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Study: Similar Outcomes for 6 vs. 12 Months of DAPT for STEMI Patients Treated with Medtronic's Resolute Integrity Drug-Eluting Stent
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January 8, 2018 -- The DAPT-STEMI trial, presented at the November Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Annual Meeting in Denver, showed the two-year patient outcomes of STEMI patients treated with the Resolute Integrity Drug-Eluting Stent, randomized to six or 12 months of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT). The data was presented by Dr. Elvin Kedhi, MD, PhD of Isala Hartcentrum in Zwolle, the Netherlands.

The result: after two years, there was no significant difference in the primary or secondary endpoints between the standard 12 month regimen of DAPT and the shortened duration. This is reassuring news for physicians and patients since, although 12 months is currently the recommended duration for DAPT after primary PCI for STEMI, a large number of patients prematurely discontinue DAPT. In fact the RESOLUTE Pooled Analysis of 5,000 patients showed that 1 in 6 stopped taking clopidogrel, prasugrel, or ticagrelor (plus aspirin) in the first few months after stenting. There are a number of reasons for this early discontinuation of DAPT, but a medically significant issue is for patients at high risk for bleeding, where longer-term DAPT may result in complications. In fact, the latest DES from Medtronic, the Resolute Onyx, is currently being evaluated by Dr. Kedhi's group for use in patients at high-risk for bleeding to see if only one month of DAPT is sufficient.

Data show that patients who suffer ST-elevated myocardial infarctions have a significantly increased risk for an adverse event after stenting, which is why longer durations of DAPT are the standard protocol. But much of this data is derived from trials of earlier stent designs. The newest 2nd and 3rd generation drug-eluting stents have shown much better results. For example, the stent thrombosis (ST) rate for STEMI patients at two years in the era of first generation DES hovered around 6-7%; in this recent DAPT-STEMI trial with Medtronic's Resolute Integrity DES, the two-year ST rate was .07% - a ten-fold reduction.

Although the Resolute Integrity and Onyx DES are FDA-approved, they do not have a specific indication in the U.S. for use in STEMI patients; in Europe, where the DAPT-STEMI trial was conducted, the entire line of Resolute DES has received the CE mark for use in STEMI.

Dr. Kedhi stated, "We believe the results from DAPT-STEMI, in addition to the future outcomes from the RESOLUTE ONYX ONE study, will help to inform DAPT guidelines for newer-generation DES."

This press release from Medtronic follows:

Independent Study Shows New Data on Shortened DAPT in STEMI Patients with Medtronic Resolute Integrity Drug-Eluting Stent
DAPT-STEMI Late-Breaker at TCT Reveals Results of Shortened DAPT Duration in Higher-Risk Patients

November 1, 2017 -- Dublin and Denver -- Investigators today unveiled clinical data from the independently run DAPT-STEMI trial, which found no difference in patient outcomes between six-and 12-month dual anti-platelet therapy (DAPT) duration in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) patients implanted with the Resolute™ Integrity™ Drug-Eluting Stent (DES). The results help inform physician decision making around the use of newer-generation DES in high-risk patients who typically receive a longer DAPT regimen after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The DAPT-STEMI trial was presented today during a Late-Breaking Clinical Trial session at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Annual Meeting.

The DAPT-STEMI trial evaluated 1,100 STEMI patients who were treated with the Resolute Integrity DES. Event-free patients (N=870) at six months were randomized 1:1 to either stop dual antiplatelet therapy (and receive aspirin only) or continue DAPT (receive aspirin plus a second anti-platelet medicine) to 12-months. The primary non-inferiority endpoint - composite of all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction, revascularization, stroke, or TIMI major bleeding - was met at two years showing no difference between the six-month and 12-month DAPT arms (P=0.004 for non-inferiority).

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Dr. Elvin Kedhi

"These data help expand the growing body of clinical evidence that may support physicians in tailoring DAPT regimens for patients," said Dr. Elvin Kedhi, M.D., Ph.D., interventional cardiologist at Isala Hartcentrum in Zwolle, the Netherlands, principal investigator of the trial and presenter of the data at TCT. "We believe the results from DAPT-STEMI, in addition to the future outcomes from the RESOLUTE ONYX ONE study, will help to inform DAPT guidelines for newer-generation DES."

STEMI results from the blockage (thrombosis) of a major coronary artery. Consequently, these patients remain at higher risk following PCI due to this high thrombotic risk. Contemporary guidelines suggest STEMI patients receive 12-months of DAPT after PCI. After PCI, approximately 20 percent of patients interrupted or discontinued DAPT early for a variety of reasons within one year as shown in the RESOLUTE Pooled Analysis.[1]

"Physicians are the ultimate DAPT decision-makers, therefore it's critical that we invest in providing relevant and clinically meaningful evidence around DAPT duration," said Martin Rothman, M.D., vice president, medical affairs for the Coronary and Structural Heart division, which is part of the Cardiac and Vascular Group at Medtronic. "We look forward to continuing this important research with the upcoming enrollment initiation of our ONYX ONE study that will evaluate one-month DAPT with the Resolute Onyx DES in patients at a high bleeding risk."

Stents from the Resolute DES family have been implanted in approximately seven million patients around the world, one million of whom have been implanted with the latest generation Resolute Onyx DES. The Resolute Onyx DES received CE (Conformité Européene) Mark in September 2014 and FDA approval in April 2017. The Resolute Integrity and Resolute Onyx stents are not indicated for the treatment of STEMI patients in the United States. However, the Resolute family of stents received CE Mark to treat patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), which includes STEMI.

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[1] Kandzari D. Pharmacodynamic considerations and clinical impact of dual antiplatelet therapy interruption after Resolute zotarolimus-eluting stent implantation. ACC 2014.

Reported by Burt Cohen, January 8, 2018