Bivalirudin vs Heparin Anticoagulation in STEMI: Confirmation of the BRIGHT-4 Results.
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Abstract: Background In the BRIGHT-4 (Bivalirudin With Prolonged Full-Dose Infusion During Primary PCI Versus Heparin Trial-4), anticoagulation with bivalirudin plus a 2- to 4-hour high-dose infusion after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduced all-cause mortality and bleeding without increasing reinfarction or stent thrombosis compared with heparin alone in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). These findings require external validation.Objectives This study sought to determine outcomes of bivalirudin vs heparin anticoagulation during PCI in STEMI.Methods We performed an individual-patient-data meta-analysis of all large randomized trials of bivalirudin vs heparin in STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI performed before BRIGHT-4. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality.Results Six trials randomizing 15,254 patients were included. Pooled across all regimens of bivalirudin and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor (GPI) use, bivalirudin reduced 30-day all-cause mortality (2.5% vs 2.9%; adjusted OR: 0.78; 95% CI: 0.62-0.99), cardiac mortality (adjusted OR: 0.69; 95% CI: 0.54-0.88), and major bleeding (adjusted OR: 0.53; 95% CI: 0.44-0.64) but increased reinfarction (adjusted OR: 1.30; 95% CI: 1.02-1.65) and stent thrombosis (adjusted OR: 1.43; 95% CI: 1.05-1.93) compared with heparin. In 4 trials in which 6,244 patients were randomized to bivalirudin plus a high-dose post-PCI infusion vs heparin without planned GPI use (the BRIGHT-4 regimens), 30-day all-cause mortality occurred in 1.8% vs 2.9% of patients, respectively (adjusted OR: 0.74; 95% CI: 0.48-1.12), and bivalirudin reduced cardiac mortality (adjusted OR: 0.62; 95% CI: 0.39-0.97) and major bleeding (adjusted OR: 0.49; 95% CI: 0.35-0.70), with similar rates of reinfarction (adjusted OR: 0.89; 95% CI: 0.58-1.38) and stent thrombosis (adjusted OR: 0.80; 95% CI: 0.41-1.57).Conclusions In STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI, bivalirudin with a 2- to 4-hour post-PCI high-dose infusion reduced cardiac mortality and major bleeding without an increase in ischemic events compared with heparin monotherapy with provisional GPI use, confirming the BRIGHT-4 results.
DOI: 10.48620/76217
Authors: Stone, Gregg W, Valgimigli, Marco, Erlinge, David, Han, Yaling, Steg, Philippe Gabriel, Stables, Rod H, Frigoli, Enrico, James, Stefan K, Li, Yi, Goldstein, Patrick, Mehran, Roxana, Mehdipoor, Ghazaleh, Crowley, Aaron, Chen, Shmuel, Redfors, Björn, Snyder, Clayton, Zhou, Zhipeng, Bikdeli, Behnood
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6929682297
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