Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation Release: First Patients Enrolled In Study To Evaluate Dabigatran Etexilate After PCI With Stenting

INGELHEIM, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For Non-US/Non-UK/Non-Canadian Media Boehringer Ingelheim today announces that the first patients have been enrolled in the company’s new international phase III study, RE-DUAL PCITM.1 The study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of the oral anticoagulant dabigatran etexilate in patients with an irregular heartbeat called non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF), who have undergone a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent placement to widen their blocked coronary arteries.2 RE-DUAL PCITM aims to advance medical knowledge and guide future antithrombotic treatment choice for greatest patient benefit. It addresses the need for innovative new treatment regimens to improve patient prognosis.

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