Uncertainties about platelet function and genetic testing for guiding dual antiplatelet therapy in percutaneous coronary intervention

Author(s):  
Francesco Condello
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Sasmojo Widito ◽  
Dadang Hendrawan ◽  
Dedy Irawan

Each year, approximately 3 million people with coronary heart disease worldwide undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with aspirin and P2Y12 inhibitors became the primary therapy for 6-12 months after PCI. DAPT can be continued > 12 months at a high risk of thrombosis. About 9-10% of patients with dual antiplatelet therapy still experience ischemia. The platelet function examination by thromboelastography (TEG). This research is an analytic observational study using a cross-sectional method. This study was conducted in Saiful Anwar General Hospital. Patients were divided into two groups: (1) on-single antiplatelet therapy; (2) on-dual antiplatelet therapy. The outcome measured result of the platelet function test was divided into standard, low platelet function, and platelet hypercoagulability. An analysis of the differences between single or multiple antiplatelet administration and the platelet function results was performed. There were 52 research subjects, each group of single and multiple antiplatelet therapies as many as 26 people, most of the subjects were male (82.6%) with a mean age of 57. The results of this study showed that there was no significant difference in the results of platelet function examinations between single and multiple antiplatelet therapies after 12 months of dual antiplatelet therapy.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C.-Y Hsu ◽  
J.-S Yeh ◽  
C.-Y Huang

Abstract Background Recently, both unguided (platelet function testing independent) and guided (platelet function testing dependent) DAPT de-escalation strategies have been investigated in different clinical studies but the data is still limited and conflicting. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of switching dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) on the major vascular risk after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) by using Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. Methods In total, 1,903 and 4,059 patients defined as switched to aspirin and clopidogrel (switched DAPT) and continuation of aspirin and ticagrelor (unswitched DAPT) cohort, respectively who had received PCI during AMI hospitalization, on aspirin and ticagrelor initially and without occurring adverse events at 3 months were evaluated between 2013 and 2015. An inverse probability treatment of weighted approach was adopted to balance the baseline differences between two groups and Cox proportional hazard regression and competing risk regression were used to evaluated the effect of switching DAPT on death, AMI readmission, major bleeding and non-major clinically relevant bleeding. Results The incidence rates (per 100 person-year) of death and AMI readmission were 3.97 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.19–4.84) and 3.84 (95% CI = 3.09–4.73) in switched cohort and 1.83 (95% CI = 1.47–2.24) and 2.23 (95% CI = 1.82–2.68) in unswitched cohort, respectively. After adjustment for patients' clinical variables, switched cohort had higher risk of death (adjusted hazard ratio = 2.18, 95% CI = 1.62–2.93, P<0.001), and AMI readmission (adjusted sub-distribution ratio = 1.72, 95% CI = 1.27–2.34, P<0.001) compared to these in unswitched cohort; however, there was no difference in the risk of bleeding. Subgroup analysis showed a similar findings in many specific groups, except the patients who were younger age and had lower comorbidity score. Conclusion Switching DAPT might increase the risk of death and AMI readmission among patients with AMI undergoing PCI.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johny Nicolas ◽  
Usman Baber ◽  
Roxana Mehran

A P2Y12 inhibitor-based monotherapy after a short period of dual antiplatelet therapy is emerging as a plausible strategy to decrease bleeding events in high-risk patients receiving dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention. Ticagrelor With Aspirin or Alone in High-Risk Patients After Coronary Intervention (TWILIGHT), a randomized double-blind trial, tested this approach by dropping aspirin at 3 months and continuing with ticagrelor monotherapy for an additional 12 months. The study enrolled 9,006 patients, of whom 7,119 who tolerated 3 months of dual antiplatelet therapy were randomized after 3 months into two arms: ticagrelor plus placebo and ticagrelor plus aspirin. The primary endpoint of interest, Bleeding Academic Research Consortium type 2, 3, or 5 bleeding, occurred less frequently in the experimental arm (HR 0.56; 95% CI [0.45–0.68]; p<0.001), whereas the secondary endpoint of ischemic events was similar between the two arms (HR 0.99; 95% CI [0.78–1.25]). Transition from dual antiplatelet therapy consisting of ticagrelor plus aspirin to ticagrelor-based monotherapy in high-risk patients at 3 months after percutaneous coronary intervention resulted in a lower risk of bleeding events without an increase in risk of death, MI, or stroke.


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