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Optimal Medical Therapy in Patients with Malignancy Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndrome: a BleeMACS Sub-Study. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs 2017 Feb;17(1):61-71

Date

10/16/2016

Pubmed ID

27738920

DOI

10.1007/s40256-016-0196-x

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84991044775 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   12 Citations

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to define the most appropriate treatment for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in patients with malignancy.

METHODS AND RESULTS: The BleeMACS project is a worldwide multicenter observational prospective registry in 16 hospitals enrolling patients with ACS undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Primary endpoints were death, re-infarction, and major adverse cardiac events (MACE; composite of death and re-infarction) after 1 year of follow-up. The secondary endpoint was bleeding events during follow-up. We performed sub-study analyses according to whether β-blockers (BBs), angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), statins, or proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) were prescribed at discharge. We also calculated the propensity score for optimal medical therapy (OMT; combination of BB, ACEI/ARB, and statins). The study included 926 patients. According to the multivariate analysis, ACEIs/ARBs (hazard ratio [HR] 0.58, 95 % confidence interval [CI] 0.36-1.94; p = 0.03) and statins (HR 0.37, 95 % CI 0.23-0.61; p < 0.01) reduced the risk of MACE, while the effects of BBs (HR 0.85, 95 % CI 0.55-1.32; p = 0.48) and PPIs (HR 1.33, 95 % CI 0.83-2.12; p = 0.23) were not significant. OMT was prescribed at discharge in 300 (32.4 %) patients; after propensity score analysis, OMT showed a significant reduction in death (3 % vs. 12.5 %, HR 0.21, 95 % CI 0.1-0.4; log-rank p < 0.001) and MACE (6.7 vs. 15.2 %, log-rank p = 0.01).

CONCLUSION: In patients with ACS and malignancy, OMT reduces the risk of adverse events at 1 year; in particular, ACEIs/ARBs and statins were the most protective drugs. (Clinical trials identifier: NCT02466854).

Author List

Iannaccone M, D Ascenzo F, De Filippo O, Gagliardi M, Southern DA, Raposeiras-Roubín S, Abu-Assi E, Henriques JPS, Saucedo J, González-Juanatey JR, Wilton SB, Kikkert WJ, Nuñez-Gil I, Ariza-Sole A, Song X, Alexopoulos D, Liebetrau C, Kawaji T, Huczek Z, Nie SP, Fujii T, Correia L, Kawashiri MA, García-Acuña JM, Alfonso E, Terol B, Garay A, Zhang D, Chen Y, Xanthopoulou I, Osman N, Möllmann H, Shiomi H, Kowara M, Filipiak K, Wang X, Yan Y, Fan JY, Ikari Y, Nakahashi T, Sakata K, Yamagishi M, Moretti C, Gaita F, Kalpak O, Kedev S

Author

Jorge Saucedo MD Chief, Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Acute Coronary Syndrome
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Cohort Studies
Female
Hemorrhage
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Prospective Studies
Registries
Retrospective Studies