Antiplatelets versus Anticoagulants for the Treatment of Cervical Artery Dissection: Bayesian Meta-Analysis

Sarikaya, Hakan; Da Costa, Bruno R.; Baumgartner, Ralf; Duclos, Kathleen; Touzé, Emmanuel; de Bray, Jean M; Metso, Antti; Metso, Tiina; Arnold, Marcel; Arauz, Antonio; Zwahlen, Marcel; Jüni, Peter (2013). Antiplatelets versus Anticoagulants for the Treatment of Cervical Artery Dissection: Bayesian Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE, 8(9), e72697. Lawrence, Kans.: Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0072697

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OBJECTIVE

To compare the effects of antiplatelets and anticoagulants on stroke and death in patients with acute cervical artery dissection.

DESIGN

Systematic review with Bayesian meta-analysis.

DATA SOURCES

The reviewers searched MEDLINE and EMBASE from inception to November 2012, checked reference lists, and contacted authors.

STUDY SELECTION

Studies were eligible if they were randomised, quasi-randomised or observational comparisons of antiplatelets and anticoagulants in patients with cervical artery dissection.

DATA EXTRACTION

Data were extracted by one reviewer and checked by another. Bayesian techniques were used to appropriately account for studies with scarce event data and imbalances in the size of comparison groups.

DATA SYNTHESIS

Thirty-seven studies (1991 patients) were included. We found no randomised trial. The primary analysis revealed a large treatment effect in favour of antiplatelets for preventing the primary composite outcome of ischaemic stroke, intracranial haemorrhage or death within the first 3 months after treatment initiation (relative risk 0.32, 95% credibility interval 0.12 to 0.63), while the degree of between-study heterogeneity was moderate (τ(2) = 0.18). In an analysis restricted to studies of higher methodological quality, the possible advantage of antiplatelets over anticoagulants was less obvious than in the main analysis (relative risk 0.73, 95% credibility interval 0.17 to 2.30).

CONCLUSION

In view of these results and the safety advantages, easier usage and lower cost of antiplatelets, we conclude that antiplatelets should be given precedence over anticoagulants as a first line treatment in patients with cervical artery dissection unless results of an adequately powered randomised trial suggest the opposite.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology
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04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Department of Clinical Research (DCR)

UniBE Contributor:

Sarikaya, Hakan, Da Costa, Bruno, Baumgartner, Ralf, Duclos, Kathleen, Arnold, Marcel, Zwahlen, Marcel, Jüni, Peter

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services

ISSN:

1932-6203

Publisher:

Public Library of Science

Language:

English

Submitter:

Doris Kopp Heim

Date Deposited:

28 Nov 2013 11:31

Last Modified:

20 Feb 2024 14:17

Publisher DOI:

10.1371/journal.pone.0072697

PubMed ID:

24039795

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.39053

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/39053

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