1-Year Safety of 3-Month Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Followed by Aspirin or P2Y Receptor Inhibitor Monotherapy Using a Bioabsorbable Polymer Sirolimus-Eluting Stent.

BACKGROUND

This study evaluated the safety of 3-month dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after implantation of a bioresorbable polymer sirolimus-eluting stent (BP-SES) and compared P2Yinhibitor with aspirin monotherapy 3 months after DAPT.

METHODS AND RESULTS

Patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention using BP-SES were enrolled and followed for 1 year. Patients with a history of stent thrombosis were excluded. The primary endpoint was a composite of all-cause death, myocardial infarction, stroke (ischemic and hemorrhagic), definite or probable stent thrombosis, and severe bleeding at 12 months. The BP-SES arm of the CENTURY II trial was used as a conventional DAPT group for comparison. After DAPT, patients were maintained on either aspirin (n=846) or a P2Yinhibitor (n=674 patients).In all, 1,695 patients were enrolled in the study across 65 centers. The primary endpoint occurred in 4.3% of patients at 1 year. After propensity score adjustment, the incidence of the primary endpoint was not inferior in those receiving DAPT for 3 months compared with conventional DAPT (5.5%; P<0.0001). The incidence of the primary endpoint and severe bleeding did not differ between the aspirin and P2Yinhibitor monotherapy groups.

CONCLUSIONS

After adjustment, 3-month DAPT was not inferior to longer DAPT after BP-SES implantation in terms of net adverse clinical events. There was no difference in bleeding and thrombotic events between P2Yinhibitor and aspirin monotherapy after 3 months DAPT.