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JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 435-442Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2013.08.017
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antiplatelet; cangrelor; pharmacodynamics; ticagrelor; transition
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- Medicines Company
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Objectives This study sought to determine pharmacodynamic effects during transition from intravenous cangrelor to oral ticagrelor and from oral ticagrelor to intravenous cangrelor. Background Cangrelor is an intravenous antagonist of P2Y(12) and its use will require transition to and from oral agents. Methods Patients (n = 12) with stable coronary artery disease who were taking aspirin 81 mg daily were recruited. On study day 1, they received a bolus plus 2-h infusion of cangrelor plus a 180-mg dose of ticagrelor at either 0.5 h (n = 6) or 1.25 h (n = 6). Pharmacodynamic effects (light transmission platelet aggregation in response to 20 and 5 mu mol/l adenosine diphosphate, VerifyNow, P2Y(12) assay (Accumetrics, San Diego, California), vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein index, and flow cytometry) were assessed during and after the cangrelor infusion. Patients took 90 mg of ticagrelor twice daily for either 6 (n = 6) or 7 (n = 6) doses. On study day 5, pharmacodynamic effects were assessed before and during a bolus plus 2-h infusion of cangrelor. Results During cangrelor infusion, extensive inhibition of platelet function reflected by limited residual platelet reactivity was apparent. After cangrelor was stopped, the antiplatelet effects of ticagrelor were preserved despite a modest increase in platelet reactivity. Conclusions Ticagrelor given before or during infusion of cangrelor did not attenuate the pharmacodynamic effects of cangrelor. The pharmacodynamic effects of ticagrelor were preserved when ticagrelor was given during infusion of cangrelor. Consistent with the reversible binding of ticagrelor, this oral P2Y(12) antagonist can be administered before, during, or after treatment with cangrelor. (C) 2014 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.
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