Antiplatelet therapy – ticagrelor
Katus, H.-A.; Giannitsis, E. · Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie · 2012 · Heft 03 · S. 177 bis 185
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SummaryTicagrelor, a cyclopentyltriazolopyrimidine (CPTP), is the representative of a new chemical class of P2Y12 receptor inhibitors that differ from thienopyridines (ticlopidin, clopidogrel, prasugrel) as ticagrelor is not a prodrug requiring active biotransformation by cytochromes in the liver and thus is characterized by a more rapid, more effective and more consistent platelet inhibition than ticlopidin or clopidogrel. An extensive study program for dose finding and safety for AZD6140 (DISPERSE studies) and a large-scaled phase III trial (PLATO) were undertaken on more than 18 000 patients for validation of…