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© 2023 Elsevier Inc.Repeat coronary revascularization is a common adverse event after successful percutaneous coronary intervention. This analysis aimed to assess the effects of ticagrelor monotherapy on repeat clinically driven revascularization (CDR). In the TWILIGHT (Ticagrelor With Aspirin or Alone in High-Risk Patients after Coronary Intervention) trial, after 3 months of ticagrelor plus aspirin, high-risk patients were maintained on ticagrelor and randomly allocated to aspirin or placebo for 1 year. The primary end point of this analysis was CDR within 12 months after randomization. The key secondary end points were major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs), a composite of all-cause death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or CDR, and net adverse clinical events (NACEs), including the individual components of MACCEs and clinically relevant bleeding. The analysis was performed in the per-protocol population. CDR occurred in 473 of 7,039 patients and was associated with a significantly higher risk of subsequent all-cause death, myocardial infarction, or stroke (adjusted hazard ratios [HRs] 2.92, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.82 to 4.67). Ticagrelor monotherapy was associated with a similar 12-month risk of CDR (7.1% vs 6.6%; HR 1.09, 95% CI 0.90 to 1.30, p = 0.363) and MACCEs (8.9% vs 8.6%; HR 1.04, 95% CI 0.89 to 1.22, p = 0.619), and a lower risk of NACEs (12.2% vs 14.6%; HR 0.83 95% CI 0.73 to 0.94, p = 0.004) than ticagrelor plus aspirin. In conclusion, among high-risk patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention, ticagrelor monotherapy after 3 months of ticagrelor-based dual antiplatelet therapy was associated with a similar risk of CDR and MACCEs and a decrease of NACEs (TWILIGHT: NCT02270242).
Author(s): Baber U, Spirito A, Sartori S, Angiolillo DJ, Briguori C, Cohen DJ, Collier T, Dangas G, Dudek D, Escaned J, Gibson CM, Han Y-L, Huber K, Kastrati A, Kaul U, Kornowski R, Krucoff M, Kunadian V, Vogel B, Mehta SR, Moliterno D, Sardella G, Shlofmitz RA, Sharma S, Steg PG, Pocock S, Mehran R
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: American Journal of Cardiology
Year: 2023
Volume: 208
Pages: 16-24
Print publication date: 01/12/2023
Online publication date: 06/10/2023
Acceptance date: 02/09/2023
ISSN (print): 0002-9149
ISSN (electronic): 1879-1913
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.09.008
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.09.008
PubMed id: 37806185
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