Key result
Oral anticoagulation plus a single antiplatelet agent showed no significant difference in the risk of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events compared to triple therapy (OR 0.97).
Why the study?
Does oral anticoagulation plus single antiplatelet therapy improve efficacy and safety compared to triple therapy in patients requiring long-term oral anticoagulation undergoing coronary intervention?
Meta-Analysis (n=32,825)
Does oral anticoagulation plus single antiplatelet therapy improve efficacy and safety compared to triple therapy in patients requiring long-term oral anticoagulation undergoing coronary intervention?
Odds Ratio: 0.97 (95% CI 0.68–1.38)
p-value: p=0.85
For patients requiring oral anticoagulation after coronary intervention, OAC plus clopidogrel provides a better clinical net benefit than triple therapy, whereas OAC plus aspirin is associated with worse outcomes and should be avoided.
Dual therapy yields similar MACCE risk versus triple therapy; reinforces de-escalation to dual regimens in anticoagulated patients.
OBJECTIVE: The main aim of this meta-analysis is to compare the efficacy and safety of dual versus single antiplatelet therapy for patients taking oral anticoagulation (OAC) after coronary intervention. BACKGROUND: The optimal regimen remains controversial for patients taking OAC after coronary intervention. METHODS: PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched for eligible studies including data of triple therapy (TT) versus OAC plus single antiplatelet therapy for patients requiring OAC after coronary intervention. The primary outcome was major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular event (MACCE). The safety outcome was major bleeding. RESULTS: = 0.04) compared with OAC plus aspirin. CONCLUSIONS: For patients requiring OAC after coronary intervention, OAC plus clopidogrel may bring more clinical net benefit than TT, whereas OAC plus aspirin should be the last choice. More large-size randomized control trials are needed to confirm these findings.
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Yu et al. (2017) conducted a meta-analysis in Patients requiring oral anticoagulation after coronary intervention (n=32,825). Oral anticoagulation plus single antiplatelet therapy vs. Triple therapy (oral anticoagulation plus dual antiplatelet therapy) was evaluated on Major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) (OR 0.97, 95% CI 0.68-1.38, p=0.85). Oral anticoagulation plus a single antiplatelet agent showed no significant difference in the risk of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events compared to triple therapy (OR 0.97).
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