Sheikh Rezaei Safoura, Gleiss Andreas, Reichardt Berthold, Wolzt Michael
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
J Clin Med. 2020 Oct 23;9(11):3398. doi: 10.3390/jcm9113398.
Dual antiplatelet therapy improves patient outcome after acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but prescription differences of P2Y12 inhibitor treatments exist. The aim of the present investigation was to study the long-term utilization and patient outcomes of clopidogrel, prasugrel, and ticagrelor in patients with ACS from 2015 to 2017 in Austria.
Data from 13 Austrian health insurance funds of patients with a hospital discharge diagnosis of ACS for the years 2015 to 2017 were analyzed. The primary end point was to investigate the recurrence of ACS or death.
Of 49,124 P2Y12 inhibitor-naive patients with a hospital discharge diagnosis of ACS, 25,147 subjects filled a P2Y12 inhibitor prescription within 30 days after the index event. Of these patients, 10,626 (42.9%) subjects had a prescription for clopidogrel, 4788 (19.3%) for prasugrel, and 9383 (37.8%) for ticagrelor. Ticagrelor was the most frequently prescribed P2Y12 inhibitor among patients below 70 years old, and clopidogrel in those aged ≥70 years. Occurrence of an endpoint was highest in elderly patients. After adjustment for age, sex, and pre-existing medication as proxy for comorbidity, the hazard ratio for ACS or death for prasugrel vs. clopidogrel of 0.70 (95% CI: 0.61; 0.79) was similar to that of ticagrelor vs. clopidogrel (0.70; 95% CI: 0.64; 0.77).
Prescription of ticagrelor or prasugrel after ACS were associated with a lower risk of ACS recurrence or death compared to clopidogrel.
双联抗血小板治疗可改善急性冠状动脉综合征(ACS)患者的预后,但P2Y12抑制剂治疗的处方存在差异。本研究的目的是探讨2015年至2017年奥地利ACS患者中氯吡格雷、普拉格雷和替格瑞洛的长期使用情况及患者预后。
分析了奥地利13家医疗保险基金中2015年至2017年出院诊断为ACS患者的数据。主要终点是调查ACS复发或死亡情况。
在49124例初次使用P2Y12抑制剂且出院诊断为ACS的患者中,25147例患者在索引事件后30天内开具了P2Y12抑制剂处方。在这些患者中,10626例(42.9%)开具了氯吡格雷处方,4788例(19.3%)开具了普拉格雷处方,9383例(37.8%)开具了替格瑞洛处方。替格瑞洛是70岁以下患者中最常开具的P2Y12抑制剂,而氯吡格雷则是70岁及以上患者中最常开具的。终点事件的发生率在老年患者中最高。在对年龄、性别和作为合并症替代指标的既往用药进行调整后,普拉格雷与氯吡格雷相比,ACS或死亡的风险比为0.70(95%CI:0.61;0.79),与替格瑞洛与氯吡格雷相比(0.70;95%CI:0.64;0.77)相似。
与氯吡格雷相比,ACS后开具替格瑞洛或普拉格雷处方与较低的ACS复发或死亡风险相关。