Danish Aspirin Resistance Trial - Pilot Study
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00389129 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 18, 2006
Last Update Posted : December 12, 2007
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Drug Resistance | Drug: acetylsalicylic acid | Not Applicable |
Platelets play a major role in arterial thrombus formation - the cause of cardiovascular death, acute myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke and the number one killer in the Western World. Binding the COX enzyme platelet aggregation is inhibited by aspirin, and as prophylaxis against death, myocardial infarction and stroke aspirin is the most widely used drug worldwide. Low dose aspirin has been shown to improve outcome in patients with ischemic heart disease, but approximately 12% of these patients will suffer from a vascular event during a 2 year follow-up period despite aspirin therapy. It has been speculated that these patients might be "resistant" to the antiaggregatory effect of aspirin, and a diminished response to aspirin has been correlated with a less favourable outcome. However, at present no international consensus exists on how to measure "aspirin resistance".
Comparisons: The platelet aggregation in patients with ischemic heart disease on chronic, low dose aspirin is compared to platelet aggregation i healthy volunteers evaluated with different tests. The traditional way of evaluating platelet function, Platelet Aggregometry a.m. Born, will be compared to 3 point-of-care tests (VerifyNow, PFA-100 and Multiplate Whole Blood Aggregometer) and to urin- and serum thromboxane metabolites as a measure of COX inhibition.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Enrollment : | 60 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Diagnostic |
Official Title: | Comparative Evaluation of Aspirin Resistance With Point-of-Care Testing - Danish Aspirin Resistance Trial (DANART) - Pilot Study |
Study Start Date : | November 2006 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2007 |
- Platelet aggregation (as determined by 3 point-of-care tests and by serum-thromboxane A2 + urine 11-dehydro thromboxane B2) is measured once daily for 4 days after one week of treatment with aspirin 75 mg/day

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- ischemic heart disease verified with a coronary angiogram
- treatment with 75 mg aspirin once daily
Exclusion Criteria:
- ischemic vascular event within the previous 12 months
- percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery by-pass grafting within the previous 12 months
- treatment with NSAID, clopidogrel, ticlopidine, dipyridamole, warfarin or any other drug affecting platelet aggregation
- platelet count < 120 x 10^9/l
- not able to give informed consent

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00389129
Denmark | |
Department of Cardiology, Skejby Sygehus, Aarhus University Hospital | |
Aarhus, Denmark, 8200 |
Study Director: | Steen D Kristensen, MD, DMSc | Department of Cardiology, Skejby Sygehus, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200 Aarhus N, DK - Denmark | |
Principal Investigator: | Erik L Grove, MD | Department of Cardiology, Skejby Sygehus, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200 Aarhus N, DK - Denmark |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00389129 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
20060142 |
First Posted: | October 18, 2006 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 12, 2007 |
Last Verified: | December 2007 |
Platelets Aspirin Resistance Platelet aggregation |
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