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DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-26-00409

P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy versus dual antiplatelet therapy after complex percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute coronary syndromes: a NEO-MINDSET trial substudy

Guy F.A. Prado1,2, MD; Pedro Beraldo de3, MD, PhD; Stefano Garzon Dias1,2, MD; Marcelo Franken1, MD, PhD; Patricia Oliveira Guimaraes1, MD; Caio de Assis1,4, MD, PhD; Fabio Grunspun Pitta1,4, MD, PhD; Felipe Mateus Teixeira1, MD; Willterson Carlos Bandeira1, MD; Maria Sanali5, MD, PhD; Silvia Regina Lamas1, MSc; Frederico Monfardini1, MSc; Lailah Cristina de1, MSc, PhD; Rosana Coura Rocha1, BSN; Fernanda Mangione6, MD; Vitor Arantes Pazolini7, MD; Adriadne Justi Bertolin4, MD, PhD; Murillo Antunes4,8, MD, PhD; Fabio Serra Silveira9, MD; Bruno Ramos Nascimento10, MD, PhD; Louis N. Ohe11, MD; Esmeralci Ferreira12, MD, PhD; Fernanda B.A. Sampaio13, MD; Rogerio Sarmento-Leite14, MD, PhD; Marco V. Wainstein15, MD, PhD; Cristiano Guedes Bezerra16, MD, PhD; Jose Airton Arruda7, MD, PhD; Breno Oliveira Almeida1, MD, PhD; Valeria Paradies17, MD, MSc; Jose Mariani Junior1, MD, PhD; Pedro Alves Lemos1,18, MD, PhD

Abstract

Background: Whether the anatomical complexity of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in acute coronary syndromes (ACS) influences the effects of antiplatelet therapy remains unknown.

Aims: We aimed to evaluate the impact of coronary anatomical complexity on clinical outcomes in patients receiving potent P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy or dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT).

Methods: In the NEO-MINDSET trial, patients with ACS were randomised after successful PCI to 12-month ticagrelor- or prasugrel-based monotherapy or DAPT initiated within the first 4 days of hospitalisation. The coprimary endpoints were (i) a composite of death, myocardial infarction, urgent target vessel revascularisation, or stroke; and (ii) Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) Type 2, 3, or 5 bleeding. Complex PCI was defined by one or more of the following criteria: three-vessel PCI, ≥3 treated lesions, ≥3 stents implanted, total stent length >60 mm, two-stent bifurcation, or stenting in the left main coronary artery, in a bypass graft, or in a chronic total occlusion lesion.

Results: Of the 3,408 randomised patients with available procedural data, 791 (23.2%) underwent complex PCI. Compared with the non-complex PCI group, patients in the complex PCI group were older (mean age 60.63±10.52 years vs 59.33±10.83 years; p=0.005) and had a higher prevalence of hypertension (67.9% vs 62.9%; p=0.010). Among patients undergoing complex PCI, 1, 2, or ≥3 complexity criteria were present in 45.5% (n=360), 22.5% (n=178), and 32.0% (n=253), respectively. PCI complexity did not significantly modify the treatment effects of monotherapy versus DAPT on the ischaemic coprimary endpoint (p-interaction=0.68). Likewise, PCI complexity did not have an effect on the comparative risk of BARC Type 2, 3, or 5 bleedings between monotherapy versus DAPT.

Conclusions: In this post hoc analysis of the NEO-MINDSET trial, PCI complexity did not significantly modify the treatment effects of potent P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy versus DAPT on the coprimary ischaemic or bleeding outcomes. ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04360720

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