TRITON-TIMI 38 study evaluates response rates in patients with common genetic variant in ABCB1 gene
March 22, 2016
TRITON-TIMI 38 was a Phase III, randomized, double-blind, head-to-head clinical trial comparing the effects of Effient versus clopidogrel in patients with ACS who were managed with PCI, a procedure to open blockages in heart arteries, including the use of coronary stenting. The study enrolled 13,608 patients at 707 trial sites in 30 countries.
The primary endpoint of the study was the combined incidence of cardiovascular death, non-fatal heart attack or non-fatal stroke during a median period of at least 12 months following PCI. Patients were randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups and given a loading dose of either Effient 60 mg or the FDA-approved loading dose of clopidogrel 300 mg, followed by a daily maintenance dose of either Effient 10 mg or clopidogrel 75 mg. All patients also received a daily dose of aspirin (75 mg to 325 mg).
This analysis was designed to examine whether specific genetic variations could affect patient response to antiplatelet therapy. The pharmacogenetic analyses examined DNA samples from 2,943 patients from the TRITON-TIMI 38 clinical trial.
The genetic subanalysis was not powered to make efficacy comparisons between clopidogrel and prasugrel based on genetic variations.
SOURCE Eli Lilly and Company