• 1. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Nanjing First Hospital; the Affiliated Nanjing Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210006, P.R.China;
  • 2. School of Basic Medical Sciences and Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical University of China, Nanjing, 211100, P.R.China;
  • 3. The Affiliated Nanjing Hospital of Nanjing Medical University; Department of Neurology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing, 210006, P.R.China;
ZOU Jianjun, Email: zoujianjun100@126.com
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Objectives  To systematically review the efficacy and safety of clopidogrel 600 mg and 300 mg loading dose in Chinese patients underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods  We searched The Cochrane Library, EMbase, PubMed, CNKI, WanFang Data, CBM and VIP databases to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of the efficacy and safety of clopidogrel 600 mg and 300 mg loading dose in Chinese patients underwent PCI from inception to April, 2017. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. Meta-analysis was then performed using Stata 14.0 software. Results  A total of 10 RCTs involving 1 166 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that: the 600 mg loading dose group had lower incidence rate of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in comparison with the 300 mg loading dose group (RR=0.29, 95%CI 0.17 to 0.48, P<0.000 1). However, no significant difference was found in the incidence of major bleeding events within 30 days between two groups (RR=1.64, 95%CI 0.70 to 3.80,P=0.252). Conclusions  The current evidence shows that in Chinese patients underwent PCI, administration of a 600 mg loading dose of clopidogrel is associated with a lower risk of MACE than is administration of a 300 mg loading dose of clopidogrel, without increasing major bleeding risk in 30 days. Due to limited quality and quantity of the included studies, more high quality studies are required to verify above conclusions.

Citation: SONG Baili, HANG Jing, TANG Dan, ZOU Jianjun. Efficacy and safety of 600 mg versus 300 mg loading dose of clopidogrel for Chinese patients underwent percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2018, 18(1): 29-34. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201705099 Copy

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