Type 2 myocardial infarction and myocardial injury: eligibility for novel medical therapy to derisk clinical trials.
Open Heart
; 8(1)2021 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1255621
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Patients with type 2 myocardial infarction (T2MI) and other mechanisms of nonthrombotic myocardial injury have an unmet therapeutic need. Eligibility for novel medical therapy is generally uncertain.METHODS:
We predefined colchicine, eplerenone and ticagrelor as candidates for repurposing towards novel therapy for T2MI or myocardial injury. Considering eligibility for randomisation in a clinical trial, each drug was classified according to indications and contraindications for therapy and survival for at least 24 hours following admission. Eligibility criteria for prescription were evaluated against the Summary of Medical Product Characteristics. Consecutive hospital admissions were screened to identify patients with ≥1 high-sensitivity troponin-I value >99th percentile. Endotypes of myocardial injury were adjudicated according to the Fourth Universal Definition of MI. Patients' characteristics and medication were prospectively evaluated.RESULTS:
During 1 March to 15 April 2020, 390 patients had a troponin I>URL. Reasons for exclusion type 1 MI n=115, indeterminate diagnosis n=42, lack of capacity n=14, death <24 hours n=7, duplicates n=2. Therefore, 210 patients with T2MI/myocardial injury and 174 (82.8%) who survived to discharge were adjudicated for treatment eligibility. Patients who fulfilled eligibility criteria initially on admission and then at discharge were colchicine 25/210 (11.9%) and 23/174 (13.2%); eplerenone 57/210 (27.1%) and 45/174 (25.9%); ticagrelor 122/210 (58.1%) and 98/174 (56.3%). Forty-six (21.9%) and 38 (21.8%) patients were potentially eligible for all three drugs on admission and discharge, respectively.CONCLUSION:
A reasonably high proportion of patients may be considered eligible for repurposing novel medical therapy in secondary prevention trials of type 2 MI/myocardial injury.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Colchicine
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Patient Selection
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Troponin I
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Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction
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Ticagrelor
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Eplerenone
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Myocardium
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Openhrt-2021-001633
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