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Trial reportCirculation2013

Drug resistance and pseudoresistance: an unintended consequence of enteric coating aspirin.

Tilo Grosser, Susanne Fries, John A Lawson, Shiv C Kapoor, Gregory R Grant, Garret A FitzGerald

Registry-linked trialOpen access · bronzeAbstract readClinical Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Circulation, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00948987 (Mechanism Based Resistance to Aspirin), which is not on this map. Cited by 58 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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58citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
13.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT00948987 phase1completednot on this map

Mechanism Based Resistance to Aspirin

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of PennsylvaniaRan2004 to 2009Enrolled400ConditionsAspirin Resistance, Pharmacological Aspirin Non-responsivenessArmsAspirin
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 199 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Efficacy and safety of eight typesFrontiers in pharmacology · 2022
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  10. The Impact of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Other Mechanisms on Aspirin Resistance.Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets · 2025
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  11. Should We Use Aspirin or P2YCurrent atherosclerosis reports · 2024
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  15. Fifty years with aspirin and platelets.British journal of pharmacology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tilo GrosserInstitute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Susanne Fries
John A Lawson
Shiv C Kapoor
Gregory R Grant
Garret A FitzGerald
Translational Therapeutics (United States) · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

INSTITUTIONAL CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE AWARDUL1RR024134 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI FITZGERALD, GARRET A · 2006 to 2011
$70.4M
STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF PLATELET GPIIB/IIIA ACTIVATIONP50HL054500 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BRASS, LAWRENCE F · 1996 to 2005
$13.1M
NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024134NCRR NIH HHS UL1-RR-024134NHLBI NIH HHS HL 54500NHLBI NIH HHS P50 HL054500
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLow dose aspirin reduces the secondary incidence of myocardial infarction and stroke. Drug resistance to aspirin might result in treatment failure. Despite this concern, no clear definition of aspirin resistance has emerged, and estimates of its incidence have varied remarkably. We aimed to determine the commonality of a mechanistically consistent, stable, and specific phenotype of true pharmacological resistance to aspirin-such as might be explained by genetic causes. METHODS AND

resultsHealthy volunteers (n=400) were screened for their response to a single oral dose of 325-mg immediate release or enteric coated aspirin. Response parameters reflected the activity of the molecular target of aspirin, cyclooxygenase-1. Individuals who appeared aspirin resistant on 1 occasion underwent repeat testing, and if still resistant were exposed to low-dose enteric coated aspirin (81 mg) and clopidogrel (75 mg) for 1 week each. Variable absorption caused a high frequency of apparent resistance to a single dose of 325-mg enteric coated aspirin (up to 49%) but not to immediate release aspirin (0%). All individuals responded to aspirin on repeated exposure, extension of the postdosing interval, or addition of aspirin to their platelets ex vivo.

conclusionsPharmacological resistance to aspirin is rare; this study failed to identify a single case of true drug resistance. Pseudoresistance, reflecting delayed and reduced drug absorption, complicates enteric coated but not immediate release aspirin administration. CLINICAL

trial registrationURL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00948987.

Indexed as

Drug ResistanceAdministration, OralAdolescentAdultAspirinClopidogrelCross-Over StudiesCyclooxygenase 1Cyclooxygenase InhibitorsDose-Response Relationship, DrugFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionPlatelet AggregationAspirinClopidogrelCyclooxygenase 1Cyclooxygenase InhibitorsPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsTablets, Enteric-CoatedTiclopidine

Identifiers

PMID23212718
PMCPMC3552520
OpenAlexW1986075319

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