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- Published on: 12 January 2024
- Published on: 12 January 2024The Ongoing Debate Over Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Cerebral Aneurysm Treatment
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I am writing to address the significant findings presented in the article "Short- versus long-term Dual AntiPlatelet Therapy for Stent-Assisted treatment of CErebral aneurysm (DAPTS ACE)." This research, a randomized clinical trial aimed at unraveling the ideal duration of Dual AntiPlatelet Therapy (DAPT) after stent-assisted coil embolization (SACE) for cerebral aneurysms, raises crucial questions regarding the management of these delicate cases.
The article reports that the trial, DAPTS ACE, investigated whether extending DAPT for 12 months could effectively reduce the risk of ischemic stroke in comparison to a shorter 3-month DAPT regimen for patients who underwent SACE for cerebral aneurysms. The study, conducted in 17 hospitals in Japan, enrolled 142 patients between November 4, 2016, and January 7, 2019, and assigned them randomly to either the long-term or short-term DAPT group. The primary outcome was the occurrence of ischemic stroke events during the period of 3 to 12 months after SACE.
The results are undeniably important, as they indicate that there was no statistically significant difference in the rate of ischemic strokes between the long-term and short-term DAPT groups. In fact, ischemic stroke was a rare occurrence in both groups, and the data show that the extended duration of DAPT did not offer a significant advantage in preventing ischemic events. This is the first randomized controlled trial to tackle the duratio...Conflict of Interest:
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