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Behnood Bikdeli: COATED_AIR Trial Design Published as Enrollment Reaches 3,000 Patients
Oct 3, 2026, 15:49

Behnood Bikdeli: COATED_AIR Trial Design Published as Enrollment Reaches 3,000 Patients

Behnood Bikdeli, Cardiologist and Vascular Medicine Specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, shared a post on X about a recent article he and his colleagues co-authored, published in European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, adding:

“Think u know ur aspirin?

Think again!

Honored to share the design paper for COATED_AIR, large RCT of coated vs plain aspirin.

To partner and be supported by a team. 3000 pts in!”

Title: Coated or chewable aspirin and a hybrid air pollution mitigation strategy in patients with atherosclerotic disease: rationale and design of the COATED-AIR randomized trial

Author: Behnood Bikdeli, Azita H Talasaz, Hooman Bakhshandeh, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, Hessam Kakavand, Sepehr Jamalkhani, Sina Rashedi, Sara Tayyebi, Mohammadreza Babaei, Erfan Kohansal, Hamed Ghoshouni, Yasmin Mohtasham Kia, Mahsa Nikkhoo, Bahram Mohebbi, Maryam Aghakouchakzadeh, Saeed Alipour-Parsa, Armin Elahifar, Ehsan Khalilipur, Razieh Omidvar, Maryam Mehrpooya, Seyed Hashem Sezavar, David Jimenez, Luis Jara Palomares, Saeideh Mazloomzadeh, Naser Hadavand, Mehdi Ansari Dogaheh, Majid Maleki, Feridoun Noohi, Luis Ortega-Paz, Jayant K Raikhelkar, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Renato D Lopes, Raffaele De Caterina, Mehdi H Shishehbor, Loren Laine, Dominick J Angiolillo, Sanjay Rajagopalan, Ajay J Kirtane, Gregory Piazza, Gregory Y H Lip, Roxana Mehran, Harlan M Krumholz, Paul M Ridker, Parham Sadeghipour

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