Thrombin-receptor antagonist vorapaxar in acute coronary syndromes.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-5-2012
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Vorapaxar is a new oral protease-activated-receptor 1 (PAR-1) antagonist that inhibits thrombin-induced platelet activation.
METHODS: In this multinational, double-blind, randomized trial, we compared vorapaxar with placebo in 12,944 patients who had acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation. The primary end point was a composite of death from cardiovascular causes, myocardial infarction, stroke, recurrent ischemia with rehospitalization, or urgent coronary revascularization.
RESULTS: Follow-up in the trial was terminated early after a safety review. After a median follow-up of 502 days (interquartile range, 349 to 667), the primary end point occurred in 1031 of 6473 patients receiving vorapaxar versus 1102 of 6471 patients receiving placebo (Kaplan-Meier 2-year rate, 18.5% vs. 19.9%; hazard ratio, 0.92; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.85 to 1.01; P=0.07). A composite of death from cardiovascular causes, myocardial infarction, or stroke occurred in 822 patients in the vorapaxar group versus 910 in the placebo group (14.7% and 16.4%, respectively; hazard ratio, 0.89; 95% CI, 0.81 to 0.98; P=0.02). Rates of moderate and severe bleeding were 7.2% in the vorapaxar group and 5.2% in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 1.35; 95% CI, 1.16 to 1.58; P< 0.001). Intracranial hemorrhage rates were 1.1% and 0.2%, respectively (hazard ratio, 3.39; 95% CI, 1.78 to 6.45; P< 0.001). Rates of nonhemorrhagic adverse events were similar in the two groups.
CONCLUSIONS: In patients with acute coronary syndromes, the addition of vorapaxar to standard therapy did not significantly reduce the primary composite end point but significantly increased the risk of major bleeding, including intracranial hemorrhage. (Funded by Merck; TRACER ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00527943.).
Volume
366
Issue
1
First Page
20
Last Page
33
ISSN
1533-4406
Published In/Presented At
Tricoci, P., Huang, Z., Held, C., Moliterno, D. J., Armstrong, P. W., Van de Werf, F., White, H. D., Aylward, P. E., Wallentin, L., Chen, E., Lokhnygina, Y., Pei, J., Leonardi, S., Rorick, T. L., Kilian, A. M., Jennings, L. H., Ambrosio, G., Bode, C., Cequier, A., Cornel, J. H., … TRACER Investigators (2012). Thrombin-receptor antagonist vorapaxar in acute coronary syndromes. The New England journal of medicine, 366(1), 20–33. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1109719
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
22077816
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article