Coronary disease & ACSCohort study

Bleeding risk prediction after acute myocardial infarction-integrating cancer data: the updated PRECISE-DAPT cancer score

Eur Heart JPublished

  • Retrospective cohort study
  • nationally linked registry cohort

Authors' conclusion

Adding cancer to the PRECISE-DAPT score identifies the majority of patients with cancer as HBR and can improve its discrimination ability without undermining its performance in patients without cancer.

Study context

Population
STEMI patients, UK MINAP and HES registries, 2005–20194,569 with cancer
Participants
216,709 patients
Exposure
Modified PRECISE-DAPT score vs original PRECISE-DAPT score
Outcome
Major bleeding
Follow-up
1 year

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Original score

.60

C-statistic

Modified score

.64

C-statistic · C-statistic in patients without cancer .63

Modified score vs Original scoreHazard ratio (95% CI)
Major bleeding
1.03(1.03–1.04)
patients without cancer
1.03(1.03–1.04)
Net reclassification index
.07

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

Risk classification of cancer patients

HBR

Low or very low bleeding risk Modified score 0 · Original score 21.6%

Moderate bleeding risk Modified score 6.0%

Bleeding rates by modified score risk category

High bleeding risk
6.3%
Moderate bleeding risk
3.8%
Low bleeding risk
2.9%
Very low bleeding risk
2.2%

Original publication

Bleeding risk prediction after acute myocardial infarction-integrating cancer data: the updated PRECISE-DAPT cancer score. Eur Heart J. Published 17 July 2024. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehae463

Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it