Summary
The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of the concomitant treatment with
proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) and clopidogrel on the incidence of stent thrombosis,
acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and death in patients who underwent percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) and stent implantation. In total, 1,210 patients under dual anti-platelet
therapy, who underwent PCI and stent implantation, were included in a prospective
registry from January 2003 until December 2006. The patients were divided retrospectively
into those with or without long-term PPI treatment (for the duration of dual antiplatelet
therapy). All-cause mortality, cardiovascular death, re-hospitalisation for reACS,
stent thrombosis, as well as the combined endpoint all-cause death, re-ACS or stent
thrombosis were evaluated over a mean follow-up period of 7.8 (± 3.63) months (range
1–12 months). Propensity score analysis was performed to reduce potential selection
bias and exhibited no significant difference between the two study groups with respect
to all-cause mortality, cardiovascular death, re-ACS, stent thrombosis and the combined
endpoint. In pre-specified subgroup analyses performed in patients presenting with
ACS and referred for acute PCI or for stable patients referred for elective PCI, receiving
drug-eluting stents or bare metal stents, in diabetics or non-diabetics, in males
or females, and in patients older than 75 years or ≤75 years of age use of PPIs had
no significant impact on clinical outcome. Our data suggest that a combined use of
clopidogrel as part of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after coronary stenting and
PPIs does not significantly influence the clinical outcome.
Keywords
Stent implantation - clopidogrel - proton pump inhibitors - acute coronary syndrome
- stent thrombosis