| E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
| E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
| ST elevation myocardial infarction |
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| E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
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| E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Cardiovascular Diseases [C14] |
| MedDRA Classification |
| E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
| E.1.2 | Version | 14.0 |
| E.1.2 | Level | PT |
| E.1.2 | Classification code | 10000891 |
| E.1.2 | Term | Acute myocardial infarction |
| E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10007541 - Cardiac disorders |
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| E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
| E.2 Objective of the trial |
| E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
| Bivalirudin and heparin are two drugs used in heart attack patients to prevent blood clotting during treatment with Primary angioplasty. Primary angioplasty is an urgent treatment in heart attack patients required to restore blood flow to the heart by opening the blocked artery using small balloons and stents. The principal research question of our study is: Is there any difference in the efficacy and safety of the two study agents in the treatment of heart attack patients undergoing primary angioplasty? |
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| E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
| Platelets are blood components that play a major role in clot formation. The clumping together of platelets in the blood is called platelet aggregation. The second question we want to ask is: Is there any difference between the two study drugs on their impact on platelet aggregation and other routine tests of clotting function in patients in this setting. |
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| E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | Yes |
| E.2.3.1 | Full title, date and version of each sub-study and their related objectives |
| A substudy will be performed to assess indices of coagulation and platelet function studies comparing the impact of heparin or bivalirudin therapy on coagulation status at the end of the PPCI procedure. This study will be performed on all patients treated between the hours of 0800 and 1600, Monday to Friday. A single 5ml blood sample taken at the time of general blood sampling for routine clinical screening will be analysed. This will not involve any additional puncture of a blood vessel as the sample is drawn from the arterial sheath inserted for the performance of the angiographic procedure. |
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| E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
| Patients presenting to participating centres with an ST elevation myocardial infarction event with PPCI as the proposed index reperfusion strategy |
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| E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
• ≤ 18 years of age • >12 hours since onset of severe pain • Known intolerance, hypersensitivity or contraindication to any trial medication • Active bleeding at presentation • Artificial ventilation, reduced conscious level or other factors precluding the administration of oral anti-platelet therapy • Previous enrolment in this trial
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| E.5 End points |
| E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Primary Efficacy End Point:
Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in terms of the incidence of (a) All-cause mortality (b) Re-infarction (c) CVA (d) Additional unplanned target lesion revascularisation (TLR)
Primary Safety End Point:
Type 3-5 bleeding according to BARC (Bleeding Academic Research Consortium) definition |
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| E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
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| E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
1) Peak CKMB release following index revascularisation measured with a single estimation 12-18 hours after the procedure
2) Minor bleeding: Type 1-2 bleeding according to BARC (Bleeding Academic Research Consortium) definition
3) Stent thrombosis rate (ARC definite or probable)
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| E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
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| E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
| E.6 | Scope of the trial |
| E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
| E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
| E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
| E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
| E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
| E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
| E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
| E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
| E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
| E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
| E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
| E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
| E.6.13 | Others | No |
| E.7 | Trial type and phase |
| E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
| E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
| E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
| E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
| E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
| E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No |
| E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
| E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | Yes |
| E.8 Design of the trial |
| E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
| E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
| E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
| E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
| E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
| E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Yes |
| E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
| E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
| E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
| E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | Yes |
| E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
| E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
| E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
| E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
| Yes |
| E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No |
| E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 1 |
| E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
| E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
| E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
| E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
| E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Yes |
| E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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| The trial will end when the last patient recruited has completed 12 months since randomisation |
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| E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 3 |
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 6 |
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 3 |
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 6 |
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |