Smart algorithm aims to tailor blood thinner use after stents
NCT ID NCT05732701
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a risk-score algorithm can safely personalize how long patients take dual antiplatelet therapy (two blood thinners) after getting a heart stent. About 2,788 participants will be assigned to either algorithm-guided or standard treatment duration. The goal is to reduce both bleeding and clotting complications.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Dual antiplatelet therapy (aspirin plus a P2Y12 inhibitor such as clopidogrel or ticagrelor)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a safer, personalized approach to blood thinner use after heart stent procedures, reducing both bleeding and clotting risks.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large but early-stage algorithm-based study; the score may not outperform standard care, and individual patient factors could still lead to unexpected 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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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 2,788 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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: 1. PCI with drug eluting stent (DES) implantation 2. Age ≥18 years 3. Ability to sign informed consent before any study-specific procedure Exclusion Criteria: 1. Planned staged PCI (Patients can be enrolled after complete coronary revascularization with no remaining lesions intended for treatment. Patients who have or develop an indication for percutaneous valve intervention can undergo treatment 30 days after full coronary revascularization) 2. Indication for oral anticoagulation 3. Peri-procedural complication which affects DAPT regimen based on the operator's opinion (e.g. untreated flow-limiting angiographic complication, intraprocedural stent thrombosis, persistent vessel occlusion/no-reflow at the end of the procedure, major side-branch occlusion, puncture-site related or other relevant bleeding) 4. Treatment for stent thrombosis at qualifying PCI or within 1 year prior to qualifying PCI 5. Active bleeding requiring medical attention at qualifying PCI 6. The presence of hemodynamic instability (persistent systolic blood pressure below 90mmHg, continuous infusions of catecholamines, clinical signs of hypoperfusion and/or use of percutaneous left ventricular assist devices) 7. Life expectancy less than 1 year 8. Women of childbearing potential (i.e. fertile, following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile) 9. Planned surgery within the next 3 months 10. Contraindication or known allergy against aspirin or P2Y12 inhibitors (clopidogrel, ticagrelor, and prasugrel) 11. Participation in a drug trial
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites in 3 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital
RECRUITINGBern, 3010, Switzerland
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UOC Cardiologia San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital
RECRUITINGRoma, 00184, Italy
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University Clinical Center of the Republic of Srpska
RECRUITINGBanja Luka, 78000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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