Klopidogrel som sekundärprevention minskar risken för hjärtkärlsjukdom lika effektivt hos kvinnor och män. Hos män reduceras risken för hjärtinfarkt, stroke och total dödlighet. Den skyddande effekten för hjärtinfarkt är tydligare hos kvinnor. I den stora COMMIT-studien fick patienter med misstänkt hjärtinfarkt klopidogrel eller placebo i kombination med ASA. Klopidogrel minskade den relativa risken för död oavsett orsak liksom den relativa risken för re-infarkt, stroke eller död på ett likartat sätt hos kvinnor och män.
Additional information
Pharmacokinetics and dosing
Clopidogrel is a prodrug and it is reported that AUC and Cmax of the active metabolite are similar in healthy adult men and women (79 men, 77 women) [1].
Effects
A large sex-specific meta-analysis (in total 56 091 men, 23 522 women) reports that clopidogrel is effective in reducing cardiovascular events in both men and women. Women achieved cardiovascular benefit mainly by a reduced risk of myocardial infarction (MI), while men had reductions of the risks of suffering MI, stroke and all-cause mortality. Among women, the absolute risk reduction was 0.8% for the composite end point (cardiovascular event, MI, stroke, cardiovascular mortality, all-cause mortality) and 0.7% for MI alone. Among men, the absolute risk reduction was 1.2% for the composite end point and 0.6% for MI [2]. . More recent meta-analyses on P2Y12 inhibitors (prasugrel, ticagrelor, cangrelor) compared to clopidogrel confirms these findings [3, 4].
In the large COMMIT study (in total 45,852, 28% women), which was included in one of the meta-analysis, patients admitted to hospital within 24 h of suspected acute MI onset were randomly allocated clopidogrel 75 mg daily or matching placebo in addition to aspirin 162 mg daily for 4 weeks or until hospital discharge. Clopidogrel reduced the relative risk of death from any cause with 7% and the relative risk of composite outcome of death, re-infarction or stroke with 9%. This benefit was consistent across age and patient’s sex [5].
Men and women with acute coronary syndrome treated with clopidogrel had similar reduction rates of cardiovascular death, MI or stroke in the PLATO clinical trial, also included in the meta-analyses [6], in two other clinical trials [7, 8], and a cohort study [9].
Some studies describe a higher platelet reactivity [10-14] and more clopidogrel resistance in women [15-19], although other studies report no sex differences in platelet response to clopidogrel [20-25]. However, it is unclear whether this is explained by sex differences in pharmacodynamic response to clopidogrel [13, 14, 20, 22] or by a higher baseline pre-treatment platelet activity in women [10, 11]. Furthermore, frequency of clopidogrel resistance may vary between populations.
Adverse effects
The risk of major bleeding from clopidogrel treatment was similar in men and women in a large meta-analysis [2]. In a US register-based study in IBS patients (1489 men, 5728 women), treatment with clopidogrel was associated with a higher incidence of GI symptoms in women but not in men [26].
Reproductive health issues
Regarding teratogenic aspects, please consult Janusmed Drugs and Birth Defects (in Swedish, Janusmed fosterpåverkan).
Försäljning på recept
Fler män än kvinnor hämtade ut tabletter innehållande klopidogrel (ATC-kod B01AC04) på recept i Sverige år 2017, totalt 52 130 män och 40 728 kvinnor. Det motsvarar 10 respektive 8,2 personer per tusen invånare. Andelen som hämtat ut läkemedel ökade med stigande ålder hos båda könen. I genomsnitt var tabletter innehållande klopidogrel 1,6 gånger vanligare hos män [27].
Uppdaterat: 2020-08-28
Litteratursökningsdatum: 2018-11-12
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