STUDY DESIGN: This is a prospective, randomized, open-label trial testing the hypothesis that 6 months DAPT after second generation drug eluting stent (DES) implantation in STEMI is not inferior to 12 months DAPT in terms of clinical outcomes. Patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI will be enrolled at presentation. Only those patients who are event-free (death, MI, ST, TVR/TLR or unscheduled revascularization with DES in the first 6 months and stroke or bleeding requiring discontinuation of DAPT) and on DAPT at 6 months after primary PCI will be randomized (1:1 fashion) between single (aspirin) versus dual antiplatelet therapy (aspirin plus P2Y12) for an additional 6 months (up to 12 months after primary PCI) and assessed at 18 months post randomization.