Aspirin-Free Strategy for PCI in Patients With High Bleeding Risk With or Without Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Subgroup Analysis From the STOPDAPT-3 Trial.
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Abstract
Background: The effects of the aspirin-free strategy on bleeding and cardiovascular events were unknown in patients with high bleeding risk (HBR), with or without acute coronary syndrome (ACS), undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.
Methods: We conducted a subgroup analysis stratified by ACS among patients with HBR in the STOPDAPT-3 trial (Short and Optimal Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy-3), which randomly compared no-aspirin (prasugrel monotherapy) with dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) in patients with ACS and HBR.
Results: There were 3258 patients with HBR, including 1803 ACS and 1455 non-ACS patients. The effects of no-aspirin compared with DAPT at 1 month after percutaneous coronary intervention were not significant for major bleeding regardless of ACS or non-ACS (7.3% vs.7.9%; hazard ratio [HR], 0.91 [95% CI, 0.65-1.28], and 3.1% versus 2.9%; HR, 1.06 [95% CI, 0.58-1.93]; P interaction=0.66). There was a numerically higher risk in the no-aspirin group relative to the DAPT group for a composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, definite stent thrombosis, or ischemic stroke in patients with ACS, but not in patients with non-ACS (7.9% versus 5.8%; HR, 1.39 [95% CI, 0.97-1.99], and 2.4% versus 3.0%; HR, 0.78 [95% CI, 0.41-1.47]; P interaction=0.12). There was a significant treatment-by-subgroup interaction for myocardial infarction (1.6% versus 0.3%; HR, 4.57 [95% CI, 1.31-15.89], and 1.4% versus 1.8%; HR, 0.78 [95% CI, 0.34-1.77]; P interaction=0.02).
Conclusions: The aspirin-free strategy compared with the DAPT strategy failed to reduce major bleeding in patients with HBR irrespective of ACS. There was a signal of the excess risk of the aspirin-free strategy relative to the DAPT strategy for cardiovascular events, myocardial infarction in particular, in patients with ACS, but not in patients with non-ACS. The aspirin-free strategy may be considered as a potential treatment option after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with non-ACS.
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Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, an American Heart Association journal, focuses on interventional techniques pertaining to coronary artery disease, structural heart disease, and vascular disease, with priority placed on original research and on randomized trials and large registry studies. In addition, pharmacological, diagnostic, and pathophysiological aspects of interventional cardiology are given special attention in this online-only journal.