Coronary disease & ACSRandomised controlled trial

Ticagrelor vs Prasugrel in Patients With Diabetes and Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease

JAMA CardiolPublished

  • Randomised controlled trial
  • investigator-initiated
  • prospective
  • open-label
  • multicenter
  • 2 × 2 factorial
  • non-inferiority
  • 66 clinical sites

Authors' conclusion

In patients with diabetes and multivessel disease undergoing PCI, ticagrelor was not noninferior to prasugrel for the reduction of primary outcome at 1 year of follow-up.

Study context

Population
Patients with DM and multivessel CAD undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)randomized
Participants
1,800 patients
Comparison
Ticagrelor vs prasugrel, each with low-dose aspirin
Primary endpoint
Composite of:
  • Death
  • Nonfatal MI
  • Stroke
  • BARC major bleeding (non-inferiority margin 5%)
Follow-up
1 year

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

Risk difference

2.33 percentage points

95% CI −2.07 to 6.74

P = 0.84 for non-inferiority

Events by treatment group

Ticagrelor vs Prasugrel
risk difference 2.33 percentage points (95% CI −2.07 to 6.74); P for non-inferiority = 0.84

Non-inferiority margin 5 as printed, not drawn

Further findings

Death, MI or stroke · not statistically significant

P = 0.30

Safety

Major bleeding · not statistically significant

P = 0.19

Original publication

Ticagrelor vs Prasugrel in Patients With Diabetes and Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease. JAMA Cardiol. Published 1 April 2026. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2025.5057

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