Review Article

Comparison of Different Chronic Maintenance Antithrombotic Strategies in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Clinical outcome of the included studies.

Research/yearMaintenance regimenNACEMACEAll-cause deathCardiac deathIschemic strokeMajor bleedingStent thrombosis
EventTotalEventTotalEventTotalEventTotalEventTotalEventTotalEventTotal

HOST-EXAM trial/2021Aspirin ()20727281462728362728142728262728532728162728
Clopidogrel ()1522710992710512710192710142710332710102710

CAPRIE/1996Aspirin ()ND58432835843975843ND5843425843ND5843ND5843
Clopidogrel ()ND578729157871115787ND5787425787ND5787ND5787

THEMIS-PCI/2019Aspirin ()581559648055963235596183559611355961015596185596
Ticagrelor ()6015558404555828255581745558885558197555895558

GLOBAL LEADERS landmark-analysis/2022Aspirin ()31058131515813665813ND5813265813175813165813
Ticagrelor ()23653081015308515308ND5308175308285308105308

ARCTIC-Interruption/2014Aspirin ()28624276249624ND624462416243624
Aspirin plus clopidogrel ()30635246357635ND635663576350635

DAPT/2014Aspirin ()3574941285494174494147494134494172494654941
Aspirin plus clopidogrel ()340502021150209850204550202450201295020195020

DES-LATE/2013Aspirin ()742514572514322514192514132514242514112514
Aspirin plus clopidogrel ()89253161253146253128253115253134253172531

OPTIDUAL/2016Aspirin ()52690ND69024690146904690146901690
Aspirin plus clopidogrel ()40695ND69516695106954695146953695

PEGASUS-TIMI 54/2015Aspirin ()63270675787067326706721070671037067547067ND7067
Aspirin plus ticagrelor 60 mg ()60270454877045289704517470457870451157045ND7045
Aspirin plus ticagrelor 90 mg ()62070504937050326705018270508870501277050ND7050

COMPASS/2015Aspirin ()618826146082613398261184826112082611588261468261
Aspirin plus low-dose rivaroxaban ()61083133478313262831313983136083132638313508313

MACE: major adverse cardiac event; NACE: net adverse clinical event.