La terapia antiaggregante ed anticoagulante nel paziente portatore
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La terapia antiaggregante ed anticoagulante nel paziente portatore
Corso di Aggiornamento nella diagnostica e terapia CARDIOVASCOLARE La terapia antiaggregante ed anticoagulante nel paziente portatore di stent coronarico Antonino Stipo U.O.C. Emodinamica e Cardiologia Interventistica Ospedale “S. Maria Goretti” Latina 6 novembre 2010 Hotel Enea - Aprilia background Il 16 settembre 1977 A. Gruentzig esegue la prima angioplastica coronarica con pallone POBA (plain old balloon angioplasty) è gravata da chiusura acuta del vaso richiedente bypass aortocoronarico, dissezione coronarica, recoil (ritorno elastico della parete del vaso), restenosi background Dal 1985 U. Sigwart inizia la la sua esperienza sull' impianto di stent (autoespansibile) in coronaria. NEJM 1987;316:701 Nel 1991 P.W. Serruys pubblica i risultati di un lavoro multicentrico sull'impianto di stent: 18% occlusione trombotica dello stent 8% di mortalità annua 18% di restenosi a 6 mesi NEJM 1991;324:13 I trials randomizzati controllati di trattamento farmacologico dopo impianto di stent coronarici NEJM 1998 Circulation 1997 Circulation 1998 Circulation 1998 (le definizioni di eventi cardiaci non sono identiche negli studi) Urban P. et al Circulation 1998;98:2126-2132 Dopo impianto di stent convenzionale ASA + Tienopiridina riduce gli eventi cardiaci rispetto ad ASA da solo o con TAO MACE% MACE% MACE% Study # Pts Studied # Pts Treated ASA Thienopyridine ASA Warfarin ASA Alone P ISAR 517 626 1.6 6.2 … 0.01 FANTASTIC 473 485 5.7† 8.6† … 0.37 STARS 1653 1965 0.5 2.7 3.6 0.0001 MATTIS 350 350 5.6 11.0 … 0.07 Hall et al 226 358 0.8 … 3.9 0.1 MACE indicates major adverse cardiovascular events; Pts, patients; ASA, aspirin; ISAR, Intracoronary Stenting and Antithrombotic Regimen trial; FANTASTIC, Full ANTicoagulation versus Aspirin TIClopidine after stent implantation; STARS, STent Anticoagulation Regimen Study; and MATTIS, Multicenter Aspirin and Ticlopidine Trial after Intracoronary Stenting. *Cardiac death, acute MI, or repeat TVR at 30 days (except for the FANTASTIC study). †Death, MI, or stent occlusion at 6 weeks. Adapted from ten Berg et al. Grines CL, et al. Circulation. 2007 5 TAO+ ASA e stent coronarico Meta-analysis of ISAR, STARS, FANTASTIC e MATTIS (total pts. 2436) p<0.05 p=NS p<0.05 Rubboli A et al. Cardiology 2005;104:101-6 p<0.05 p=NS Efficacia duplice terapia antipiastrinica Odds Ratio for death, myocardial infarction and target vessel revascularization Anticoagulation plus Aspirin ISAR STARS MATTIS FANTASTIC pooled 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 Ticlopidine plus Aspirin Control therapy better better Meccanismo della trombosi di stent • La fisiopatologia della trombosi di stent non è del tutto nota. • Sembra essere dovuta soprattutto all'attivazione piastrinica con l'esternalizzazione del recettori IIb/IIIa per il legame con il fibrinogeno e l'aggregazione con altre piastrine. • Comunque, la trombosi di stent non sembra essere solo un processo piastrino-dipendente. • Il danno vascolare generato dall'impianto dello stent provoca l'esposizione del fattore tissutale con conseguente attivazione della via estrinseca della coagulazione con generazione di trombina L’attivazione piastrinica è uno step chiave nella trombosi di stent Piastrine a riposo: superficie liscia, forma discoidale Piastrine attivate: forma sferica con pseudopodi Adapted from www.akh-wien.ac.at/biomed-research/htx/anatomy.htm. Accessed 31 October, 2002 (Permission obtained from the Center of Biomedical Research, University of Vienna) Aspirina (acido acetilsalicilico) L'insorgenza d'azione è rapida, con effetto dopo un'ora dopo somministrazione orale. La dose appropriata non è ancora stabilita, varia da soggetto e soggetto, sembra che si attenui con il tempo. Dibattuta la percentuale dell'incidenza di resistenza. La dose di carico di 500 mg può ridurre i casi di bassa risposta. •Barnathan, Circulation 1987; Schwartz, N Engl J Med 1988 •Antiplatelet Trialists’ Collaboration. Collaborative overview of randomised trials of antiplatelet therapy, I: prevention of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke by prolonged antiplatelet therapy in various categories of patients [erratum appears in BMJ 1994;308:1540]. BMJ 1994;308:81-106. •ISIS-2. ISIS-2 (Second International Study of Infarct Survival) Collaborative Group. Randomised trial of intravenous streptokinase, oral aspirin, both, or neither among 17,187 cases of suspected acute myocardial infarction. Lancet 1988;2:349-60. Aspirina (acido acetilsalicilico) L'aspirina è un inibitore dose-dipendente irreversibile della ciclo-ossigenasi (COX) con parziale inibizione dell'attivazione piastrinica. Alla dose di 100 mg sopprime quasi completamente la sintesi del tromboxano A2 nei soggetti sani e nel paziente con aterosclerosi. •Barnathan, Circulation 1987; Schwartz, N Engl J Med 1988 •Antiplatelet Trialists’ Collaboration. Collaborative overview of randomised trials of antiplatelet therapy, I: prevention of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke by prolonged antiplatelet therapy in various categories of patients [erratum appears in BMJ 1994;308:1540]. BMJ 1994;308:81-106. •ISIS-2. ISIS-2 (Second International Study of Infarct Survival) Collaborative Group. Randomised trial of intravenous streptokinase, oral aspirin, both, or neither among 17,187 cases of suspected acute myocardial infarction. Lancet 1988;2:349-60. Tienopiridine Ticlopidina e Clopidogrel Blocco dell'attivazione piastrinica indotto dalla via dell'adenosina-difosfato (ADP) e l'amplificazione ADP mediata di altri agonisti Il massimo della inibizione piastrinica si ottiene dopo 3-5 giorni, per tale motivo la dose di carico consente una più rapida insorgenza d'azione. Il recupero della funzione piastrinica è lento dopo l'interruzione. Tienopiridine Ticlopidina e Clopidogrel • Le due molecole hanno, in combinazione con l'aspirina, una sovrapponibile efficacia sul piano clinico ma l'associazione fra aspirina e clopidogrel un miglior profilo di tollerabilità. • Sebbene siano stati segnalati anche con il clopidogrel casi di porpora trombotica trombocitopenica, neutropenia ed anemia aplastica questi eventi avversi sono meno frequenti che con l'uso della ticlopidina. Tienopiridine Ticlopidina e Clopidogrel • Il clopidogrel ha ampiamente sostituito la ticlopidina per il profilo di sicurezza nella prevenzione della trombosi di stent • Attualmente viene somministrato con dose di carico prima della procedura in elezione Rischio di sanguinamento per bypass aortocoronarico con clopidogrel Early Major/Life Threatening Bleeding 10 (%) P=0.06 9.6 P=0.52 7.5 5 6.3 5.3 4.4 2.5 0 < 4 Days > 4 Days After Discontinuation of Study Drug Fox KA et al., Circulation 2004 Placebo Clopidogrel Activated Platelet Clopidogrel Ticlopidine Aspirin ADP TX A 2 To neighboring platelet COX Platelet agonists ADP ATP calcium magnesium Gp IIb/IIIa fibrinogen receptor IV Gp IIb/IIIa Inhibitors Activation Degranulation TXA, thromboxane; PDGF, platelet-derived growth factor. Thrombin Serotonin Epinephrine Collagen Farmaci Antipiastrinici ▪ Inibitori del Tromboxano A2: acido acetisalicilico ▪ Inibitori della fosfodiesterasi: dipiridamolo ▪ Inibitori GP IIb/IIIa: Abciximab, Eptifibatide, Tirofiban ▪ Antagonisti ▪ Antagonisti del recettore ADP: clopidogrel ticlopidina, presugrel, ticagrelor, elinogrel cangrelor del recettore PAR-1: Atopaxar, E 5555 Un carico di clopidogrel >600 mg non è associato ad una soppressione significativamente addizionale della funzione piastrinica per un limitato assorbimento: ISAR-CHOICE Study Von Beckerath N – Circulation 2005 600-mg clopidogrel before PCI reduces periprocedural MI in patients undergoing PCI Clopidogrel 600mg Clopidogrel 300 mg 20 % 15 10 5 0 Death, MI or TVR at 30dayp=0.041 Peri-procedural CKMB >2xUL p=0.014 Patti G et al, Circulation. 2005; 111: 2099-2106 “I risultati dell' ARMYDA-2 trial supportano l'uso routinario di 600 mg come dose di carico per PCI programmata European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention – Eur Heart J 2005; 26:804 Durata duplice terapia antipiastrinica • Durante il processo di endotelizzazione dello stent le maglie di metallo sono trombogene pertanto una adeguata terapia antipiastrinica deve essere mantenuta. • Per gli stent convenzionali (BMS) la durata nota è di circa 4 settimane • Per gli stent medicati (DES) le informazioni non sono così chiare 21 Durata somministrazione di Clopidogrel in diversi Studi Ravel: Sirius: E-Sirius: C-Sirius 8 weeks 3months 2months 2months Taxus I: Taxus II: Taxus IV: 6months 6months 6months Mortalità a 6-12 mesi di stent medicato Babapulle MN et al., Lancet 2004 Incidenza di infarto miocardico a 6-12 mesi dopo DES Babapulle MN et al., Lancet 2004 Incidenza trombosi di stent a 6-12 mesi dopo DES Ravel Sirius C-Sirius E-Sirius 0 0 0.4 2.0 2.0 1.1 0 0.6 0.6 pooled Taxus-I DES 0.8 0 0 Taxus-II 0 Taxus-IV pooled 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 Rate of Stent Thrombosis (%) Babapulle MN et al., Lancet 2004 BMS Trombosi di stent TAXUS IV 0.3 (n=625) 0.3 1.1% (n=7) 0.5 p 0.77 Control 0.6 (n=613) 0 30 days 0.2 0,5 30 days to 1 year 0.8% (n=5) 1 1,5 1 year to 2 years Reports di Trombosi Tardiva dopo DES Mc Fadden EP et al., Lancet 2004 Paclitaxel-eluting stent: Paclitaxel-eluting stent: Sirolimius eluting stent Sirolimus-eluting stent: Day 343 Day 442 Day 335 Day 375 dopo sospensione di aspirina e clopidogrel Virmani R et al., Circulation 2004 Sirolimus-eluting stent: Day 550 con trombo occlusivo reazione da ipersensibilità Hypersensitivity Reaction after Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Late Occlusive Thrombus Inflammation within media Giant cells around polymer remnant Virmani R et al., Circulation 2004 ACC/AHA/SCAI recommendations for the prevention of stent thrombosis after coronary stent implantation state At the minimum, patients should be treated with 75 mg clopidogrel and ASA 325mg for 1 month after BMS implantation, 3 months after sirolimus DES implantation, 6 months after paclitaxel DES implantation, and ideally, up to 12 months if they are not at a high-risk for bleeding. 29 Grines CL, et al. Circulation. 2007 Jan:1-6. Trombosi di Stent within 6-12 Months after DES Rate of Stent Thrombosis [%] 4 3.5 3 2 1 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.5 3x SIRIUS TAXUS IVTAXUS VI ARTS II Cypher(n=1510) (n=1314) (n=219) (n=606) Bifurcation (n=86) Trombosi di stent • The incidence of death or MI associated with angiographically documented stent thrombosis was 64.4% in a pooled analysis of 6 trials and registries from the 1990s. • Mortality rates due to presumed or documented stent thrombosis range from 20% to 45%. 31 Grines CL, et al. Circulation. 2007 Jan:1-6. Trombosi di stent • Stent thrombosis most commonly occurs in the first month after stent implantation and referred to as “subacute stent thrombosis” • Many cases of “late-stent thrombosis”, occurring months or years after stent implantation, have been reported – especially in patients treated with DES Grines CL, et al. Circulation. 2007 Jan:1-6. 32 E-Cypher Registry Predictors at 12 Months of Stent Thrombosis by Multiple Variable Regression Analysis Variable OR (95% CI) p 2.76 (1.71, 4.29) <0.0001 presentation 1.75 (1.13, 2.67) 0.0105 1.25 (1.05, 1.50) 0.0122 Postprocedure TIMI flow <3 4.42 (1.80, 9.26) 0.0003 Moderate or heavy calcifications 1.93 (1.29, 2.86) 0.0012 Totally occluded target lesion 1.92 (1.14, 3.11) 0.0107 No. of lesions treated 1.31(1.01, 1.67) 0.0317 >1 vessel disease 1.62 (1.04, 2.60) 0.0383 Clinical Insulin-dependent diabetes Acute coronary syndrome at Age (10-year increment) Angiographic/procedural Urban P, et al Circulation. 2006;113:1434-1441 prevenzione trombosi dello stent prevenzione trombosi dello stent Stent Thrombosis in High Risk groups Iakovou I et al. JAMA. 2005;293: 21262130. “At present, we consider the prolonged (at least 6 months) administration of clopidogrel (in addition to ASA) as mandatory to avoid late stent thrombosis. Therefore, in patients undergoing or soon will be undergoing urgent major extracardiac surgery, DES should not be implanted. In these patients, bare stents are probably the safer choice. Physicians and patients must be made aware that clopidogrel should not be discontinued too early, even for minor procedures like dental care.” European Heart Journal (2005) 26, 804–847 “…. complete healing of the DES may theoretically take up to 2 years. Registries are important to see whether the results of the controlled studies can be applied to everyday practice. The premature discontinuation of thienopyridines was strongly associated with the development of stent thrombosis. (Recommendation for 6–12 months clopidogrel administration after DES: I C). In patients in whom prolonged administration of clopidogrel is known to be unlikely (i.e. major extracardiac surgery planned soon), DES should be used with caution. In these patients, bare stents are probably the safer choice.” European Heart Journal (2005) 26, 804–847 Genetica della risposta al clopidogrel CYP2C19 allele 2 bassi metabolizzatori, perdita di funzione, rischio negli omozigoti di trombosi di stent CYP2C19 allele 17 guadagno di funzione, forti metabolizzatori, rischio di emorragia Per entrambe le varianti c'e' un ampio range di risposta, il comportamento del fenotipo non è sempre coerente con il genotipo Hulot et al Blood 2006 Mega et al Circulation suppl 2008 Sibbing et al. Circulation 2010 Wallentin et al Lancet 2010 Misurazione della funzione piastrinica •VerifyNow P2Y12 •Light transmittance aggregometry 5-20 μm/l ADP PAP 4 - Chronolog – APACT4 •VASP P2Y12 •Plateworks •IMPACT R •IMPACT R ADP •PFA 100 COL/ADP •INNOVANCE PFA Misurazione della funzione piastrinica Per identificare i pazienti cui somministrare farmaci più potenti? CYPHER® Photos on file at Abbott Vascular. TAXUS® ENDEAVOR XIENCE V F-up 30 days 6 months 12 months Clopidogrel = 2 months Pts 97.71% (97.71 - 99.14) 97.71% (97.71 - 99.14) 96.94% (96.94 - 98.73) Clopidogrel > 2 months 171 147 95 Pts 99.69% (99.69 - 99.96) 324 97.47% (97.47 - 98.73) 251 97.02% (97.02 - 98.45) 146 Stent Thrombosis Acute 0.2% Sub-acute 0% Late 0% MATRIX Registry (12-month interim analysis) Piscione F et al. GISE 2008/TCT 2008/JIM 2009 + Rapporto rischio/beneficio? emorragia trombembolia arteriosa o venosa trombosi di stent trombosi di protesi valvolare fibrillazione atriale parossistica, persistente o permanente con CHADS score >2 aneurisma ventricolo sinistro trombosi del ventricolo sinistro F.E. marcatamente depressa embolia polmonare Patients with atrial fibrillation annual stroke risk without OAC CHADS2 item Congestive heart failure Hypertension Age ≥75 Diabetes Previous stroke or transient ischemic attack Points 1 1 1 1 2 Rothberg et al Ann Intern Med. 2005; 143:241-250 TAO e duplice terapia antipiastrinica Esperienza della Mayo-Clinic 66 Patients No MACE 6 Patients with Readmission for Bleeding: Bleeding from colon polyps, transfusion Day 14 Hematuria secondary to urolithiasis Day 15 Peptic ulcer Day 9 Groin haematoma Day 2 (INR 1.0) Nose bleeding Minor ear bleeding Orford JL et al., Am Heart J 2004 p = 0.2 p = 0.04 p = 0.3 % major bleeding Gilard M et al. Am J Cardiol 2009;104:338-42 2.26% DES vs 1.19% BMS p = 0.03 Ruiz-Nodar JM et al. Eur Heart J 2009;30:932-9 ANDREARUBBOLI1, JONATHAN L. HALPERIN2, K.E. JUHANIAIRAKSINEN3, MICHAEL BUERKE4, ERIC EECKHOUT5, SAUL B. FREEDMAN6,ANTHONY H. GERSHLICK7,AXEL SCHLITT4, HUNG-FAT TSE8, FREEK W.A. VERHEUGT9 & GREGORYY.H. LIP10 Orford JL et al. Am J Cardiol (2004) Mattichak SL et al. J Interven Cardiol (2005) Khurram Z et al. J Invasive Cardiol (2006) Porter A et al. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2006) Lip GYH & Karpha M. Chest (2006) Karjalainen PP et al. Eur Heart J (2007) DeEugenio D et al. Pharmacotherapy (2007) Rubboli A et al. Coron Artery Dis (2007) Nguyen MC et al. Eur Heart J (2007) Wang TY et al. Am Heart J (2008) Ruiz-Nodar JM et al. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) Rogacka R et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv (2008) Ann Med 2008;40:428-36 Triplice terapia con TAO, ASA & tienopiridine vs. altri regimi: meno stroke & più emorragie (maggiori) (quanto più la terapia si prolunga) Rubboli A et al. Ann Med 2008;40:428-36 Rossini R et al. Am J Cardiol 2008;102:1618-23 Raccomandazioni (livello evidenza C!!) ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 guideline update for percutaneous coronary intervention (J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;47:216- 235) OAC+ASA+clopidogrel ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation (J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;48:854- 906) OAC+clopidogrel Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease (Eur Heart J 2007;28:230- 268) OAC+ASA+clopidogrel Anticoagulants in heart disease: current status and perspectives (Eur Heart J 2007;28:880- 913) OAC+ASA+clopidogrel Management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with persistent ST-segment elevation (Eur Heart J 2008;29:2909-45) OAC+ASA+clopidogrel Thromb & Haemost 2010;103:13-28 Triplice terapia (TAO + ASA + clopidogrel): indicata nei pz. a rischio TE medio-elevato dopo impianto di stent (verosimilmente) associata ad aumentato rischio emorragico da condurre con INR ai limiti inferiori del range terapeutico da protrarre per il più breve tempo possibile , e quindi no stent medicati Grazie per l'attenzione Prevention of Premature Discontinuation of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Coronary Artery Stents: Factors Related to Premature Cessation of Thienopyridine Therapy • Antiplatelet therapy may be stopped at the instruction of physicians, dentists, and other healthcare providers who are to perform an invasive or surgical procedure on the patient because of misguided concerns about excessive procedure-related bleeding. • Many of these procedures (e.g., minor surgery, teeth cleaning, and tooth extraction) can likely be performed at no or only minor risk of bleeding or could be delayed until the prescribed antiplatelet regimen is completed. 57 Grines CL, et al. Circulation. 2007 Jan:1-6. Prevention of Premature Discontinuation of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Coronary Artery Stents: Need for New Recommendations: Advisory Group’s Recommendations Elective procedures for which there is significant risk of peri- or post-operative bleeding should be deferred until patients have completed an appropriate course of thienopyridine therapy. For DES patients who are to undergo subsequent procedures that require discontinuation of thienopyridine therapy, aspirin should be continued if at all possible and thienopyridine restarted as soon as possible. • 58 Grines CL, et al. Circulation. 2007 Jan:1-6. GESTIONE DELLA TERAPIA ANTIPIASTRINICA Condizioni ad alto rischio di trombosi nei primi 12 mesi dopo PTCA + stent medicato prima di 6 settimane da PTCA + stent non medicato prima di 2 settimane da PTCA senza stent infarto miocardico acuto (<7 gg) o recente (<30 gg) sindrome coronarica acuta anatomia coronarica ad alto rischio GESTIONE DELLA TERAPIA ANTIPIASTRINICA IN CHIRURGIA PRINCIPLE-TIMI 44 201 patients undergoing elective PCI were randomized to prasugrel (n = 102) or high-dose clopidogrel (n = 99) At various follow-up points, mean inhibition of platelet aggregation as assessed by light-transmission aggregometry was impacted by PPI use in patients taking either of the 2 drugs, although the difference was not statistically significant for most comparisons PRINCIPLE-TIMI 44 Clopidogrel: Mean Inhibition of Platelet Aggregation With PPI Without PPI Value 0.5 Hours 4.9 ± 16.1 4.9 ± 12.0 0.98 2 Hours 10.4 ± 16.2 24.2 ± 20.5 0.003 6 Hours (a) 18-24 Hours 23.2 ± 19.5 23.8 ± 14.4 35.2 ± 20.9 36.1 ± 20.8 0.02 0.03 TRITON-TIMI 38 (TRial to assess Improvement in Therapeutic Outcomes by optimizing platelet inhibitioN with prasugrel-Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction) randomized 13,608 patients with ACS undergoing PCI to receive either prasugrel (loading dose of 10 mg, daily maintenance dose of 10 mg) or clopidogrel (loading dose of 300 mg, daily maintenance dose of mg) inanalysis additionfocused to aspirin. PPI4,529 use was at physician discretion. The75current on the patients (33%) who were taking a PPI at the time of randomization. Dr. O’Donoghue and colleagues found no association over the course of long-term followup between PPI use and the combined risk of cardiovascular death, MI, and stroke in subjects assigned to clopidogrel (HR 0.94; 95% CI, 0.80-1.11) or prasugrel (HR 1.00; 95% CI, 0.84-1.20). Adjustment for potential cofounders and the propensity to treat with a PPI did not alter the findings. August 31 at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2009 COGENT To determine whether PPI versus placebo reduced important GI events in patients on dual antiplatelet therapy To determine if there was any cardiovascular interaction between clopidogrel and PPI Multicenter, international, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, placebocontrolled, parallel group, phase 3 efficacy and safety study of CGT-2168, a fixed-dose combination of clopidogrel (75 mg) and omeprazole (20 mg), compared with clopidogrel The cardiovascular endpoint was the composite of cardiovascular death, nonfatal MI, CABG or PCI, or ischemic stroke. The GI endpoint was upper GI bleeding, bleeding of presumed occult GI origin with decrease in hemoglobin of ≥2 g/dL or decrease in hematocrit ≥10%, symptomatic gastroduodenal ulcer confirmed by endoscopy orradiography, pain of presumed GI origin with underlying multipleerosive disease confirmed by endoscopy, obstruction, or perforation. • COGEN T The first, randomized assessment of clopidogrel and PPIson clinical events •The data provide strong reassurance that there is no clinically relevant adverse cardiovascular interaction between clopidogrel and PPIs •The results call into question the exact relationship between ex vivoplatelet assays and clinical outcomes, especially with respect to assessing druginteractions–Platelet assays and observational data are not a substitute for RCT data •Further research is needed to define the optimal strategy to reduce GI events in patients on antithrombotictherapy, though prophylactic PPIsseem very promising Interazioni tienopiridine - inibitori pompa protonica Clopidogrel and prasugrel are both prodrugs metabolized by the cytochrome p450 enzyme system (CYP3A4 and CYP2C19) PPIs could possibly interfere with this metabolism, or they might reduce absorption of the thienopyridines by lowering gastric acidity,