Wanbei Coal-Electricity Group General Hospital
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          • Kun Zhu, MD
      • Taihe, China
        • Recruiting
        • Taihe County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Daimei Ni, MD
      • Taishan, China
        • Recruiting
        • Taishan people's Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Yan Chen, MD
          • Phone Number: +86 13580014030
      • Taizhou, China
        • Recruiting
        • Taizhou People's Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Li Zhu, MD
      • Wenzhou, China
        • Recruiting
        • The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
        • Contact:
          • Hao Zhou, MD
      • Wenzhou, China
        • Recruiting
        • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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          • Xueqiang Guan, MD
      • Wuxi, China
        • Recruiting
        • Wuxi People's Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Ruxing Wang, MD
      • Wuxi, China
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        • Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University
        • Contact:
          • Xiaoyan Wang, MD
      • Wuxi, China
        • Recruiting
        • Wuxi Second People's Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Yan Jin, MD
      • Xuzhou, China
        • Recruiting
        • The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University
        • Contact:
          • Tongda Xu, MD
      • Xuzhou, China
        • Recruiting
        • Xuzhou Central Hospital
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          • Bing Han, MD
      • Xuzhou, China
        • Recruiting
        • The People's Hospital of Jiawang District of Xuzhou City
        • Contact:
          • Yunjun Li, MD
      • Yancheng, China
        • Recruiting
        • Yancheng No.1 People's Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Yunfeng Ju, MD
      • Yangzhou, China
        • Recruiting
        • Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu province
        • Contact:
          • Yong Xie, MD
      • Yangzhou, China
        • Recruiting
        • Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University
        • Contact:
          • Kaizheng Gong, MD
      • Zhengzhou, China
        • Recruiting
        • The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
        • Contact:
          • Zhanying Han, MD
      • Zhengzhou, China
        • Recruiting
        • Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Xiaohui Zheng, MD
      • Zhengzhou, China
        • Recruiting
        • The 7th People's Hospital of Zhengzhou
        • Contact:
          • Yong Dong, MD
      • Zhenjiang, China
        • Recruiting
        • Zhenjiang First People's Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Tao Rui, MD
      • Zhenjiang, China
        • Recruiting
        • Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University
        • Contact:
          • Wei Yuan, MD
    • Jiangsu
      • Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 210029
        • Recruiting
        • The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
        • Contact:
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Chunjian Li, PHD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Chen Li, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Tian Wu, MD

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age 18-75 years, weight ≥45 kg
  2. Diagnosed as STEMI (meeting the following two conditions simultaneously)

    1. Ischemic chest pain lasts ≥ 30 minutes
    2. ECG indicates that ST-segment elevation of two or more contiguous precordial leads ≥ 0.1 mV, or ST-segment elevation of two or more contiguous precordial leads ≥ 0.2 mV
  3. Time from onset of persistent chest pain to randomization ≤12 hours
  4. Primary PCI expected to be performed ≥30 minutes, and ≤120 minutes

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Cardiogenic shock
  2. Active bleeding or known at high risk of bleeding (including grade Ⅲ or Ⅳ retinopathy or retinal gastrointestinal or urinary tract hemorrhage within the past 1 month)
  3. Ischemic stroke or TIA in the past 6 months
  4. History of hemorrhagic stroke
  5. Known intracranial aneurysm
  6. Severe trauma, surgery or head injury within 1 month
  7. Suspected aortic dissection or infective endocarditis
  8. Puncture with difficult hemostasis by compression within 1 month (e.g., visceral biopsy, compartment puncture)
  9. Currently taking anticoagulants
  10. Poorly controlled hypertension ( ≥180/110 mmHg)
  11. Severe hepatic or renal impairment indicated by the consultation or previous history (glutamic-pyruvic transaminase or glutamic oxalacetic transaminase >3 times upper limit of normal value; eGFR <15 ml/min/1.73m^2, calculated based on CKD-EPI)
  12. Known allergy to r-SAK
  13. Pregnancy, lactation, or planning for pregnancy
  14. History of chronic total occlusion, myocardial infarction or CABG
  15. Having taken antiplatelet drugs other than aspirin and ticagrelor, such as clopidogrel, prasugrel or cilostazol after the symptom onset
  16. Patients with other conditions that made them unsuitable to be recruited at the discretion of the investigators

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: r-SAK group
intravenous injection of single-bolus 5 mg r-SAK in 3 min
Intravenous injection of r-SAK is administered within 10 minutes after diagnosis of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Placebo Comparator: placebo group
intravenous injection of placebo in 3 min
Intravenous injection of placebo is administered within 10 minutes after diagnosis of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
MACE
Time Frame: Within 90 days
Defined as a composite of all-cause death, reinfarction, unplanned target vessel revascularization, heart failure or cardiogenic shock, major ventricular arrhythmia
Within 90 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
NT-proBNP
Time Frame: 1 day before discharge or day 7, day 90±3
The level of NT-proBNP
1 day before discharge or day 7, day 90±3
CMR indexes
Time Frame: Day 5
Including infarct size, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), microvascular obstruction (MVO) and intramuscular hemorrhage (IMH), assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR)
Day 5
LVEF assessed by echocardiogram
Time Frame: Day 90±3
LVEF assessed by echocardiogram
Day 90±3
The percentage of TIMI flow grade 2 and 3 prior to PCI
Time Frame: Immediately prior to PCI
The percentage of thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow grade 2 and 3 prior to PCI
Immediately prior to PCI
The percentage of TIMI flow grade 3 prior to PCI
Time Frame: Immediately prior to PCI
The percentage of TIMI flow grade 3 prior to PCI
Immediately prior to PCI
The percentage of TIMI flow grade 2 and 3 after PCI
Time Frame: Immediately after PCI
The percentage of TIMI flow grade 2 and 3 after PCI
Immediately after PCI
The percentage of TIMI flow grade 3 after PCI
Time Frame: Immediately after PCI
The percentage of TIMI flow grade 3 after PCI
Immediately after PCI
NT-proBNP
Time Frame: Day 360±7
The level of NT-proBNP
Day 360±7
LVEF assessed by echocardiogram
Time Frame: Day 360±7
LVEF assessed by echocardiogram
Day 360±7
MACE
Time Frame: Within 360 days
Defined as a composite of all-cause death, reinfarction, unplanned target vessel revascularization, heart failure or cardiogenic shock, major ventricular arrhythmia
Within 360 days
Each of the following cardiac and cerebrovascular events
Time Frame: Within 90 days
Including all-cause death, cardiovascular death, reinfarction, stroke, unplanned target vessel revascularization, heart failure or cardiogenic shock, major ventricular arrhythmia, cardiogenic rehospitalization, ventricular septal rupture, papillary muscle rupture, cardiac rupture, ventricular aneurysm
Within 90 days
Each of the following cardiac and cerebrovascular events
Time Frame: Within 360 days
Including all-cause death, cardiovascular death, reinfarction, ischemic stroke, unplanned target vessel revascularization, heart failure or cardiogenic shock, major ventricular arrhythmia, cardiogenic rehospitalization, ventricular septal rupture, papillary muscle rupture, cardiac rupture, ventricular aneurysm
Within 360 days

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Major bleeding events during hospitalization or within 7 days (BARC 3, 5)
Time Frame: During hospitalization or within 7 days
Major bleeding events during hospitalization or within 7 days (BARC 3, 5)
During hospitalization or within 7 days
Minor bleeding events during hospitalization or within 7 days (BARC 2)
Time Frame: During hospitalization or within 7 days
Minor bleeding events during hospitalization or within 7 days (BARC 2)
During hospitalization or within 7 days
Major bleeding events within 90 days (BARC 3, 5)
Time Frame: Within 90 days
Major bleeding events within 90 days (BARC 3, 5)
Within 90 days
Minor bleeding events within 90 days (BARC 2)
Time Frame: Within 90 days
Minor bleeding events within 90 days (BARC 2)
Within 90 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Chunjian Li, PHD, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 8, 2023

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 31, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 31, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 6, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 6, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

June 8, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 28, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 24, 2024

Last Verified

October 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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