Heart attack patients may ditch aspirin sooner with new stent
NCT ID NCT05785897
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a new drug-coated stent and a blood thinner strategy without aspirin for people who have had a severe heart attack. The goal is to see if this approach lowers the risk of serious bleeding while still preventing future heart attacks, strokes, or the need for another procedure. About 350 participants will be randomly assigned to either the new stent plus a single blood thinner, or the standard stent plus two blood thinners (including aspirin) for 6-12 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- sirolimus-based nanocarrier eluting stent and P2Y12 inhibitor (ticagrelor or prasugrel) without aspirin
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a safer treatment option after a heart attack, reducing bleeding risk while still preventing future heart problems.
- What could go wrong
- This is a mid-sized trial, and the new approach may not be as effective at preventing stent clotting or heart attacks as the standard dual therapy. Bleeding risks, though potentially lower, still exist.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 350 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
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 * Age ≥18 years. * Subjects who have received DAPT consisting of aspirin and any of the commercially available P2Y12 receptor inhibitors (ticagrelor, prasugrel, or clopidogrel) at the time of STEMI diagnosis, or at the very latest at the time of primary PCI. * Subjects with ≥1 acute infarct artery target vessel with ≥1 coronary artery stenosis in a native coronary artery with diameter from 2.25 to 4.0 mm who underwent successful primary PCI, defined as primary PCI with ≥1 Abluminus NP polymer-free sirolimus-based nanocarrier eluting stent (Concept Medical Inc., India) implantation, and final residual stenosis \<30% by visual estimation or 20% by quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) \[38\]. * Subject willing to participate and able to understand, read and sign the informed consent form. Exclusion criteria: * Known allergy or intolerance to aspirin, ticagrelor, prasugrel, or sirolimus. * Inability to adhere to DAPT for at least 6 months. * Patient already on DAPT at index presentation due to recent PCI for chronic coronary syndrome (\<6 months) or ACS (\<12 months). * Patient on chronic oral anticoagulation at index presentation. * Patient with mechanical complication of STEMI. * Patient with STEMI due to stent thrombosis. * Planned non-cardiac surgery that cannot be postponed for at least 6 months. * Participation or planned participation in another interventional clinical trial. * Life expectancy \<1 years. * Pregnancy. * Unwillingness or inability (e.g. physical or cognitive) to comply with study procedure, medication adherence and schedule.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Geneva University Hospitals
RECRUITINGGeneva, Canton of Geneva, 1205, Switzerland
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Zurich University Hospital
RECRUITINGZurich, Switzerland
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