Does Cangrelor followed by an oral P2Y12 inhibitor reduce in-hospital death, ischemic, and bleeding events compared to oral P2Y12 inhibitor alone in patients with ACS undergoing PCI?
In a real-world ACS registry, the use of intravenous Cangrelor during PCI was associated with a significant reduction in in-hospital definite stent thrombosis compared to oral P2Y12 inhibitors alone.
Abstract Background: Cangrelor, the first intravenous P2Y 12 inhibitor (P2Y 12 -I), has been approved on the basis of three large RCTs from the CHAMPION program which nevertheless have been criticized for the low bleeding risk of the enrolled patients, the large quote of chronic coronary syndromes (CCS), and the use of Clopidogrel as control arm even in the setting of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). We sought to investigate, in the setting of ACS, the comparative performance of Cangrelor in terms of in-hospital ischemic and haemorrhagic outcomes compared with the current gold-standard of oral P2Y 12 -I. Methods: The study retrospectively enrolled 686 consecutive patients admitted to the Divisions of Cardiology of Policlinico of Bari and L. Bonomo Hospital of Andria for ACS and treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The study population was divided according to the P2Y 12 -I treatment strategy in two groups: patients given an oral P2Y 12 -I and patients receiving Cangrelor in the CathLab followed by an oral P2Y 12 -I. Clinical endpoints included death, ischemic and bleeding events occurring during hospital stay. Results: Cangrelor treated patients presented higher clinical risk profile at presentation and faced higher death rate. However, after PS matching, in-hospital mortality resulted comparable between the groups and Cangrelor use was associated with reduced in-hospital definite stent thrombosis (p=0.03). Conclusions: Data from our real-world registry highlight that, in the setting of ACS, Cangrelor is prevalently used in patients with very challenging clinical presentations. The adjusted analysis provides for the first time promising data on stent thrombosis reduction associated with Cangrelor use.
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