Delayed absorption of oral P2Y12 inhibitors in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) may increase the risk of stent thrombosis. Parenteral treatment is needed mitigate this risk.~We have recently shown a novel regimen of enoxaparin (bolus 0.75 mg/kg followed by an infusion of 0.75 mg/kg/6h) to provide consistent antithrombotic effects until the end of the infusion (1). We have also demonstrated the high prevalence of delayed platelet inhibition in opiate-treated patients (1).~This is a feasibility study for a larger randomised controlled trial (RCT). We aim to assess recruitment rate and collect pilot data on safety and efficacy. This will be a single-centre, open-label RCT comparing this novel regimen of enoxaparin to the local standard-of-care which usually consists of unfractionated heparin and a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor. The study population will be opiate-treated patients undergoing PPCI. Pre PPCI, patients will be allocated in 1:1 ratio using a simple randomisation method using sealed envelopes, to either enoxaparin 0.75 mg/kg bolus followed by 0.75 mg/kg infusion over 6 hours (n=50) or the standard-of-care of UFH and tirofiban (n=50).
This is a feasibility study aiming to generate pilot data on safety and efficacy of a novel anticoagulant regimen (enoxaparin bolus and prolonged infusion) compared to the local standard-of-care in opiate-treated patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention.