Century Clot-Guided Prophylactic Rivaroxaban for Post STEMI Complicating Left Ventricular Thrombus

The Prophylactic Rivaroxaban Therapy for Post STEMI Complicating Left VENtricular Thrombus (PREVENT) study is designed to investigate the safety and efficacy of Century Clot-guided additional low-dose rivaroxaban plus DAPT as an optimal antithrombotic strategy for preventing LVT formation after anterior STEMI undergoing primary PCI.

All eligible STEMI patients will be received standard DAPT (ticagrelor or clopidogrel plus aspirin). At post-PCI 12-24 hours, to be randomly assigned into Century Clot (CR)-guided rivaroxaban (2.5 mg twice daily for 1 month) in combination with DAPT and standard DAPT. Omitting rivaroxaban at post-PCI 1 month, and both groups are following a tailored-ticagrelor with dose reduction strategy (60 mg bid, or 45 mg bid if <50 kg, ≥75 yrs) or clopidogrel (75 mg qd) plus aspirin (100 mg qd) for further 11 months. The clinical outcome is the incidence of LVT formation, and net adverse clinical events (NACEs, composite of cardiac death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, TVR/TLR, stroke, and major bleeding) at post-STEMI 1 month, as well as at 12-month clinical follow-ups.

In PREVENT study, the investigators hypothesize that Century Clot (CR)-guided additional rivaroxaban prophylactic therapy could reduce LVT formation without increasing bleeding after anterior STEMI, when compared with standard DAPT.

Inclusion criteria

• Ischemic chest discomfort for at least 30 minutes, with at least 1-mm (0.1-mv) ST-segment elevation in anterior leads on a standard 12-lead electrocardiogram.
• Patients provide written informed consent prior to enrollment.

Exclusion criteria

• Intracranial, gastrointestinal, or urogenital bleeding within 6 months
• Requiring OAC therapy (eg, atrial fibrillation, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary thromboembolism);
• Bleeding diathesis, thrombocytopenia (platelet <100,000/mL) or hemoglobin <10 g/dL, and CRUSADE score-based high bleeding risk
• Hepatic dysfunction (serum liver enzyme>3 times the normal limit)
• Renal failure (eGFR <15 ml/min/1.73m2 or requiring dialysis)
• Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Severe bradycardia (sick sinus syndrome or high degree atrioventricular block without pacemaker protection)
• Drugs interfering with CYP3A4 metabolism (to avoid interaction with ticagrelor): ketoconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, clarithromycin, nefazodone, ritonavir, saquinavir, nelfinavir, indinavir, atazanavir, and telithromycin
• Life expectancy < 1 year