Clinical trials: Atherothrombosis
Myocardial Infarction, Cardiovascular Death
Prevention of Cardiovascular Events (eg, Death From Heart or Vascular Disease, Heart Attack, or Stroke) in Patients With Prior Heart Attack Using Ticagrelor Compared to Placebo on a Background of Aspirin
This study is being carried out to see if a new drug called ticagrelor given twice daily in addition to the ASA therapy decreases the frequency of cardiovascular events (e.g., death from heart disease, heart attack, or stroke).
- Conditions
- Myocardial Infarction, Cardiovascular Death, Atherothrombosis, Stroke
- Trial name
- PEGASUS (NCT01225562)
- Testing
- Ticagrelor 90 mg, Ticagrelor 60 mg
- Where
- 826 sites in United States, Argentina and 29 more
- Volunteers
- 21,379 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca