Vorapaxar in patients with coronary artery bypass grafting: Findings from the TRA 2 degrees P-TIMI 50 trial

BACKGROUND: Vorapaxar is a first-in-class protease-activated receptor-1 antagonist indicated for the reduction of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and stroke in stable patients with prior atherothrombosis, who have not had a prior stroke or transient ischemic attack. The aims of this study were to investigate: 1) the role of vorapaxar in patients with severe coronary artery disease treated previously with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG); and 2) safety in patients undergoing CABG while receiving vorapaxar. METHODS: TRA 2 degrees P-TIMI 50 was a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of vorapaxar in 26,449 stable patients with prior atherothrombosis followed for a median of 30 months. We 1) investigated the efficacy of vorapaxar among patients with a history of CABG prior to randomization (n=2942); and 2) assessed the safety among 367 patients who underwent a new CABG during the trial. RESULTS: Patients with a prior CABG were at higher risk for cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or stroke at three years compared with patients without a prior CABG (13.7% vs. 7.8%, p