Enrollment completed for RE-DUAL PCI study of 2,700 atrial fibrillation patients

The Baim Institute has announced that patient enrollment into the international Phase IIIb RE-DUAL PCI study is complete. The study evaluates the safety and efficacy of dabigatran etexilate in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients undergoing a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent placement. This is the first time that two dosages of a non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant (NOAC) already approved for stroke prevention in AF are evaluated in a dual versus triple antithrombotic regimen after PCI.

"Up to 30% of AF patients may have coronary artery disease and require PCI with stenting, yet to date only limited data exists on the use of the NOACs during this procedure," said Dr. Christopher Cannon, RE-DUAL PCI Lead Investigator and Executive Director, Cardiometabolic Trials, Baim Institute for Clinical Research, who is a cardiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and a Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. "The RE-DUAL PCI study will provide new insights into antithrombotic treatment approaches in AF patients requiring PCI.

"We expect the results to be highly clinically relevant for practicing physicians who treat patients such as these in routine care, as the study uses the two dabigatran doses already internationally approved for stroke risk reduction in AF," said Dr. Cannon.

The results of the RE-DUAL PCI study are expected during the second half of 2017. The study is sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim.