Coronary disease & ACS

Switching From Cangrelor to Prasugrel in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The Switching Antiplatelet-6 (SWAP-6) Study

JACC Cardiovasc IntervPublished Randomised controlled trial

Primary result · P2Y12 reaction unitsResult — go to the resultLeast squares means difference 130 95% CI 85–176

Authors' conclusion

In patients undergoing PCI, concomitant administration of prasugrel with cangrelor leads to a marked increase in platelet reactivity after stopping cangrelor infusion, supporting the presence of a DDI.

Study context

Population
Patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
Participants
77 patients
Comparison
Cangrelor plus prasugrel concomitantly vs prasugrel only
Primary endpoint
Non-inferiority in VerifyNow P2Y12 reaction units, cangrelor plus prasugrel concomitantly vs prasugrel only
Follow-up
4 hours after randomization
Methodological details3-arm, open-label, prospective, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study, non-inferiority
  • 3-arm
  • Open-label
  • Prospective
  • Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study
  • Non-inferiority

Primary result

P2Y12 reaction units · 4 hours postrandomization

Least squares means difference

130

95% CI 85–176

Cangrelor plus prasugrel concomitantlyvs Prasugrel only
least squares means difference 130 (95% CI 85–176)

As reported in the abstract

Further findings

Active metabolite of prasugrel plasma levels

Not affected by concomitant cangrelor; low at the end of cangrelor infusion

Other pharmacodynamic (PD) assays

Findings corroborated by multiple PD assays

Original publication

Switching From Cangrelor to Prasugrel in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The Switching Antiplatelet-6 (SWAP-6) Study. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. Published 21 August 2023. doi:10.1016/j.jcin.2023.08.009

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