Effect of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Decline on the Efficacy and Safety of Clopidogrel With Aspirin in Minor Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: CHANCE Substudy (Clopidogrel in High-Risk Patients With Acute Nondisabling Cerebrovascular Events).

Document Type

Article

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at a particularly high risk for ischemic and bleeding events. Limited data exist as to the efficacy and safety of clopidogrel in stroke patients with renal dysfunction. Therefore, we sought to assess the impact of decreased kidney function on clinical outcomes for stroke patients on clopidogrel-aspirin treatment.

METHODS: Patients in the CHANCE trial (Clopidogrel in High-Risk Patients With Acute Nondisabling Cerebrovascular Events) were randomized to clopidogrel-aspirin or aspirin-alone treatment. The primary efficacy outcome was new stroke during 90 days, whereas bleeding was the safety outcome. Patients were stratified according to estimated glomerular filtration rate.

RESULTS: Dual clopidogrel-aspirin therapy was associated with a marked reduction in new strokes compared with the therapy of aspirin alone in patients with normal renal function (hazard ratio, 0.77; 95% confidence interval, 0.60-0.98; P=0.02) and mild CKD (hazard ratio, 0.60; 95% confidence interval, 0.45-0.79; P

CONCLUSIONS: Clopidogrel plus aspirin could decrease new stroke in patients with normal kidney function and mild CKD, but no extra benefit was observed in those with moderate CKD. Bleeding risk from the dual therapy did not seem to increase in mild or moderate CKD patients.

CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00979589.

Medical Subject Headings

Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aspirin; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Clopidogrel; Comorbidity; Drug Therapy, Combination; Glomerular Filtration Rate; Humans; Ischemic Attack, Transient; Middle Aged; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic; Severity of Illness Index; Stroke; Ticlopidine

Publication Date

11-1-2016

Publication Title

Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation

ISSN

1524-4628

Volume

47

Issue

11

First Page

2791

Last Page

2796

PubMed ID

27738237

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.014761

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