Efficacy and Safety of a Dual Ticagrelor plus Aspirin Antiplatelet Strategy after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: The DACAB Randomized Clinical Trial Qiang Zhao 1 Yunpeng Zhu 1, Zhiyun u 2, Zhaoyun Cheng 3, Ju Mei 4, in Chen 5, iaowei Wang 6 1 Ruijin Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; 2 Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai, China; 3 Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China; 4 inhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; 5 Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing, China; 6 Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
Disclosures Qiang Zhao declares that he has served as a speaker for AstraZeneca, Medtronic, and Johnson & Johnson, and has been an investigator on clinical trials sponsored by AstraZeneca, Novartis, Sanofi, and Bayer Yunpeng Zhu has been an investigator on clinical trials sponsored by AstraZeneca, Novartis, Sanofi, and Bayer Zhiyun u has served as a speaker for Medtronic Zhaoyun Cheng has served as a speaker for AstraZeneca, and Medtronic Ju Mei has served as a speaker for AstraZeneca, and Medtronic in Chen has served as a speaker for AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson, and has been an investigator on clinical trials sponsored by Bayer iaowei Wang has served as a speaker for AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson
Background Currently the saphenous vein graft (SVG) is sill the most commonly used in CABG However, the SVG failure rate is 10 25% at 1 year and 50% at 10 years post-cabg Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) reduces MACE in patients with ACS who undergo CABG, but data regarding SVG patency is limited Effects of dual ticagrelor plus aspirin therapy on graft patency has been evaluated in a small pilot study that was terminated early because of low recruitment
Objective Compare the efficacy and safety of combination ticagrelor plus aspirin therapy (T+A) or ticagrelor monotherapy (T) with aspirin monotherapy (A) on SVG patency 1 year after elective CABG
Study Design Randomized (1:1:1), multicentre, open-label Screening for eligibility Ticagrelor 90 mg bid +Aspirin 100 mg qd Restart time: within 24 hours post CABG CABG R Ticagrelor 90 mg bid Restart time: within 24 hours post CABG Aspirin 100 mg qd Restart time: within 24 hours post CABG Time 1d 2d 3d 5±1d 9±2d 30±7d 90±7d 180±14d 360±14d Haematology ECG UCG MSCTA or CAG
Patient Selection Criteria Inclusion Criteria Age 18-80 years Indication for CABG Major Exclusion Criteria Cardiogenic shock, hemodynamic instability Need for urgent or concomitant cardiac surgery Need for DAPT or VKA Risk of serious bleeding (eg: history of ICH, bleeding diathesis within 3m, or GI bleed within 1 y) Contraindication to study meds
Angina Outcomes Primary outcome SVG patency at 1y by MSCTA/CAG (ITT) Secondary outcomes SVG patency at 7d MACE within 1y Recurrence of angina within 1y Atrial fibrillation within 7d Bleeding (TIMI criteria) within 1y
Patient Disposition Randomized to treatment n = 500 Ticagrelor plus Aspirin n = 168 Ticagrelor n = 166 Aspirin n = 166 Received 1 dose of ticagrelor plus aspirin ITT population n = 168 Received 1 dose of ticagrelor ITT population n = 166 Received 1 dose of aspirin ITT population n = 166 Patients assessed by MSCTA/CAG 1-year post-cabg n = 158 (94.1%) Reasons for missing assessment: Death 2 Loss to follow-up 0 Patient decision 8 Saphenous vein grafts assessed: 462/487 (94.9%) Patients assessed by MSCTA/CAG 1-year post-cabg n = 156 (94.0%) Reasons for missing assessment: Death 0 Loss to follow-up 0 Patient decision 10 Saphenous vein grafts assessed: 460/488 (94.3%) Patients assessed by MSCTA/CAG 1-year post-cabg n = 153 (92.2%) Reasons for missing assessment: Death 3 Loss to follow-up 0 Patient decision 10 Saphenous vein grafts assessed: 447/485 (92.2%)
Baseline Characteristics Characteristics T+A (n=168) T alone (n=166) A alone (n=166) Mean age (SD), y 63.5 (8.2) 63.3 (8.3) 64.0 (8.1) Male gender, n (%) 134 (79.8) 134 (80.7) 141 (84.9) Status SA, n (%) 55 (32.7) 63 (38.0) 50 (30.1) UA, n (%) 108 (64.3) 97 (58.4) 109 (65.7) NSTEMI, n (%) 5 (3.0) 6 (3.6) 7 (4.2) Hx MI, n (%) 53 (31.6) 60 (36.1) 43 (25.9) Hypertension, n (%) 127 (75.6) 122 (73.5) 120 (72.3) Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 75 (44.6) 75 (45.2) 67 (40.4) Hyperlipidemia, n (%) 121 (72.0) 124 (74.7) 119 (71.7) Smoking, n (%) 85 (50.6) 74 (44.6) 87 (52.4)
Baseline Characteristics Characteristics T+A (n=168) T alone (n=166) A alone (n=166) LVEF (%, median) 61.0 62.0 63.0 SYNTA Score, n (%) EuroScore, n (%) 0 22 18 (10.7) 21 (12.7) 31 (18.7) 23 32 93 (55.4) 83 (50.0) 98 (59.0) 33 57 (33.9) 62 (37.4) 37 (22.3) 0 2 71 (42.3) 63 (38.0) 64 (38.6) 3 5 65 (38.7) 82 (49.4) 82 (49.4) 6 32 (19.0) 21 (12.7) 20 (12.0) CPB use, n (%) 39 (23.2) 36 (21.7) 46 (27.7) Grafts/case, n 3.7 3.8 3.8 SVG total, n 485 487 488 SVG/case, n 2.9 2.9 2.9
SVG, % SVG Outcomes at 1 year (ITT) Patency (Fitzgibbon A) Non-occlusion (Fitzgibbon A + B) 100 80 88.7% 82.8% 76.5% 100 80 89.9% 86.1% 80.6% 60 60 40 40 20 0 432 487 371 485 404 488 1 2 3 T+A T A 20 0 438 487 391 485 420 488 1 2 3 T+A T A T+A vs A: Δ = 12.2% (5.2, 19.2) P =.0006 T+A vs A: Δ = 9.3% (2.7, 16.0) P =.0060 T vs A: Δ = 6.3% ( 1.1, 13.7) P =.0962 T vs A: Δ = 5.4% ( 1.5, 12.4) P =.1264
SVG, % SVG Outcomes at 1 year (PP) Patency (Fitzgibbon A) Non-occlusion (Fitzgibbon A+B) 100 93.7% 87.6% 83.3% 100 95.0% 91.0% 87.6% 80 80 60 60 40 40 20 0 429 458 363 436 390 445 1 2 3 T+A T A 20 0 435 458 382 436 405 445 T+A T A T+A vs A: Δ = 10.4% (4.7, 16.2) P=.0004 T+A vs A: Δ = 7.4% (2.3, 12.4) P=.0045 T vs A: Δ = 4.3% (-1.9, 10.7) P=.1719 T vs A: Δ = 3.4% (-2.1, 8.9) P=.2226
Patients, % MACE 6 5 5.4 T+A (n=168) T (n=166) A (n=166) 4 3 2.4 2.4 2 1.8 1.8 1 0.6 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 0 3 168 4 166 9 166 1 168 0 2 166 2 168 2 166 3 166 All CV death MI Stroke 0 2 166 4 166
Bleeding Bleeding Event, n (%) T+A (n=168) T alone (n=166) A alone (n=166) CABG-related 1 (0.6) 1 (0.6) 0 Non-CABG-related 51 (30.4) 20 (12.1) 15 (9.0) Major 2 (1.2) 1 (0.6) 0 Minor 2 (1.2) 0 2 (1.2) Minimal 48 (28.6) 19 (11.4) 13 (7.8) Major bleeding a 3 (1.8) 2 (1.2) 0 a. Major bleeding: CABG-related plus Non-CABG-related major
Conclusions Ticagrelor plus aspirin combination therapy significantly improves SVG patency 1-year after CABG when compared with aspirin monotherapy without excess risk of major bleeding