Ralph L Sacco, Hans-Christoph Diener, Salim Yusuf, Daniel Cotton, Stephanie Ounpuu, William A Lawton, Yuko Palesch, Reneé H Martin, Gregory W Albers, Philip Bath, Natan Bornstein, Bernard P L Chan, Sien-Tsong Chen, Luis Cunha, Björn Dahlöf, Jacques De Keyser, Geoffrey A Donnan, Conrado Estol, Philip Gorelick, Vivian Gu, Karin Hermansson, Lutz Hilbrich, Markku Kaste, Chuanzhen Lu, Thomas Machnig, Prem Pais, Robin Roberts, Veronika Skvortsova, Philip Teal, Danilo Toni, Cam Vandermaelen, Thor Voigt, Michael Weber, Byung-Woo Yoon
BACKGROUND: Recurrent stroke is a frequent, disabling event after ischemic stroke. This study compared the efficacy and safety of two antiplatelet regimens--aspirin plus extended-release dipyridamole (ASA-ERDP) versus clopidogrel. METHODS: In this double-blind, 2-by-2 factorial trial, we randomly assigned patients to receive 25 mg of aspirin plus 200 mg of extended-release dipyridamole twice daily or to receive 75 mg of clopidogrel daily. The primary outcome was first recurrence of stroke...
September 18, 2008: New England Journal of Medicine