The ANDAMAN trial tested higher aspirin dosing in ACS patients with suspected aspirin resistance, evaluating whether dose escalation overcomes inadequate platelet inhibition in diabetes and high-risk patients.
In this prospective multicentre, randomized trial, patients with ACS and DM or high-risk of aspirin resistance (HRAR) defined as: (i) an index event occurring while on aspirin; (ii) body mass index ≥27 kg/m2; or (iii) increased waist circumference were assigned to receive enteric-coated aspirin once daily (100 mg/day) or twice daily (100 mg morning and evening). The primary outcome was MACE, a composite of any death, myocardial infarction, stroke, urgent coronary revascularization, stent thrombosis, or acute arterial thrombotic event assessed using a time-to-first-event analysis. The main secondary outcome was major bleeding (Bleeding Academic Research Consortium type 3-5).
In total, 2484 participants were enrolled (77.2% with DM, 55.5% with ST-elevation segment myocardial infarction). The median follow-up duration was 18 (interquartile range: 17.6-18.3) months. The primary outcome occurred in 95 of 1228 participants (7.7%) in the twice-daily aspirin group, and 110 of 1256 (8.8%) in the once-daily group (hazard ratio [HR] 0.90; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.69-1.19; P = .42). Major bleeding rates were similar between the groups (1.9% vs 2.1%; HR 0.88; 95% CI 0.50-1.55).
In patients with ACS and DM or HRAR, twice-daily aspirin did not significantly reduce the risk of MACE compared to once-daily dosing. No significant difference was observed in major bleeding between groups.
