ARC1779 is a novel drug being tested in patients undergoing angioplasty and stenting as their primary treatment for heart attack.
Adjunctive anti-thrombotic therapy for PCI of AMI may be improved by incorporation of a novel anti-platelet therapeutic principle, von Willebrand Factor antagonism. ARC1779 is a therapeutic oligonucleotide ("aptamer") which blocks the binding of the A1 domain of vWF to the platelet GPIb receptor, and thereby modulates platelet adhesion, activation, and aggregation under the high shear conditions of coronary arterial stenosis and plaque rupture. This study is intended to provide dose-ranging and clinical proof of concept for ARC1779 in a primary PCI population.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
300
early PCI for NSTEMI; primary PCI for STEMI
Archemix Investigational Site
Saint Petersburg, Russia, Russia
adequacy of reperfusion
Time frame: 48 hours post-PCI
bleeding
Time frame: PCI to hospital discharge
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