Heart attack patients may get safer blood thinners thanks to genetic test
NCT ID NCT05577988
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether a genetic test can help choose a safer blood thinner for people who have had a heart attack. After one month on two blood thinners, some patients will switch to a single, lower-potency drug based on their genetic profile. The goal is to see if this approach causes fewer bleeding problems while still preventing future heart attacks. About 2,468 participants will be followed for one year.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- aspirin or clopidogrel (guided by genetic test)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a personalized approach that lowers bleeding risk after a heart attack without increasing the chance of another heart attack or stroke.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large Phase 3 trial, but the genetic testing approach is complex and may not work for everyone. There is still a risk of bleeding or clotting events.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 2,468 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Being 18-year-old or older * Admission for type 1 acute myocardial infarction (STEMI or NSTEMI) * Bedside genetic testing for clopidogrel resistance that can be performed during hospital stay for ACS (oral swab kit with result within 1 hour) * Treated with aspirin and ticagrelor, or aspirin and prasugrel at the screening phase and at the randomization visit. * High bleeding risk as defined below (criteria adapted from the Consensus Document From the Academic Research Consortium for High Bleeding Risk) (at least one criterion) : * Age ≥75 years old. * Baseline haemoglobin \<11 g/dl (or anaemia requiring transfusion during the 4 weeks prior to randomization). * Chronic Kidney Disease with estimated glomerular filtration rate ≤ 30 ml/min. * Thrombocytopenia with platelet count \< 100 x 109 / L * Chronic bleeding diatheses: inherited or acquired conditions known to be associated with increased bleeding risk such as platelet dysfunction, von Willebrand disease (prevalence of 1%-2% in the general population), inherited or acquired clotting factor deficiencies (including factors VII, VIII \[hemophilia A\], IX \[hemophilia B\], and XI), or acquired antibodies to clotting factors, among others. * Cirrhosis with portal hypertension. * PCI after major traumatism or surgery. * Any documented stroke in the last 12 months. * Hospital admission for bleeding or transfusion within last 6 months. * Nonskin cancer diagnosed or treated ≤3 years. * Planned daily nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (other than aspirin) or steroids for ≥30 days after PCI. * patient affiliated to a social security system * signed informed consent form * Women of childbearing capacity with effective contraception for the duration of the research OR man, OR woman not of childbearing capacity Exclusion Criteria: * Currently participating in any interventional investigational device or drug trial * Any prior documented intracerebral bleed * Contra-indication, known allergy or expected interactions with clopidogrel. Baseline treatment (at screening) should not include an antiplatelet therapy for which a contra-indication, known allergy or expected interactions is known (example history of stroke and use of prasugrel, or concomitant use of ticagrelor and ritonavir) * Patients on concomitant treatment with an anticoagulant agent (Vitamin-K antagonists or novel oral anticoagulants such as rivaroxaban, dabigatran or apixaban) * Planned surgery within 12 coming months * Patient under guardianship or curatorship * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Inability to sign the informed consent form
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hopital Pitié Salpetrière
RECRUITINGParis, IDF, 75013, France
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