A Clinical Trial Comparing Cangrelor to Clopidogrel Standard Therapy in Subjects Who Require Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) (CHAMPION PHOENIX)

Inclusion criteria

Patients may be included in the study if they meet all of the following criteria:

• Male or non-pregnant female at least 18 years of age
• Patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI):

• Stable angina (SA) patients with diagnostic coronary angiography within 90 days prior to randomization demonstrating atherosclerosis
• Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome (NSTE-ACS) patients with diagnostic coronary angiography within 72 hours prior to randomization demonstrating atherosclerosis
• ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients (diagnostic angiography not required)
• Provide written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Patients will be excluded from the study if any of the following exclusion criteria apply prior to randomization:

• Receipt of any P2Y12 inhibitor at any time in the 7 days preceding randomization
• Eptifibatide and tirofiban usage within 12 hours preceding randomization (most recent dose must have been administered ≥12 hours prior to randomization)
• Abciximab usage within 7 days preceding randomization
• Receipt of fibrinolytic therapy in the 12 hours preceding randomization
• Increased bleeding risk: ischemic stroke within the last year or any previous hemorrhagic stroke; tumor, cerebral arteriovenous malformation, or intracranial aneurysm; recent (<1 month) trauma or major surgery (including bypass surgery); currently receiving warfarin; active bleeding