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SUBMITTER: Horenstein RB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4113831 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Horenstein Richard B RB Madabushi Rajnikanth R Zineh Issam I Yerges-Armstrong Laura M LM Peer Cody J CJ Schuck Robert N RN Figg William Douglas WD Shuldiner Alan R AR Pacanowski Michael A MA
Journal of clinical pharmacology 20140407 8
Carriers of two copies of the loss-of-function CYP2C19*2 variant convert less clopidogrel into its active metabolite, resulting in diminished antiplatelet responses and higher cardiovascular event rates. To evaluate whether increasing the daily clopidogrel dose in poor metabolizers (PM) overcomes the effect of the CYP2C19 * 2 variant, we enrolled 18 healthy participants in a genotype-stratified, multi-dose, three-period, fixed-sequence crossover study. Six participants with the *1/*1 extensive ( ...[more]