TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of dipyridamole plus aspirin on hemodialysis graft patency
AU - Dixon, Bradley S.
AU - Beck, Gerald J.
AU - Vazquez, Miguel A.
AU - Greenberg, Arthur
AU - Delmez, James A.
AU - Allon, Michael
AU - Dember, Laura M.
AU - Himmelfarb, Jonathan
AU - Gassman, Jennifer J.
AU - Greene, Tom
AU - Radeva, Milena K.
AU - Davidson, Ingemar J.
AU - Ikizler, T. Alp
AU - Braden, Gregory L.
AU - Fenves, Andrew Z.
AU - Kaufman, James S.
AU - Cotton, James R.
AU - Martin, Kevin J.
AU - McNeil, James W.
AU - Rahman, Asif
AU - Lawson, Jeffery H.
AU - Whiting, James F.
AU - Hu, Bo
AU - Meyers, Catherine M.
AU - Kusek, John W.
AU - Feldman, Harold I.
PY - 2009/5/21
Y1 - 2009/5/21
N2 - Background: Arteriovenous graft stenosis leading to thrombosis is a major cause of complications in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Procedural interventions may restore patency but are costly. Although there is no proven pharmacologic therapy, dipyridamole may be promising because of its known vascular antiproliferative activity. Methods: We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of extended-release dipyridamole, at a dose of 200 mg, and aspirin, at a dose of 25 mg, given twice daily after the placement of a new arteriovenous graft until the primary outcome, loss of primary unassisted patency (i.e., patency without thrombosis or requirement for intervention), was reached. Secondary outcomes were cumulative graft failure and death. Primary and secondary outcomes were analyzed with the use of a Cox proportional-hazards regression with adjustment for prespecified covariates. Results: At 13 centers in the United States, 649 patients were randomly assigned to receive dipyridamole plus aspirin (321 patients) or placebo (328 patients) over a period of 4.5 years, with 6 additional months of follow-up. The incidence of primary unassisted patency at 1 year was 23% (95% confidence interval [CI], 18 to 28) in the placebo group and 28% (95% CI, 23 to 34) in the dipyridamole-aspirin group, an absolute difference of 5 percentage points. Treatment with dipyridamole plus aspirin significantly prolonged the duration of primary unassisted patency (hazard ratio, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.68 to 0.98; P = 0.03) and inhibited stenosis. The incidences of cumulative graft failure, death, the composite of graft failure or death, and serious adverse events (including bleeding) did not differ significantly between study groups. Conclusions: Treatment with dipyridamole plus aspirin had a significant but modest effect in reducing the risk of stenosis and improving the duration of primary unassisted patency of newly created grafts. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00067119.)
AB - Background: Arteriovenous graft stenosis leading to thrombosis is a major cause of complications in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Procedural interventions may restore patency but are costly. Although there is no proven pharmacologic therapy, dipyridamole may be promising because of its known vascular antiproliferative activity. Methods: We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of extended-release dipyridamole, at a dose of 200 mg, and aspirin, at a dose of 25 mg, given twice daily after the placement of a new arteriovenous graft until the primary outcome, loss of primary unassisted patency (i.e., patency without thrombosis or requirement for intervention), was reached. Secondary outcomes were cumulative graft failure and death. Primary and secondary outcomes were analyzed with the use of a Cox proportional-hazards regression with adjustment for prespecified covariates. Results: At 13 centers in the United States, 649 patients were randomly assigned to receive dipyridamole plus aspirin (321 patients) or placebo (328 patients) over a period of 4.5 years, with 6 additional months of follow-up. The incidence of primary unassisted patency at 1 year was 23% (95% confidence interval [CI], 18 to 28) in the placebo group and 28% (95% CI, 23 to 34) in the dipyridamole-aspirin group, an absolute difference of 5 percentage points. Treatment with dipyridamole plus aspirin significantly prolonged the duration of primary unassisted patency (hazard ratio, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.68 to 0.98; P = 0.03) and inhibited stenosis. The incidences of cumulative graft failure, death, the composite of graft failure or death, and serious adverse events (including bleeding) did not differ significantly between study groups. Conclusions: Treatment with dipyridamole plus aspirin had a significant but modest effect in reducing the risk of stenosis and improving the duration of primary unassisted patency of newly created grafts. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00067119.)
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJMoa0805840
DO - 10.1056/NEJMoa0805840
M3 - Article
C2 - 19458364
AN - SCOPUS:66149118225
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 360
SP - 2191
EP - 2201
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 21
ER -