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2 nd Annual Essentials in Primary Care<br />

Fall Conference<br />

Friday, November 11, <strong>2011</strong><br />

Ticagrelor - Brilinta<br />

Effects of Ticagrelor on Other Medications:<br />

• Patients receiving more than 40 mg per day of<br />

simvastatin or lovastatin may be at increased risk of<br />

statin-related adverse effects.<br />

• Monitor digoxin levels with initiation of or any change<br />

in ticagrelor because of P-glycoprotein transporter<br />

inhibition<br />

Concomitant Aspirin Maintenance Dose: In PLATO, use of<br />

ticagrelor with maintenance doses of aspirin above 100<br />

mg decreased the effectiveness of ticagrelor. Therefore,<br />

after the initial loading dose of aspirin (usually 325 mg),<br />

use ticagrelor with a maintenance dose of aspirin of 75-<br />

100 mg<br />

Ticagrelor – Brilinta<br />

N Engl J Med 2009;361:1045-57<br />

• PLATO Trial, a randomized double-blind study comparing<br />

ticagrelor (180 mg LD then 90 mg BID)(N=9333) to<br />

clopidogrel (300mg LD then 75 mg QD) (N=9291), both<br />

given in combination with aspirin (75-100 mg QD but<br />

higher doses were allowed per investigator) and other<br />

standard therapy, in patients with acute coronary<br />

syndromes (ACS). Patients were treated for at least 6<br />

months and for up to 12 months.<br />

– Patients were predominantly male (72%) and Caucasian (92%).<br />

About 43% of patients were >65 years and 15% were >75 years.<br />

– Primary endpoint was the composite of first occurrence of<br />

cardiovascular death, non-fatal MI (excluding silent MI), or nonfatal<br />

stroke. The components were assessed as secondary<br />

endpoints<br />

– Median exposure to study drug was 277 days<br />

Wayne Weart<br />

<strong>New</strong> <strong>Drug</strong> <strong>Update</strong> Part I

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