CURRENT-OASIS 7 Trial: Upping Plavix Dose Meets with Less Stent Thrombosis, More Bleeds

The use of a seven-day, double-dose of clopidogrel reduced cardiovascular events and stent thrombosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing PCI, but resulted in higher bleeding rates, according to a substudy of the CURRENT-OASIS 7 trial presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress in Stockholm and simultaneously published in the Lancet.