About this trial
The study aims to compare the efficacy of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) over single antiplatelet therapy (SAPT) in patients with incomplete revascularization after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG).
Before hospital discharge, patients will be 1:1 randomized to SAPT (acetylsalicylic acid 100 mg/die) or DAPT (acetylsalicylic acid 100 mg/die + ticagrelor 90 mg bis in die). DAPT will be continued for 12 months, and ticagrelor will be withdrawn thereafter. Primary endpoint is the evaluation of cardiac-related mortality at 5 years from hospital discharge.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
patients undergoing CABG, ± cardiopulmonary bypass, ± any associated cardiac procedures (valve replacement,...)
incomplete myocardial revascularization, defined by anatomic or functional criteria
obtained informed consent
Disqualifiers
acute coronary syndrome < 12 months from surgery
dual antiplatelet therapy at hospital admission
planned procedure to complete myocardial revascularization (e.g. hybrid approach)
intolerance / unable to take acetylsalicylic acid or ticagrelor
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Ticagrelor
Drug90 mg bis in die
acetylsalicylic acid
Drug100 mg die
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Cardiac-related mortality
Secondary outcomes
Mortality
Overall mortality and non-cardiac-related mortality
Major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs)
cardiac-related mortality, myocardial infarction, repeated vessel revascularization, hospitalization for heart failure, major arrhythmias, stroke
Major adverse hemorrhagic events (MAHEs)
stroke, gastrointestinal bleeding, life-threatening bleeding
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