Risk of Early Adverse Events After Clopidogrel Discontinuation in Patients Undergoing Short-Term Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: An Individual Participant Data Analysis.

Piccolo, Raffaele; Feres, Fausto; Abizaid, Alexandre; Gilard, Martine; Morice, Marie-Claude; Hong, Myeong-Ki; Kim, Hyo-Soo; Colombo, Antonio; Bhatt, Deepak L; Palmerini, Tullio; Stone, Gregg W; Windecker, Stephan; Valgimigli, Marco (2017). Risk of Early Adverse Events After Clopidogrel Discontinuation in Patients Undergoing Short-Term Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: An Individual Participant Data Analysis. JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions, 10(16), pp. 1621-1630. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.06.001

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OBJECTIVES

The study sought to evaluate the presence of a clinically relevant rebound phenomenon after dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) discontinuation in randomized trials.

BACKGROUND

It is currently unknown whether clopidogrel discontinuation after short-term DAPT is associated with an early hazard of ischemic events.

METHODS

The authors performed an individual participant data analysis and aggregate meta-analysis. The primary outcome was major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE), defined as the composite of cardiac death, myocardial infarction (MI), or stroke.

RESULTS

The study included 11,473 PCI patients with individual participant data from 6 randomized trials comparing short-term DAPT (3 or 6 months) versus long-term DAPT (12 months or more). During the first 90 days following clopidogrel discontinuation, there was no significant increase in the risk of MACCE between patients randomized to short-term DAPT compared with long-term DAPT (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.18; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.71 to 1.98; p = 0.52; absolute risk difference 0.10%; 95% CI: -0.16% to 0.36%). The risk of MI or stent thrombosis was similar among patients randomized to short-term DAPT versus long-term DAPT (HR: 0.93; 95% CI: 0.46 to 1.90; p = 0.85). In the aggregate data meta-analysis of 11 trials including 38,919 patients, a higher risk of early MACCE was observed after long-term (≥12 months) DAPT duration (HR: 2.28; 95% CI: 1.69 to 3.09; p < 0.001) but not short-term (<12 months) DAPT duration (HR: 1.08; 95% CI: 0.67 to 1.74; p for interaction = 0.036).

CONCLUSIONS

Among patients undergoing PCI with predominantly new-generation DES, discontinuation of clopidogrel after 3 or 6 months DAPT duration was not associated with an early increase in adverse clinical events. An early increase in MACCE was observed after long-term (≥12 months) DAPT exposure.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Cardiology

UniBE Contributor:

Piccolo, Raffaele, Windecker, Stephan, Valgimigli, Marco

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1876-7605

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Nadia Biscozzo

Date Deposited:

12 Feb 2018 09:15

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:10

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.jcin.2017.06.001

PubMed ID:

28838471

Uncontrolled Keywords:

clopidogrel dual antiplatelet therapy percutaneous coronary intervention

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.111076

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/111076

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