Personalized Medicine, Pharmacogenetics, and Clopidogrel: Unraveling Variability of Response

Table 1

Studies on CYP450 Variants, Clopidogrel Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and/or Clinical Outcome

Population and Treatment Alleles Under Study Assay Pharmacokinetics or Pharmacodynamics Clinical Outcome Notes
Shuldiner et al. (4) 429 healthy Amish subjects
300 mg LD and 75 mg for 7 days
Genome wide association, no pre-specified genotypes ADP-LTA (20 μM) 2C19*2 loss-of function allele (hetero or homozygous) associated with lower LTA inhibition n.a. 12% of variability in LTA response to clopidogrel depends on 2C19*2.
No effect of ABCB1 or 2C19*17 gain-of-function
277 PCI candidates 75 mg/od MD C19*2 ADP-LTA (20μM) 2C19*2 loss-of function allele associated with lower LTA inhibition HR 2.42 (1.18–4.99) for cardiovascular endpoints at 1 yr associated with 2C19*2 132 our of 277 patients lost at follow up, no control for compliance, low number of 2C19*2 carriers evaluable at 1 yr, low number of event
Mega et al. (18) 162 healthy subjects treated with 75, 300, 600 mg 2C19 loss- or gain-of-function variants, 2B6, 2C9, 3A4/5, 1A2 ADP-LTA (20 μM), AUC Lower AUC and lower platelet inhibition with the CYP2C19*2, with a gradient effect. Smaller effect also for CYP2B6. n.a. Overlap between wild type and heterozygotes for LTA-ADP.
1477 ACS patients from the TRITON- TIMI trial, 300 mg LD, 75 mg MD n.a. n.a. 12.1% of primary outcomes in 395 patients with at least one 2C19 variants, 8% in 1064 non-carriers.
HR: 1.53 (1.07–2.19)
No effect of other genotypes
For *2 carriers only, HR 1.42 (0.98 – 2.04) p=0.04.
Unknown whether there was a gradient effect of 1 versus 2 loss-of-function alleles
Simon et al. (22) 2208 patients from registry on 75 mg MD ABXB1, 3A5, 2C19, P2RY12 n.a. n.a. At 1 yr follow-up, ABCB1 CC homozygous: HR 1.72 (1.20–2.47).
Any two of 2C19 loss-of-function: HR 1.98 (1.10–3.58)
3A5, ITGB3, and P2RY12 had no effect.
No protective effect for the 2C19*17 gain-of-function allele.
Collet et al. (23) 259 MI patients aged < 54, 75 mg MD 2C19*2 n.a. n.a. At 1 yr follow-up, 15 events in 186 non-carriers and 11 events in 73
2C19*2 carriers (1 or 2 alleles) HR: 3.69 (1.69–8.05)
Low number of events, compliance unknown, more b-blockers used in non carriers (p=0.05). No differences in deaths, only MI and stent thrombosis
Sibbings et al. (24) 2485 post-PCI patients, 600 mg LD, endpoint: stent thrombosis at 30 days 2C19*2 n.a. n.a. 10 thromboses over 1805 non- carriers, 7 events over 680 carriers (1 or 2 alleles). HR: 3.86 (1.47–10.14) No control for compliance.
Low number of events, 17 out of 2485 patients (0.7%).
2% homozygous for *2 variant. Worse outcome for homozygous (p for trend)
Varenhorst et al. (19) 47 CAD patients
600 mg LD, 75 mg MD and 51 patients on prasugrel
2C19, 2B6, 2C9, 3A4/5, 1A2 metabolite concentration, AUC, VASP, VN on repeated occasions In carriers of at least one loss-of- function 2C19 allele (*2, *4, *8): lower AUC and platelet inhibition assessed by both tests. No effect of 2C9, 2B6, 3A5 n.a. Prasugrel not influenced by CYP genotypes
Tiroch et al. (28) 925 patients with acute MI, 75 mg MD 2C19*17 n.a. n.a. 18% relative reduction in MACE in the *17 gain-of-function carriers Bleeding risk associated with a better bioactivation of clopidogrel unknown.
PK and PD unknown.
Trenk et al. (19) 797 PCI candidates, studied at 600 mg LD and 75 mg MD (before hospital discharge) from the EXCELSIOR trial 2C19*2 ADP-LTA (5–20 μM), flow cytometry post 20μM ADP Higher residual platelet activation post LD or MD in 2C19*2 carriers (homozygous and heterozygous) No effect of 2C19*2 on clinical outcome on multivariate analysis, predictive value of LTA-ADP only Use of an arbitrary threshold (14% maximal aggregation).
Two measurements per patient
Frere et al. (25) 603 NSTEMI patients studied in the cath lab after 600 mg LD 2C19, 3A4/5 VASP, 10 μM ADP-LTA, flow cytometry post ADP Higher ADP-LTA, VASP-PRI and P-selectin expression in heterozygotes and homozygotes for 2C19*2 alleles. No effect for 3A4/5 n.a. BMI significantly higher in hyper- responsive patients.
1% absolute difference in LTA, 9% absolute difference for VASP, 0.04 units for P-selectin between wild-type and heterozygous
Hulot et al. (26) 28 healthy subjects, 75 mg for 7 days 2C19, 2B6, 1A2, 3A4/5 VASP and ADP-LTA No effect of 2B6, 3A5, 1A2 2C19*1/*2 subjects had poor inhibition n.a. None of the *1/*2 subjects responded by ADP-LTA, while showed a significant inhibition by VASP, although lower than *1/*1
Brandt et al. (21) 74 healthy subjects, 300 mg or prasugrel 60 mg 2C9, 2C19, 2B6, 1A2, 3A4/5 AUC, Cmax, ADP-LTA No effect of 3A5/4, 1A2, 2B6, 2C19*2 and 2C9 loss of function alleles had low AUC, Cmax and IPA n.a. Prasugrel independent of CYP genotype
  • Abbreviations: AUC, area under the curve; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; MD, maintenance dose; LD, loading dose; ADP-LTA, adenosine diphosphate–light transmittance aggregometry; BMI, body mass index; Cmax, maximal plasma concentration; IPA, inhibition of platelet aggregation; VASP-PRI: vasoactive stimulated phosphoprotein-platelet reactivity index; PK, pharmacokinetics; PD, pharmacodynamics; HR, hazard ratio; CAD, coronary artery disease; MACE, major adverse cardiovascular events; P2RY12, purinergic receptor P2Y, G–protein coupled, 12; n.a., not available.

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  1. MI February 2010 vol. 10 no. 1 12-19