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      Immediate outcomes of eptifibatide therapy during intracoronary stent implantation

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          Abstract

          Background:

          The objective of the present study was to assess the major immediate outcomes of eptifibatide therapy during intracoronary stent implantation.

          Materials and Methods:

          In an interventional study, patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were randomized into either the eptifibatide ( n = 100) or the control ( n = 107) group. In each group, demographic and clinical characteristics such as cardiac death, stent thrombosis (ST), myocardial infarction (MI), rates of target lesion and vessel revascularization, cerebral vascular accident (CVA), and emergency coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) were recorded.

          Results:

          The overall rates of major adverse events such as mortality, Stent thrombosis (ST), Myocardial Infarction (MI), target lesion revascularization (TLR), target vessel revascularization (TVR), CVA, and emergency CABG within 24 h after stent implantation were low and comparable between the two groups; P > 0.05 considered significant for all comparisons.

          Conclusion:

          There were no statistical differences between the clinical outcomes of groups administered with single-dose intracoronary eptifibatide and control groups among patients undergoing PCI during stent implantation.

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          Random allocation software for parallel group randomized trials

          Background Typically, randomization software should allow users to exert control over the different aspects of randomization including block design, provision of unique identifiers and control over the format and type of program output. While some of these characteristics have been addressed by available software, none of them have all of these capabilities integrated into one package. The main objective of the Random Allocation Software project was to enhance the user's control over different aspects of randomization in parallel group trials, including output type and format, structure and ordering of generated unique identifiers and enabling users to specify group names for more than two groups. Results The program has different settings for: simple and blocked randomizations; length, format and ordering of generated unique identifiers; type and format of program output; and saving sessions for future use. A formatted random list generated by this program can be used directly (without further formatting) by the coordinator of the research team to prepare and encode different drugs or instruments necessary for the parallel group trial. Conclusions Random Allocation Software enables users to control different attributes of the random allocation sequence and produce qualified lists for parallel group trials.
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            Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in acute coronary syndromes: a meta-analysis of all major randomised clinical trials.

            Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors have been shown to reduce cardiac complications in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. The clinical efficacy of these drugs in acute coronary syndromes, however, is still unclear. We did a meta-analysis of all large randomised trials designed to study the clinical efficacy and safety of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in patients with acute coronary syndromes who were not routinely scheduled to undergo early coronary revascularisation. Inclusion criteria were: randomisation of patients with acute coronary syndromes but without persistent ST elevation; comparison of a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor with placebo or control therapy; non-recommendation of early coronary revascularisation during study-drug infusion; and enrollment of at least 1000 patients. Data on individual patients were obtained from all participants in these trials. Six trials, enrolling 31402 patients, fulfilled the inclusion criteria. 30 days after randomisation, 3530 (11.2%) patients died or developed a myocardial infarction. At 30 days, a 9% reduction in the odds of death or myocardial infarction was seen with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors compared with placebo or control (10.8% [1980/18297] vs 11.8% [1550/13105] events; odds ratio 0.91 [95% CI 0.84-0.98]; p=0.015). The relative treatment benefit was similar in subgroups of patients according to important clinical baseline characteristics; hence, the absolute treatment benefit was largest in high-risk patients. An unexpected and significant interaction was seen between sex and allocated treatment, with a treatment benefit in men (0.81 [0.75-0.89] but not in women (1.15 [1.01-1.30]). However, once patients were stratified according to troponin concentration, there was no evidence of a sex difference in treatment response, and a risk reduction was seen in men and women with raised troponin concentrations. Major bleeding complications were increased by glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors (2.4% [445/18297] vs 1.4% [180/13105]; p<0.0001), but intracranial bleeding was not (16 [0.09%] vs 8 [0.06%]; p=0.40). Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors reduce the occurrence of death or myocardial infarction in patients with acute coronary syndromes not routinely scheduled for early revascularisation. The event reduction is greatest in patients at high risk of thrombotic complications. Treatment with a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor might therefore be considered especially in such patients early after admission, and continued until a decision about early coronary revascularisation has been made.
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              Randomised placebo-controlled trial of abciximab before and during coronary intervention in refractory unstable angina: the CAPTURE Study.

              Platelet aggregation is a dominant feature in the pathophysiology of unstable angina. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in patients with this disorder carries an increased risk of thrombotic complications. Abciximab (c7E3) blocks the platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor, thus preventing platelet adhesion and aggregation. The CAPTURE study was a randomised placebo-controlled multicentre trial to assess whether abciximab can improve outcome in patients with refractory unstable angina who are undergoing PTCA. The study recruited patients with refractory unstable angina, defined as recurrent myocardial ischaemia under medical treatment including heparin and nitrates. Predefined stopping rules were met at a planned interim analysis of data for 1050 patients, and recruitment was stopped. Data for 1265 patients (of 1400 scheduled) are presented here. After angiography, patients received a randomly assigned infusion of abciximab or placebo for 18-24 h before PTCA, continuing until 1 h afterwards. The primary endpoint was the occurrence within 30 days after PTCA of death (any cause), myocardial infarction, or urgent intervention for recurrent ischaemia. Analyses were by intention to treat. By 30 days, the primary endpoint had occurred in 71 (11.3%) of 630 patients who received abciximab compared with 101 (15.9%) of 635 placebo recipients (p = 0.012). The rate of myocardial infarction was lower in the abciximab than in the placebo group before PTCA (four [0.6%] vs 13 [2.1%], p = 0.029) and during PTCA (16 [2.6%] vs 34 [5.5%], p = 0.009). Major bleeding was infrequent, but occurred more often with abciximab than with placebo (24 [3.8%] vs 12 [1.9%], p = 0.043). At 6-month follow-up, death, myocardial infarction, or repeat intervention had occurred in 193 patients in each group. In patients with refractory unstable angina, treatment with abciximab substantially reduces the rate of thrombotic complications, in particular myocardial infarction, before, during, and after PTCA. There was no evidence that this regimen influenced the rate of myocardial infarction after the first few days, or the need for subsequent reintervention.
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                Journal
                Adv Biomed Res
                Adv Biomed Res
                ABR
                Advanced Biomedical Research
                Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd (India )
                2277-9175
                2016
                27 December 2016
                : 5
                : 204
                Affiliations
                [1]Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
                [1 ]Interventional Cardiologist, Chamran Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
                Author notes
                Address for correspondence: Dr. Hamid Sanei, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. E-mail: h_sanei@ 123456med.mui.ac.ir
                Article
                ABR-5-204
                10.4103/2277-9175.196831
                5220753
                28217642
                4a9d1e87-5513-47e6-9413-d6681f668e38
                Copyright: © 2016 Advanced Biomedical Research

                This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

                History
                : 25 June 2013
                : 15 October 2014
                Categories
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                Molecular medicine
                eptifibatide,immediate clinical outcome,percutaneous coronary intervention,stent implantation

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