Table 2:

Final P2Y12 receptor antagonist dosing regimen and associated major thromboembolic and hemorrhagic complications occurring up to 6 months after treatment in patients with cerebral aneurysms treated with the PED

No. of Patients (%)Major Complications (%)Outside Target P2Y12 Receptor-Inhibition Range (PRU 60–240)a (%)
All patients44 (100)5 (11.4)4 (80)
Clopidogrel31 (71)3 (9.7)3 (100)
    150 mg daily3 (9.7)1 Infarction, 1 ICH (66.7)2 (100)
    75 mg daily15 (48.3)0
    75 mg QOD2 (6.5)0
    75 mg Q3D3 (9.7)0
    75 mg QMF5 (16.1)0
    75 mg Q4D2 (6.5)1 ICH (50)b1 (100)
    75 mg Q5D1 (3.2)0
Prasugrel12 (27)2 (16.7)1 (50)
    10 mg daily6 (50)1 ICH (16.7)1 (100)
    5 mg daily5 (41.7)1 ICH (20)0
    5 mg QOD1 (8.3)0
Ticagrelor1 (2)0
    90 mg BID1 (100)
  • Note:—QOD indicates every other day; Q3D, every third day; QMF, every Monday and Friday; Q4D, every fourth day; Q5D, every fifth day; BID, twice a day.

  • a Shortly before or at the time of a major complication.

  • b Recurrent ICH with subdural extension contralateral to the PED on postoperative day 50 in a patient with postmortem examination–proven amyloid angiopathy at the site of ICH (PRU 58 at the time of ICH, Fig 2).