"Subgroup Analysis of TWILIGHT Trial Patients With Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome (NSTE-ACS) Who Underwent PCI Showed BRILINTA Monotherapy Reduced the Risk of Clinically Relevant Bleeding Compared With Dual Antiplatelet Therapy (DAPT)"

New results from a pre-specified subgroup analysis of the TWILIGHT trial showed that BRILINTA (ticagrelor) monotherapy reduced the risk of clinically relevant bleeding compared to dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) over 12 months in high-risk patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS). According to Roxana Mehran, MD, professor of medicine and director of interventional cardiovascular research and clinical trials at the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, “The finding that ticagrelor monotherapy was not associated with an increased risk of all-cause death, MI or stroke compared to continuation of DAPT in NSTE-ACS patients enrolled in TWILIGHT, a finding which was also observed in the overall trial cohort, is important given that there was also a reduction in bleeding in this cohort.” According to Usman Baber, MD, MS, assistant professor of medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, “These findings challenge the conventional paradigm for maintenance of aspirin as a long-term component of dual antiplatelet therapy in high-risk patients with NSTE-ACS.”

— Roxana Mehran, MD, Director, Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials, The Zena and Michael A. Weiner Cardiovascular Institute, Professor, Medicine, Cardiology, Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

— Usman Baber, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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