|Risk profile and benefits from Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors among patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty: a meta-regression analysis of randomized trials.|
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|AIMS: Several randomized trials and a previous meta-analysis have shown significant benefits from Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors, especially abciximab. Recent randomized trials (BRAVE-3 and HORIZON trials) have shown no benefits from adjunctive Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors on the top of clopidogrel administration. However, the relatively low mortality may have hampered the conclusion of these recent trials. Thus, the aim of the current study was to perform an update meta-analysis of randomized trials on adjunctive Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors in primary angioplasty, and to evaluate by meta-regression analysis, whether the results may be related to risk profile.
METHODS AND RESULTS: We obtained results from all randomized trials evaluating the benefits of adjunctive Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors among STEMI patients undergoing primary angioplasty. The literature was scanned by formal searches of electronic databases (MEDLINE and CENTRAL) from January 1990 to September 2008. The following key words were used: randomized trial, myocardial infarction, reperfusion, primary angioplasty, Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors, abciximab, tirofiban, and eptifibatide. Clinical endpoint was mortality at 30 days. Major bleeding complications were assessed as safety endpoint. No language restriction was applied. A total of 16 randomized trials were finally included in the meta-analysis, involving 10 085 patients (5094 or 50.5% in the Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors group and 4991 or 49.5% in the control group. Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors did not reduce 30 day mortality (2.8 vs. 2.9%, P = 0.75) or re-infarction (1.5 vs. 1.9%, P = 0.22), but were associated with higher risk of major bleeding complications (4.1 vs. 2.7%, P = 0.0004). However, we observed a significant relationship between patient's risk profile and benefits from adjunctive Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors in terms of death (P = 0.008) but not re-infarction (P = 0.25).
CONCLUSION: This meta-analysis shows a significant relationship between benefits in mortality from Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors and patient's risk profile. Thus, Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors should be strongly considered among high-risk patients.
|Giuseppe De Luca; Eliano Navarese; Paolo Marino|
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|Risk profile and benefits from Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors among patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty: a meta-regression analysis of randomized trials|
|Giuseppe De Luca*|
|Division of Cardiology, ?Maggiore della Carit?? Hospital, Eastern Piedmont University ?A. Avogadro?, Novara, Italy
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Primary angioplasty has been shown to reduce mortality when compared with thrombolysis, due to the ability to restore TIMI 3 flow in the vast majority of patients.1 However, suboptimal reperfusion may be observed in a relatively large proportion of patients despite TIMI 3 flow, mainly due to no-reflow phenomenon and distal embolization.2 Large interest has been focused on the adjunctive administration of Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors to improve perfusion and mortality. A previous meta-analysis of randomized trials3?16 has shown significant benefits in mortality and re-infarction.17 However, these benefits have disappeared in recent large randomized trials (BRAVE-3 and HORIZONS trials)18,19 conducted on the top of clopidogrel administration. However, the relatively low mortality may have hampered the conclusion of these recent trials. Thus, the aim of the current study was to perform an update meta-analysis of randomized trials on adjunctive Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors in primary angioplasty, and to evaluate by meta-regression analysis, whether the results may be related to risk profile.
We obtained results from all randomized trials evaluating the benefits of adjunctive Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors among STEMI patients undergoing primary angioplasty. The literature was scanned by formal searches of electronic databases (MEDLINE and CENTRAL) from January 1990 to September 2008. Furthermore, oral presentations and/or expert slide presentations were included [searched on the TCT (www.tctmd.com), EuroPCR (www.europcr.com), ACC (www.acc.org), AHA (www.aha.org), and ESC (www.escardio.org) websites from January 2002 to September 2008].The following key words were used: randomized trial, myocardial infarction, reperfusion, primary angioplasty, Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors, abciximab, tirofiban, and eptifibatide.
Inclusion criteria were: (i) randomized treatment allocation; (ii) availability of complete clinical data. Exclusion criteria: (i) follow-up data in less than 90% of patients; (ii) ongoing studies or irretrievable data. No language restrictions were enforced.
Data were independently abstracted by two investigators. In case of incomplete or unclear data, authors, where possible, were contacted. Disagreements were resolved by consensus. Data were managed according to the intention-to-treat principle.
Primary and secondary endpoints were mortality and re-infarction at 30 days, respectively. Safety endpoint was the rate of major bleeding complications.
Statistical analysis was performed using the Review Manager 4.27, SPSS 15.0 statistical package and Comprehensive Meta-analysis Version 2. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were used as summary statistics. The pooled OR was calculated by using a fixed-effect model with the Mantel?Haenszel method. The DerSimonian and Laird random effect model was additionally applied to calculate pooled OR in case of significant heterogeneity across studies. Between-study heterogeneity was analysed by means of I2 = [(Q ? df)/Q]?100%, where Q is the ?2 statistic, and df is its degrees of freedom. The potential publication bias was examined by constructing a ?funnel plot?, in which the standard error (SE) of the ln OR was plotted against the OR (30 day mortality).
The relationship between benefits in mortality and risk profile in each study (study level variable) was evaluated by a weighted random-effects meta-regression analysis regressing the log OR against the control group event rate expressed as odds using the inverse of the variance of the log OR as weight.20
We additionally performed a weighted random-effects meta-regression analysis regressing the log OR against the average log event rate observed in experimental and control group combined, using the inverse of the variance of the log OR as weight20 and a weighted random-effects meta-regression analysis regressing the log odds in the experimental group against the log odds in the control group, using the inverse of the variance of the log odds as weight.21
Results are reported as beta coefficients and two-sided P-values. Similar analysis was conducted for 30 day re-infarction.
The study was performed in compliance with the Quality of Reporting of Meta-Analyses (QUORUM) guidelines.22
Of the 859 potentially relevant articles initially screened, a total of 17 trials were initially identified3?16,18,19,23,24 (Figure?1). One trial4 was excluded because part of the ISAR trial.5 Thus, a total of 16 randomized trials3,5?16,18,19,23,24 were finally included in the meta-analysis., involving 10 085 patients (5094 or 50.5% in the Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors group and 4991 or 49.5% in the control group). Characteristics of the included trials are shown in Table?1. High-dose bolus (600 mg) of clopidogrel was administrated in only three trials,19,23,24 whereas in the Horizons trial18 the dosage of bolus of clopidogrel was left to the discretion of the treating physicians. In the study by Zorman et al.,10 patients were randomized to early vs. late administration (in the cath lab) or no abciximab. In the Horizons trial,18 the control group received Bivalirudin as anticoagulation therapy instead of unfractionated heparin.
As shown in Figure?2, overall Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors did not reduce 30 day mortality [2.8 vs. 2.9%, OR (95% CI) = 0.96 (0.76?1.22), P = 0.75, Phet = 0.48, NNT = 1000]. A trend in benefits in mortality was observed after the exclusion of the Horizons trial [2.6 vs. 3.3%, OR (95% CI)= 0.78 (0.58, 1.04), P = 0.09, Phet = 0.84; NNT = 143]. As shown in Figure?3, no publication biased was observed.
As shown in Figure?4A, we observed a relationship between patient's risk profile and mortality benefits from adjunctive Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors (beta = ?14.12, P = 0.008; without Horizons: beta = ?10.31, P = 0.08). The relationship was confirmed when benefits were plotted against average events between experimental and control groups (beta = 0.68, P = 0.07; without Horizons: beta = ?0.47, P = 0.23) (Figure?4B). No significant relationship was observed between the odds of the experimental and control groups (beta = 0.23, P = 0.21; without Horizons: beta = 0.40, P = 0.06) (Figure?4C). In particular, the deviation of the regression line, corresponding to the pooled treatment effect, from the line of identity (Figure?4C) suggests heterogeneity and further supports the relationship between risk profile and mortality benefits.
As shown in Figure?5, overall Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors did not reduce 30 day re-infarction [1.5 vs. 1.9%, OR (95% CI) = 0.82 (0.59?1.13), P = 0.22, Phet = 0.54; NNT = 250]. Similar findings were observed after the exclusion of the Horizons trial [1.3 vs. 1.9%, OR (95% CI) = 0.70 (0.46?1.08), P = 0.11, Phet = 0.5; NNT = 167].
As shown in Figure?6A, no significant relationship was observed between the risk of re-infarction and benefits from adjunctive Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors (beta = ?17.88, P = 0.25; without Horizons: beta = ?10.31, P = 0.08). These data were confirmed when the benefits were plotted against average events between experimental and control groups (beta = ?0.10, P = 0.79; without Horizons: beta = ?0.47, P = 0.23) (Figure?6B). A significant relationship was observed between the odds of the experimental and control groups (beta = 0.55, P = 0.03; without Horizons: beta = 0.48, P = 0.12) (Figure?6C), with a minor deviation of the regression line from the line of identity when compared with that observed for mortality.
As shown in Figure?7, Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors were associated with higher risk of major bleeding complications [3.9 vs. 2.6%, OR (95% CI) = 1.50 (1.19?1.89), P = 0.0005, Phet = 0.85]. Similar results were observed after exclusion of the Horizons trial [3.3 vs. 2.3%, OR (95% CI) = 1.41 (1.04, 1.93), P = 0.03, phet = 0.8].
The main finding of this meta-analysis is that among STEMI patients undergoing primary angioplasty, there is a significant relationship between risk profile and benefits from adjunctive Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors in terms of mortality at 30 day follow-up.
Several randomized trials have shown that primary angioplasty is superior to thrombolysis. However, despite primary angioplasty is able to restore TIMI 3 flow in the vast majority of patients, a relatively large proportion of patients experience poor reperfusion.2 In the last years, growing interests have been focused on the role of distal embolization as major determinant of poor reperfusion.2 Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors are the most powerful class of antiplatelet therapies, and their adjunctive beneficial effects have been shown in several randomized trials.
In the ACE trial,13 a total of 400 STEMI patients were randomized to abciximab or placebo, all patients treated with stent implantation. In this study, conducted without strict exclusion criteria, and thus with mortality rates close to daily clinical practice, abciximab was associated with a significantly improved survival and re-infarction. The benefits in mortality have been confirmed at long-term follow-up.25
Several recent large randomized trials have been conducted to explore the benefits from adjunctive Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors on the top of clopidogrel administration, with contrasting results.18,19,23,24
In the BRAVE-3 trial,19 a total of 800 patients were randomized to abciximab or placebo before angioplasty, on the top of 600 mg. This study did not show benefits either in the primary endpoint (infarct size as estimated by scintigraphic techniques) or mortality (2.5 vs. 3.2%). It must be remarked that even though the aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of abciximab on infarct size, the median ischaemia time was 4.5 h. It may be arguable whether any adjunctive therapy in the late phase of ?golden hours? would provide adjunctive benefits in terms of infarct size. Furthermore, the risk profile was relatively low to evaluate the benefits in terms of clinical outcome.
In the large HORIZONS trial,18 3602 STEMI patients were randomized to heparin + Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors were compared with bivalirudin. Patients received 300 or 600 mg clopidogrel loading dose (the decision was left to the physician's discretion). Bivalirudin was surprisingly associated with a mortality reduction, despite the significantly higher rate of acute in-stent thrombosis. As for the BRAVE-3 trial,19 a relatively low-risk population has been enrolled in this trial, that would have privileged bleeding complications over thrombotic complications. In the recent On-TIME-2 trial,21 a total of 985 patients were randomized on the top of 600 mg clopidogrel loading dose to early high-dose tirofiban vs. placebo (it was allowed periprocedural bail-out administration). Early tirofiban administration was associated with benefits in mortality (2.3 vs. 4%), even though the difference was not statistically significant due to the fact that the trials was underpowered to detect a significant reduction in mortality. However, by pooling data of 414 open-label patients (patients randomized in two Dutch centres as pilot phase) and 984 patients included in the double-blind study (with a total of 1398 patients) tirofiban administration was associated with reduced mortality (2.2 vs. 4.1%, P = 0.051).
In the current meta-analysis, we observed a significant relationship between risk profile and benefits in mortality, but not re-infarction, from adjunctive Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors. Thus, since clopidogrel administration takes 3?4 h to reach the top of inhibition of platelet aggregation,26 Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors should be considered to rapidly inhibit platelets, with subsequent benefits in mortality according to the risk profile. The use of risk scores, such as the TIMI Risk Score,27 should be strongly encouraged to identify a higher risk population with thrombotic complications largely outweighing the risk of bleeding complications, and thus who may subsequently benefit in terms of mortality from aggressive antithrombotic therapy.
Despite the negative results of the FINESSE trial,28 early administration may certainly be encouraged due to the benefits with early administration observed in the Abciximab before Direct Angioplasty and Stenting in Myocardial Infarction Regarding Acute and Long-Term Follow-up (ADMIRAL) trial,7 and in several recent reports,29?31 including On-TIME 2 trial.23
The use of a risk score based on individual patient's data would have overcome the limitation due to the use of mortality in control group as marker of risk profile.19 In fact, the observed proportions of events in the control groups of the trials, as a measure of the underlying risk, may produce misleading results. This arises through a bias due to regression to the mean, especially observed in meta-analyses which include some small trials or in which the variability in the true underlying risks across trials is small. In order to minimize this limitation and to confirm initial findings, we have performed additional analyses thought to be more appropriate such as the use of average proportion of events in the control and treated groups as the measure of underlying risk or to plot the proportion of events in the treated group against that in the control group.20
Even though high-dose clopidogrel bolus may obtain a quicker and better platelet aggregation inhibition, the peak effect is still observed after 3?4 h,26 whereas Gp IIb-III inhibitors act very rapidly. In fact, benefits from Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors were observed in the On-TIME 2 trial23 despite early administration of high-dose 600 mg clopidogrel, whereas in the BRAVE trial19 clopidogrel was administrated just before the procedure and thus less probably affecting the results of the study. However, due to paucity of data, no definite conclusion can be drawn on this issue. In addition, we analysed short-term outcomes, whereas some Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitor studies have demonstrated increased survival benefit with longer follow-up.25 No uniform definition of major bleeding complications was adopted in trials included in the current meta-analysis. Finally, we could not exclude a clinical heterogeneity between studies, due to different inclusion and exclusion criteria, and study drugs.
This meta-analysis shows a significant relationship between benefits in mortality from Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors and patient's risk profile. Thus, Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors should be strongly considered among high-risk patients.
Funding to pay the Open Access publication charges for this article was provided by Dipartimento di Medicine Clinica e Sperimentale, Eastern Piedmont University, Novara.
Conflict of interest: none declared.
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Characteristics of randomized trials included in the meta-analysis
|Study||Period||N||Study-drug design (number of patients)||Primary endpoint||Major bleeding complications|
|RAPPORT||1995?1997||483||Abciximab (n = 241) vs. placebo (n = 242)||6 month combined death, reMI, and TVR||TIMI major bleeding|
|APE||1997?1998||59||Early (n = 29) vs. no (n = 30) abciximab||Myocardial perfusion||n.r.|
|ADMIRAL||1997?1998||300||Stenting + abciximab (n = 151) vs. placebo (n = 149)||30 day combined death, reMI, urgent TVR||TIMI major bleeding|
|CADILLAC||1997?1999||2082||Abciximab + stent (n = 524) or balloon (n = 528), control + stent (n = 512), or balloon (n = 518)||6-month combined death, reMI, TVR, or disabling stroke||Not defined|
|Petronio et al.||1998?2000||89||Abciximab (n = 44) vs. placebo (n = 45)||6 month combined death, reMI, heart failure, TLR||Substantial haemodynamic compromise requiring treatment|
|ISAR-2||1997?1998||401||Stenting (n = 200) vs. abciximab + stenting (n = 201)||6 month angiographic restenosis||Intracranial haemorrhage, bleeding requiring surgery or transfusion|
|ACE||2001?2002||400||Stenting (n = 200) vs. abciximab + stenting (n = 200)||Combined death, reMI stroke, and target vessel||Stroke, bleeding requiring transfusion or vascular repair|
|Zorman et al.||1998?2001||163||Early (n = 56) vs. late (postangiography; n = 56) abciximab vs. placebo (n = 51)||Early (60 min) ST-segment resolution||Not defined|
|Petronio et al.||n.r||31||Abciximab (n = 17) vs. control (n = 14)||Myocardial perfusion and functional recovery at 30 days||TIMI major bleeding|
|Petronio et al.||n.r||90||Abciximab (n = 30) vs. adenosine (n = 30) vs. control (n = 30)||LV remodelling||GUSTO|
|Steen et al.||2000?2002||53||Tirofiban (n = 24) vs. control (n = 29)||Myocardial perfusion||n.r.|
|Ernst et al.||2002?2003||112||Abciximab (n = 28) or tirofiban (n = 29) or high-dose tirofiban (n = 28) vs. control (n = 27)||Platelet aggregation inhibition||Blood transfusion or surgery, intracranial or peritoneal haemorrhage|
|Lee et al.||n.r.||68||Abciximab (n = 32) vs. control (n = 36)||Myocardial salvage||n.r.|
|BRAVE-3||2004?2007||800||Abciximab (n = 401) vs. placebo (n = 399)||Infarct size||n.r.|
|HORIZONS-MI||2005?2007||3602||Glycoprotein IIb-IIIa inhibitors (n = 1800) vs. bivalirudine (n = 1802)||Net clinical outcome and major bleeding complications||TIMI major bleeding|
|On-TIME 2||2007?2008||984||Early high-dose tirofiban (n = 491) vs. placebo (n = 493)||Residual cumulative ST-deviation||TIMI major bleeding|
|ASSIST||2005?2008||400||Eptifibatide (n = 201) vs. placebo (n = 199)||Death, re-infarction, recurrent severe ischaemia at 30 days||TIMI major bleeding|
Abciximab dose: 0.25 mg/kg IV bolus followed by 12 h infusion at 0.125 mg kg?1 min?1. Eptifibatide dose: 2 boluses of 180 mg/kg IV 10 min apart, then 2.0 mg kg?1 min?1 infusion. Tirofiban: 10 ?g/kg bolus and 0.15 ?g/kg/min infusion over 24 h. High-dose tirofiban: bolus of 25 ?g/kg, followed by a 12 h infusion at 0.15 ?g/kg/min.
n.r., not reported; reMI, re-infarction; TVR, target vessel revascularization; LV, left ventricle.
Keywords: Primary angioplasty, Gp IIb-IIIa inhibitors, Meta-analysis, STEMI.
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