Abstract
Background
Sodium tanshinone IIA sulfonate (STS) has been widely used by Chinese medicine practitioners for chronic cardiovascular diseases. However, its direct clinical efficacy in patients with acute coronary syndrome following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has not been reported yet. The present trial aimed to investigate potential cardioprotection of STS in patients undergoing PCI for non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS).
Methods
In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 372 patients with NSTE-ACS were randomly assigned to receive STS (n = 192) or saline (n = 180) for 2 days before and 3 days after PCI along with standard therapy. The primary endpoint was the composite incidence of major adverse cardiac events (MACEs), including death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, repeated revascularization of the target vessel, and stent thrombosis, within 30 days after PCI.
Results
The 30-day MACEs occurred in 18.8% of the patients in the STS group and in 27.2% of the patients in the control group (P = 0.038); this difference was mostly driven by reduction of myocardial infarction incidence (17.2% vs. 26.7%, P = 0.027). Post-procedural elevation of troponin-I was also significantly lower in the STS group (26.56% vs. 47.78%, P < 0.001). Multivariable analysis identified STS as a predictor of decreased risk of MACE occurrence (odds ratio: 0.60, 95% confidence interval: 0.36 to 0.99; P = 0.045).
Conclusion
Addition of STS to the standard treatments recommended by the current practice guidelines in patients with NSTE-ACS undergoing PCI could reduce myocardial injury and the occurrence of short-term cardiovascular events, primarily driven by non-fatal myocardial infarction.
Trial Registration
ChiCTR-TRC-14005182
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Abbreviations
- ACS:
-
Acute coronary syndrome
- AE:
-
Adverse event
- DSMB:
-
Data and safety monitoring board
- hs-CRP:
-
High-sensitive C-reactive protein
- MACE:
-
Major adverse cardiovascular event
- NSTE-ACS:
-
non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome
- NSTEMI:
-
Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction
- MI:
-
Myocardial infarction
- OR:
-
Odds ratios
- PCI:
-
Percutaneous coronary intervention
- PMI:
-
Periprocedural myocardial injury
- STEMI:
-
ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome
- STS:
-
sodium tanshinone IIA sulfonate group
- TIMI:
-
Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction
- URL:
-
Upper reference limit
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of all staff for their participation in the STAMP study.
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This study was funded by the National Science Foundation (No. 81703877& 81703848), a Featured Innovative Project from Guangdong Provincial Universities (2019KTSCX029), Young Talents Support Project from the China Association of Chinese Medicine (2019-QNRC2-C06), the Youth Talent Development Program from Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (to Shuai MAO), and the Team for the prevention and treatment of acute myocardial infarction with Chinese medicine (2019KCXTD009). The sponsors had no role in project development, the collection of data, or the preparation of this manuscript, nor the decision to publish.
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S.M. drafted this manuscript; L.H.G. and M.Z.Z. designed the described study; X.J.Z. and Z.L. completed the statistical analysis; H.C.S. designed the randomization and concealment for this study; S.M., X.J.Z., Q.L., X.F.W., X.H.D. performed the study; A.H. contributed to the interpretation of the data and made critical revision of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Mao, S., Wang, L., Zhao, X. et al. Efficacy of Sodium Tanshinone IIA Sulfonate in Patients with Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Results from a Multicentre, Controlled, Randomized Trial. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 35, 321–329 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10557-020-07077-8
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