Title
Morphine and clinical outcomes in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with fibrinolytic and antiplatelet therapy: Insights from the TREAT trial
Date Issued
01 September 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Cantor W.J.
Tan M.
Berwanger O.
Lavi S.
White H.D.
Nicolau J.C.
Dehghani P.
Tajer C.D.
Lopes R.D.
Moia D.D.F.
Nicholls S.J.
Parkhomenko A.
Averkov O.
Brass N.
Lutchmedial S.
Damiani L.P.
Piegas L.S.
Granger C.B.
Goodman S.G.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Inc.
Abstract
Background: Morphine is commonly used to relieve pain, anxiety and dyspnea in STEMI but it lowers blood pressure and delays the activity of oral antiplatelet agents. The impact of morphine on clinical outcomes remains unknown. This analysis was performed to determine if morphine use was associated with increased risk of adverse clinical events among STEMI patients treated with fibrinolytic therapy and clopidogrel or ticagrelor. Methods: In the Ticagrelor in Patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated with Pharmacological Thrombolysis (TREAT) study, 3799 STEMI patients treated with fibrinolysis were randomized to receive clopidogrel or ticagrelor. Morphine use was left to the discretion of the treating physicians. In this pre-specified analysis, we evaluated clinical outcomes based on the use and timing of morphine administration. Outcomes were stratified by randomized treatment group. Multivariable analysis was performed using Inverse Probability Treatment Weighting (IPTW) weighting. Results: Morphine was used in 53% of patients. After adjustment using IPTW weighting, morphine use was associated with higher hazard of reinfarction at 7 days (HR 4.9, P = .0006) and 30 days (HR 1.7, P = .04), and lower hazard of major bleeding (HR 0.37, P = .006). There was no significant difference in mortality at any time point. Conclusions: Among patients with STEMI treated with fibrinolytic therapy, morphine use was associated with a higher risk of early reinfarction and a lower risk of major bleeding but no difference in mortality. Clinical trial registration: clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT02298088. © 2022 Elsevier Inc.
Start page
1
End page
12
Volume
251
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Sistema cardiaco, Sistema cardiovascular
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85132425312
PubMed ID
Source
American Heart Journal
ISSN of the container
00028703
Sponsor(s)
Dr Nicolau reports personal fees from AMGEN, grants from Astrazeneca, grants and personal fees from Bayer, grants from Esperion, grants from CLS Behring, personal fees from Daiichi-Sankyo, grants from Dalcor, grants from Janssen, grants and personal fees from Novartis, grants from NovoNordisk, grants and personal fees from Sanofi, personal fees from Servier, grants from Vifor, outside the submitted work. Dr Berwanger has received grants from AstraZeneca, Amgen, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Roche Diagnostics; and has received personal fees from AstraZeneca, Bayer, Novo Nordisk, Roche Diagnostics, and Sanofi. Dr Lopes has received institutional research grant and consulting fees from Bristol-Myers Squibb; institutional research grants from GlaxoSmithKline; and consulting fees from Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Pfizer, Merck, and Portola. Dr Goodman has received research grant support (eg, Steering Committee or Data Monitoring Committee) and/or speaker/consulting honoraria (eg, Advisory Boards) from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, CSL Behring, Daiichi-Sankyo, Eli Lilly, Fenix Group International, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen/Johnson & Johnson, Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Matrizyme, Merck, Novartis, Novo Nordisk A/C, Pfizer, Regeneron, Sanofi, Servier, and Tenax Therapeutics, as well as the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario/University of Toronto, Canadian Heart Research Centre and MD Primer, Canadian VIGOUR Centre, Duke Clinical Research Institute, and PERFUSE study. Dr Nicholls has received research support from AstraZeneca, Amgen, Anthera, Eli Lilly, Esperion, Novartis, Cerenis, The Medicines Company, Resverlogix, InfraReDx, Roche, Sanofi- Regeneron, and LipoScience; and has served as a consultant for and received honoraria from Akcea, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Anthera, Omthera, Merck, Takeda, Resverlogix, Sanofi-Regeneron, CSL Behring, Esperion, and Boehringer Ingelheim. Dr Averkov has received lecturer and adviser fees from AstraZeneca. Dr White has received grant support paid to the institution and fees for serving on Steering Committees of the ODYSSEY trial from Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, the ISCHEMIA studies from the National Institutes of Health, the STRENGTH trial from Omthera Pharmaceuticals, the HEART-FID study (Randomized Placebo controlled Trial of FCM as Treatment for Heart Failure With Iron Deficiency) from American Regent, the DAL-GENE study from DalCor Pharma UK Inc., the AEGIS-II study (Study to Investigate CSL112 in Subjects With Acute Coronary Syndrome) from CSL Behring, the SCORED trial and the SOLOIST-WHF trial from Sanofi Aventis Australia Pty Ltd, and the CLEAR OUTCOMES study from Esperion Therapeutics. He was on the Advisory Board for Genentech, Inc. and received lecture fees from AstraZeneca. Dr Nicolau has received research support from Amgen, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Dalcor, Janssen, Sanofi, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, Perfuse, and Pfizer; and has received consulting fees or honoraria from Sanofi, Amgen, and Servier
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