First Analysis of Relation Between CYP2C19 Genotype and Platelet Function in Ticagrelor Versus Clopidogrel Treated Patients: :: Results from the ONSET/OFFSET and RESPOND Studies Gurbel PA1, Bliden K1, Storey RF2, Wei C3, Armstrong M3, Butler K3, Tantry US1 1Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2Univ of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom 3AstraZeneca, Wilmington, Delaware, USA Disclosures Research Grants/Support Pozen Astra Zeneca Nanosphere Accumetrics Helena Multiplate Portola Daiichi Honoraria/Consulting Pozen Novartis Bayer Astra Zeneca Eli Lilly Accumetrics Nanosphere Sanofi Aventis Boehringer Merck Medtronic Background • Variable and insufficient active metabolite generation by hepatic CYP P450 isoenzymes result in clopidogrel response variability and resistance.1 • LOF SNPs of CYP isoenzyme genes, particularly 2C19, linked to: - diminished clopidogrel PK and PD effects - increased ischemic events in PCI patients - highlighted by FDA, EMEA, ACCF/AHA.1 • Ticagrelor is a reversibly-binding, noncompetitive, direct-acting, oral P2Y12 antagonist.2 • Ticagrelor therapy was associated with: - less MACE in ACS patients in PLATO trial.3 - more rapid onset, offset, and greater level of inhibition in ONSET/OFFSET Study.4 - greater platelet inhibition in both clopidogrel responders and non-responders in RESPOND Study.5 • Unknown facts: - influence of CYP2C19 genotype on ticagrelor PD - comparative PD effects of clopidogrel and ticagrelor in relation to 2C19 genotype - whether ticagrelor treated patients have greater inhibition than clopidogrel treated patients with “clopidogrel responder” genotype. 1. Bonello et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010;56:1024-31. 3. Wallentin L et al. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:1045-57. 5. Gurbel PA et al. Circulation. 2010;121:1188-99. 2. Gurbel PA et al. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2010;11:2251-9. 4. Gurbel PA et al. Circulation. 2009;120:2577-85. Objectives In stable CAD patients taking either ticagrelor or clopidogrel in the ONSET/OFFSET and RESPOND studies: 1) compare platelet function between genetic categories (CYP2C19 and ABCB1) for each treatment: Kruskal-Wallis test 2) compare platelet function between treatment groups for each genetic category: Wilcoxon rank-sum test ONSET/OFFSET Study Design - 21 days Visit 1 Screening/Washout Period (n=154) Screen Failures (n=31) 6 weeks ± 3 days 10 days Offset Maintenance 1 day Onset Visits 2-3 Randomization (n=123) Platelet Function Testing (Pre-dose and 0.5,1,2,4,8,24 hours post-dose) 180 mg Ticagrelor (n=57) PM: 90 mg Ticagrelor 600 mg Clopidogrel (n=54) Placebo (n=12) 90 mg Ticagrelor bid 75 mg Clopidogrel qd Placebo Visit 4 Last Dose Platelet Function Testing (0,2, 4,8 hours post last dose) Visits 5-10 Platelet Function Testing Day 1-3,5, 7 and 10 after last dose RESPOND Study Design: Nonresponders Screening * Randomization Visit 1 Period 2 Crossover 14 ± 2 days (n=144) Nonresponders (n=41) Period 1 14 ± 2 days Treatment C (n=20) Clopidogrel 600 mg/75 mg Treatment T (n=17) Ticagrelor 180mg/90 mg Treatment T (n=21) Ticagrelor 180mg/90 mg Treatment C (n=17) Clopidogrel 600 mg/75 mg Visit 2 Visit 3 PK/PD: Predose, 0.5,1,2,4,8 hours postdose PK/PD: Predose, 2,4,8 hours postdose Visit 4= Visit 3+1 day PK/PD: Predose, 0.5,1,2,4,8 hours postdose *patients were dosed with study drug >14 days after screening Visit 5 PK/PD: Predose, 2,4,8 hours postdose RESPOND Study Design: Responders Period 2 Screening * Randomization Period 1 14 ± 2 days (n=144) 14 ± 2 days Treatment C (n=13) Clopidogrel 75 mg Treatment C (n=29) Clopidogrel 600 mg/75 mg Treatment T (n=15) Ticagrelor 180mg/90 mg Responders (n=57) Treatment C (n=13) Clopidogrel 600 mg/75 mg Treatment T (n=28) Ticagrelor 180mg/90 mg Visit 1 Treatment T (n=13) Ticagrelor 90 mg Visit 2 Visit 3 PK/PD: Predose, 0.5,1,2,4,8 hours postdose PK/PD: Predose, 2,4,8 hours postdose Visit 4= Visit 3+1 day PK/PD: Predose, 0.5,1,2,4,8 hours postdose *patients were dosed with study drug >14 days after screening Visit 5 PK/PD: Predose, 2,4,8 hours postdose Demographics Methods Platelet Function Assessments: - Light Transmittance Aggregometry (5 and 20 M ADP, maximal) (Chronolog, Havertown, PA) - VASP-P Assay (Biocytex, Marseille, FR) - VerifyNow P2Y12 Assay (Accumetrics, San Diego, CA) Genotyping: TaqMan® Drug Metabolism Genotyping Assays (Life Technologies; Pleasanton, CA) - loss of function CYP2C19*2 variant (rs4244285) - other functional variants of CYP2C19 [*3 (rs4986893),*4 (rs28399504), *5 (rs56337013),*6 (rs72558184), *7 (rs72558186),*8 (rs41291556) *17 (rs12248560)] and ABCB1 (rs1045642) CYP2C19 Genotype/Predicted Phenotype Relationships Genotype Phenotype *1/*1 *1/*2-*8 *2-8/*2-*8 *17/*17 *1/*17 *2-8/*17 WT/WT WT/LOF LOF/LOF GOF/GOF WT/GOF LOF/GOF Extensive Intermediate Poor Ultra-rapid Rapid heterozygous Poor/rapid Group I- Metabolizer Status Ultra-rapid Metabolizer (UM) Extensive Metabolizer (EM) Intermediate Metabolizer (IM) Poor Metabolizer (PM) [Ultra-rapid] +[Rapid Het] Extensive [Intermediate] + [Poor/rapid] Poor Group II- LOF Carrier Status LOF carriers [Intermediate] + [Poor/rapid ] + [Poor] LOF non-carriers [Extensive] + [Ultra-rapid] + [Rapid het] Group III- GOF Carrier Status GOF Carriers Extensive Metabolizer LOF carriers (EM) [Ultra-rapid] + [Rapid het] Extensive [Intermediate] + [Poor/rapid] + [Poor] CYP2C19 Genotype Frequencies, n (%) Ticagrelor (n=92) Ultra-rapid Metabolizer Extensive Metabolizer Intermediate Metabolizer Poor Metabolizer LOF carrier LOF non-carrier GOF carrier Extensive Metabolizer *1/*1 *1/*2 *1/*3 *1/*17 *2/*2 *2/*17 *8/*17 *17/*17 Clopidogrel (n=82) Total (n=174) 28 (24) 31 (38) 55 (32) 59 (34) 55 (32) Group 1 27 (30) 28 (30) 35 (38) 2 (2) Group II 37 (40) 55 (60) Group III 27 (29) 28 (30) CYP2C19 Diplotype 28 (30) 20 (22) 1 (1) 22 (24) 2 (2) 13 (14) 1 (1) 5 (5) 20 (24)* 3 (4) 5 (3) 23 (28) 59 (72) 60 (35) 114 (66) 28 (34) 31 (38) 55 (32) 59 (34) 31 (38) 13 (16) 1 (1) 28 (34) 3 (4) 6 (7) 0 (0) 59 (34) 33 (19) 2 (1) 50 (29) 5 (3) 19 (11) 1 (0) 5 (3) 0 (0)** * p=0.05, **p=0.04;Ticagrelor vs. Clopidogrel ABCB1 Genotype/Predicted Phenotype Relationships and Frequencies, n (%) Genotype Phenotype C/C High Expression Intermediate Expression Low Expression C/T T/T Ticagrelor (n=92) Clopidogrel (n=82) Total (n=174) C/C 30 (33) 21 (26) 51 (29) C/T 43 (47) 40 (49) 83 (48) T/T 19 (21) 21 (26) 40 (23) Predose Platelet Function 5 M ADP-Induced Aggregation 8 hrs After Loading Dose 80 p-values between genotypes (UM,EM,IM,PM) TIG=0.152, CLP=0.289 p=0.387 p-values between genotypes (LOF,Non-LOF) TIG=0.518, CLP=0.078 p-values between genotypes (GOF,LOF,EM) TIG=0.117, CLP=0.168 p=0.0006 Aggregation (%) p<0.0001 60 p=0.0006 p<0.0001 p<0.0001 p=0.0006 40 20 0 UM EM IM PM Ticagrelor LOF LOF Non-carrier Clopidogrel GOF 5 M ADP-Induced Aggregation 8 hrs After Last Maintenance Dose 80 p-values between genotypes (UM,EM,IM,PM) TIG=0.95, CLP=0.33 p-values between genotypes (LOF,Non-LOF) TIG=0.88, CLP=0.097 p-values between genotypes (GOF,LOF,EM) TIG=0.12, CLP=0.17 Aggregation (%) p=0.149 p=0.0016 p<0.0001 p<0.0001 60 p<0.0001 p=0.0016 p=0.0004 40 20 0 UM EM IM PM LOF LOF Non-carrier Ticagrelor Clopidogrel GOF 20 M ADP-Induced Aggregation 8 hrs After Loading Dose Aggregation (%) 80 p-values between genotypes (UM,EM,IM,PM) TIG=0.159, CLP=0.306 p<0.0001 p=0.0001 p<0.0001 p=0.149 p-values between genotypes (LOF,Non-LOF) TIG=0.525, CLP=0.079 p-values between genotypes (GOF,LOF,EM) TIG=0.209, CLP=0.165 p<0.0001 p=0.0001 p<0.0001 60 40 20 0 UM EM IM PM LOF LOF Non-carrier Ticagrelor Clopidogrel GOF 20 M ADP-Induced Aggregation 8 hrs After Last Maintenance Dose 80 P-values between genotypes (UM,EM,IM,PM) TIG=0.864, CLP=0.056 P-values between genotypes (LOF,Non-LOF) TIG=0.803, CLP 0.049 p=0.001 p=0.0001 Aggregation (%) p<0.0001 60 p=0.139 p=0.0001 P-values between genotypes (GOF,LOF,EM) TIG=0.936, CLP=0.080 p=0.001 p<0.0001 40 20 0 UM EM IM PM LOF LOF Non-carrier Ticagrelor Clopidogrel GOF VerifyNow-PRU 8 hrs After Loading Dose 400 p-values between genotypes (UM,EM,IM,PM) TIG=0.552, CLP=0.019 p-values between genotypes (LOF,Non-LOF) TIG=0.301, CLP=0.010 p-values between genotypes (GOF,LOF,EM) TIG=0.360, CLP=0.028 p<0.0001 p<0.0001 p<0.0001 300 p=0.149 p<0.0001 PRU p<0.0001 p<0.0001 200 100 0 UM EM IM PM LOF LOF Non-carrier Ticagrelor Clopidogrel GOF VerifyNow-PRU 8 hrs After Last Maintenance Dose 400 p-values between genotypes (UM,EM,IM,PM) TIG=0.535, CLP=0.006 p<0.0001 p-values between genotypes (LOF,Non-LOF) TIG=0.898, CLP=0.002 p<0.0001 p-values between genotypes (GOF,LOF,EM) TIG=0.905, CLP=0.007 p<0.0001 p<0.0001 PRU 300 p=0.138 p<0.0001 p<0.0001 200 100 0 UM EM IM PM LOF LOF Non-carrier Ticagrelor Clopidogrel GOF VASP-PRI: 8 hrs After Loading Dose 100 p-values between genotypes (UM,EM,IM,PM) TIG=0.601, CLP=0.153 p<0.0001 p<0.0001 p<0.0001 p-values between genotypes p-values between genotypes (GOF,LOF,EM) (LOF,Non-LOF) TIG=0.498, CLP=0.109 TIG=0.616, CLP=0.036 p<0.0001 80 VASP-PRI p=0.148 p<0.0001 p<0.0001 60 40 20 0 UM EM IM PM Ticagrelor LOF LOF Non-Carrier Clopidogrel GOF VASP-PRI 8 hrs After Last Maintenance Dose 100 p-values between genotypes (UM,EM,IM,PM) TIG=0.635, CLP=0.069 p-values between genotypes (LOF,Non-LOF) TIG=0.878, CLP=0.010 p-values between genotypes (GOF,LOF,EM) TIG=0.828, CLP=0.034 p<0.0001 80 p<0.0001 p<0.0001 p<0.0001 p<0.0001 p<0.0001 VASP-PRI p=0.148 60 40 20 0 UM EM IM PM Ticagrelor LOF LOF Non-Carrier Clopidogrel GOF 5M ADP-Induced Platelet Aggregation (%) Influence of Diplotype on Platelet Function During Maintenance Therapy: 5 M ADP-Induced Aggregation 75 p=0.004 p<0.0001 p=0.005 p=0.009 60 45 30 15 0 *1/*1 *1/*2 *1/*3 *1/*17 Ticagrelor *2/*2 *2/*17 Clopidogrel N/A N/A *8/*17 *17/*17 20M ADP-Induced Platelet Aggregation (%) Influence of Diplotype on Platelet Function During Maintenance Therapy : 20 M ADP-Induced Aggregation 75 p=0.0001 p<0.0001 p=0.003 p=0.003 60 45 30 15 0 N/A *1/*1 *1/*2 *1/*3 *1/*17 *2/*2 *2/*17 *8/*17 N/A *17/*17 Within the clopidogrel group, there was an influence of diplotype on platelet function, p=0.09 Ticagrelor Clopidogrel Influence of Diplotype on Platelet Function During Maintenance Therapy: VerifyNow P2Y12 Assay 400 p=0.0011 p<0.0001 P2Y12 Reaction Units 320 p<0.0001 p<0.0001 240 160 80 0 N/A *1/*1 *1/*2 *1/*3 *1/*17 *2/*2 *2/*17 *8/*17 N/A *17/*17 Within the clopidogrel group, there was a significant influence of diplotype on platelet function, p=0.006 Ticagrelor Clopidogrel Influence of Diplotype on Platelet Function During Maintenance Therapy: VASP-P Assay 100 p<0.0001 VASP–PRI (%) 80 p<0.0001 p<0.0001 p=0.007 60 40 20 N/A 0 *1/*1 *1/*2 *1/*3 *1/*17 *2/*2 *2/*17 *8/*17 N/A *17/*17 Within the clopidogrel group, there was an influence of diplotype on platelet function, p=0.09 Ticagrelor Clopidogrel Influence of ABCB1 Genotype on Platelet Function • No influence of ABCB1 genotype on platelet reactivity to ADP before treatment or during treatment in either group by all measurements. Conclusions • First report demonstrating the superior antiplatelet effect of ticagrelor compared to clopidogrel irrespective of CYP2C19 genotype. • Whereas CYP2C19 genotype influenced the antiplatelet effect of clopidogrel, there was no effect during ticagrelor therapy. • Influence of CYP2C19 genotype in clopidogrel-treated patients most evident during maintenance and by the VerifyNow P2Y12 assay. • Larger studies needed to examine the relative influences *2 and *17 on clopidogrel antiplatelet effects. • Results consistent with: - overall PLATO trial clinical outcomes - PLATO genetic substudy: ticagrelor was more clinically effective than clopidogrel irrespective of CYP2C19 genotype. Published online November 15, 2010