Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for acute coronary syndromes without revascularization.
Publication/Presentation Date
10-4-2012
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The effect of intensified platelet inhibition for patients with unstable angina or myocardial infarction without ST-segment elevation who do not undergo revascularization has not been delineated.
METHODS: In this double-blind, randomized trial, in a primary analysis involving 7243 patients under the age of 75 years receiving aspirin, we evaluated up to 30 months of treatment with prasugrel (10 mg daily) versus clopidogrel (75 mg daily). In a secondary analysis involving 2083 patients 75 years of age or older, we evaluated 5 mg of prasugrel versus 75 mg of clopidogrel.
RESULTS: At a median follow-up of 17 months, the primary end point of death from cardiovascular causes, myocardial infarction, or stroke among patients under the age of 75 years occurred in 13.9% of the prasugrel group and 16.0% of the clopidogrel group (hazard ratio in the prasugrel group, 0.91; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.79 to 1.05; P=0.21). Similar results were observed in the overall population. The prespecified analysis of multiple recurrent ischemic events (all components of the primary end point) suggested a lower risk for prasugrel among patients under the age of 75 years (hazard ratio, 0.85; 95% CI, 0.72 to 1.00; P=0.04). Rates of severe and intracranial bleeding were similar in the two groups in all age groups. There was no significant between-group difference in the frequency of nonhemorrhagic serious adverse events, except for a higher frequency of heart failure in the clopidogrel group.
CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with unstable angina or myocardial infarction without ST-segment elevation, prasugrel did not significantly reduce the frequency of the primary end point, as compared with clopidogrel, and similar risks of bleeding were observed. (Funded by Eli Lilly and Daiichi Sankyo; TRILOGY ACS ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00699998.).
Volume
367
Issue
14
First Page
1297
Last Page
1309
ISSN
1533-4406
Published In/Presented At
Roe, M. T., Armstrong, P. W., Fox, K. A., White, H. D., Prabhakaran, D., Goodman, S. G., Cornel, J. H., Bhatt, D. L., Clemmensen, P., Martinez, F., Ardissino, D., Nicolau, J. C., Boden, W. E., Gurbel, P. A., Ruzyllo, W., Dalby, A. J., McGuire, D. K., Leiva-Pons, J. L., Parkhomenko, A., Gottlieb, S., … TRILOGY ACS Investigators (2012). Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for acute coronary syndromes without revascularization. The New England journal of medicine, 367(14), 1297–1309. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1205512
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
22920930
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article