Πρωτόκολλο μελέτης προσδιορισμού της αντιδραστικότητας των αιμοπεταλίων με τη συσκευή μέτρησης VerifyNow σε ασθενείς υπό αιμοκάθαρση: σύγκριση της διπλής δόσης κλοπιδογρέλης (150mg) έναντι πρασουγρέλης (10mg)

High on treatment platelet reactivity (HTPR) during clopidogrel administration is frequent in patients undergoing chronic maintenance hemodialysis (HD). Objectives: The primary aim of the study was to determine the antiplatelet effects of prasugrel (10 mg/day) versus high-dose clopidogrel (150 mg/day) in HD patients who present HTPR (“High on-Treatment Platelet Reactivity”) under standard dose of clopidogrel (75 mg/day). Patients/Methods: We performed a prospective, single-center, single-blinded, investigator-initiated, randomized, cross-over study to compare platelet inhibition by prasugrel 10 mg/day versus high-dose 150 mg/day clopidogrel in 21 chronic HD patients with HTPR. Platelet function was assessed by the VerifyNow assay and genotyping was performed for CYP2C19*2 carriage. Results: The primary end point of platelet reactivity (PR, measured in PRU) was lower in patients receiving prasugrel (least squares estimates (LS) 156.6, 95% CI 132.2-181.1) compared with high dose clopidogrel (LS 279.9, 95% CI 255.4-304.3), p<0.001). The LS mean difference between the two treatments was -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 demonstrate HTPR on high clopidogrel, but none while on prasugrel. Conclusions: In HD patients exhibiting HTPR following standard clopidogrel treatment, prasugrel 10 mg/d is significantly more efficient than doubling the clopidogrel dosage, in achieving adequate platelet inhibition. Both effects seem not to be influenced by the presence of the loss-of-function CYP2C19*2 allele carriage.