A randomized, double-blind trial of three aspirin regimens to optimize antiplatelet therapy in essential thrombocythemia
Blood
Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is characterized by abnormal megakaryopoiesis and enhanced thrombotic risk. Once-daily (od), low-dose aspirin is the recommended antithrombotic regimen, but accelerated platelet generation may reduce the duration of platelet cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 inhibition. We performed a multicenter, double-blind trial to investigate the efficacy of three aspirin regimens in optimizing platelet COX-1 inhibition while preserving COX-2-dependent vascular thromboresistance.
Reference
Rocca B, Tosetto A, Betti S, Soldati D, Petrucci G, Rossi E, Timillero A, Cavalca V, Porro B, Iurlo A, Cattaneo D, Bucelli C, Dragani A, Di Ianni M, Ranalli P, Palandri F, Vianelli N, Beggiato E, Lanzarone G, Ruggeri M, Carli G, Elli EM, Carpenedo M, Bertozzi I, Paoli C, Randi ML, Ricco A, Specchia G, Vannucchi AM, Rodeghiero F, Patrono C, De Stefano V. A randomized, double-blind trial of three aspirin regimens to optimize antiplatelet therapy in essential thrombocythemia. Blood 2020 Apr 7. pii: blood.2019004596. doi: 10.1182/blood.2019004596.