Journal
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
Volume 67, Issue 10, Pages 1145-1154Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.12.062
Keywords
aspirin; coronary artery disease; P2Y(12) receptor
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- AstraZeneca
- Accumetrics
- University of Sheffield
- National Institute for Health Research
- Merck
- Aspen
- Daiichi-Sankyo/Eli Lilly
- ThermoFisher Scientific
- Correvio
- PlaqueTec
- Medicines Company
- Regeneron
- Sanofi
- Medscape
- Eli Lilly
- Daiichi-Sankyo
- PLx Pharma
- CeloNova
- Johnson Johnson
- St. Jude Medical
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Osprey Medical, Inc.
- Novartis
- CSL Behring
- Gilead
- Brigham and Women's Hospital from AstraZeneca
- Bayer
- Roche Diagnostics
- Philips
- Amarin
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Eisai
- Ethicon
- Forest Laboratories
- Ischemix
- Medtronic
- Pfizer
- Roche
- Servier
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- CSL-Behring
- Janssen
- Lilly
- Duke University
- Menarini International
- Brigham and Women's Hospital from Abbott Laboratories
- Amgen
- Critical Diagnostics
- Intarcia
- Takeda
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BACKGROUND The PEGASUS-TIMI 54 (Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Prior Heart Attack Using Ticagrelor Compared to Placebo on a Background of Aspirin-Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction 54) trial studied 2 doses of ticagrelor, 90 mg twice a day (bid) and 60 mg bid, for long-term prevention of ischemic events in patients with prior myocardial infarction. Both doses similarly reduced the rate of ischemic events versus placebo. The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of ticagrelor 60 mg bid have not been studied. OBJECTIVES In this study, the authors sought to study the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics for ticagrelor 60 mg compared with 90 mg bid. METHODS A total of 180 patients who received > 4 weeks of study medication had blood sampling in the morning pre-maintenance dose and again 2 h post-dose. All patients received aspirin. Plasma levels of ticagrelor and its active metabolite AR-C124910XX were determined. P2Y(12) inhibition was assessed by the VerifyNow P2Y12 assay (Accumetrics, Inc., San Diego, California) (P2Y(12) reaction units [PRU]), light transmittance aggregometry (adenosine diphosphate 5 and 20 mu mol/l and arachidonic acid), and vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein phosphorylation assays. VerifyNow Aspirin assays and serum thromboxane B-2 measurements were performed. RESULTS Mean pre- and post-dose plasma levels of ticagrelor were 35% and 38% lower, respectively, with 60 mg versus 90 mg. Both doses achieved high levels of platelet inhibition pre-and post-dose, with numerically slightly more variability with 60 mg: mean (SD) pre-dose PRU values were 59 +/- 63 and 47 +/- 43 for ticagrelor 60 and 90 mg, respectively (p = 0.34). High platelet reactivity, determined as PRU > 208, was rare with the 60-mg pre-dose and was absent post-dose. Platelet reactivity pre-and post-dose, as measured by light transmittance aggregometry or vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein assays, was numerically but not significantly lower with 90 mg than with 60 mg. Aspirin response was not affected by either dose. CONCLUSIONS Ticagrelor 60 mg bid achieved high levels of peak and trough platelet inhibition in nearly all patients, similar to that with 90 mg bid, helping to explain the efficacy of the lower ticagrelor dose in PEGASUS-TIMI 54. (C) 2016 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.
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