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Efficacy of aspirin, clopidogrel, and ticlopidine in stroke prevention: A population-based case-cohort study in Taiwan.


ABSTRACT:

Background

In real-world practice settings, there is insufficient evidence on the efficacy of antiplatelet drugs, including clopidogrel, aspirin, and ticlopidine, in stroke prevention.

Purpose

To compare the efficacies between aspirin and clopidogrel and aspirin and ticlopidine in stroke prevention.

Methods

This population-based case-cohort study utilized the data obtained from a randomized sample of one million subjects in the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. Patients who were hospitalized owing to the primary diagnosis of ischemic stroke from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2010 and treated with aspirin, ticlopidine, or clopidogrel were included in the study. Propensity score matching with a 1:4 ratio was performed to compare aspirin with ticlopidine and clopidogrel. The criteria for inclusion were the use of one of the three antiplatelet drugs for more than 14 days within the first month after the stroke and then continued use of the antiplatelet drugs until the study endpoint of recurrent stroke.

Results

During the 3-year follow-up period, the recurrent stroke rates were 1.62% (42/2585), 1.48% (3/203), and 2.55% (8/314) in the aspirin, ticlopidine, and clopidogrel groups, respectively. Compared with the patients treated with aspirin, those treated with clopidogrel and ticlopidine showed competing risk-adjusted hazard ratios of recurrent stroke of 2.27 (1.02-5.07) and 0.62 (0.08-4.86), respectively.

Conclusion

Compared with the patients treated with aspirin, those treated with clopidogrel were at a higher risk of recurrent stroke. For stroke prevention, aspirin was superior to clopidogrel whereas ticlopidine was not inferior to aspirin.

SUBMITTER: Wong YS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7769270 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Efficacy of aspirin, clopidogrel, and ticlopidine in stroke prevention: A population-based case-cohort study in Taiwan.

Wong Yi-Sin YS   Tsai Ching-Fang CF   Hsu Yueh-Han YH   Ong Cheung-Ter CT  

PloS one 20201228 12


<h4>Background</h4>In real-world practice settings, there is insufficient evidence on the efficacy of antiplatelet drugs, including clopidogrel, aspirin, and ticlopidine, in stroke prevention.<h4>Purpose</h4>To compare the efficacies between aspirin and clopidogrel and aspirin and ticlopidine in stroke prevention.<h4>Methods</h4>This population-based case-cohort study utilized the data obtained from a randomized sample of one million subjects in the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Data  ...[more]

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