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Time-dependent changes in non-COX-1-dependent platelet function with daily aspirin therapy
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Apr 2012
Source: J Thromb Thrombolysis. 33(3):246-257. -
Alternative Title:J Thromb Thrombolysis
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Description:Objectives
To develop an integrated metric of non COX-1 dependent platelet function (NCDPF) to measure the temporal response to aspirin in healthy volunteers and diabetics.
Background
NCDPF on aspirin demonstrates wide variability, despite suppression of COX-1. Although a variety of NCDPF assays are available, no standard exists and their reproducibility is not established.
Methods
We administered 325mg/day aspirin to two cohorts of volunteers (HV1, n = 52, and HV2, n = 96) and diabetics (DM, n = 74) and measured NCDPF using epinephrine, collagen, and ADP aggregometry and PFA100 (collagen/epi) before (Pre), after one dose (Post), and after several weeks (Final). COX-1 activity was assessed with arachidonic acid aggregometry (AAA). The primary outcome of the study, the platelet function score (PFS), was derived from a principal components analysis of NCDPF measures.
Results
The PFS strongly correlated with each measure of NCDPF in each cohort. After two or four weeks of daily aspirin the Final PFS strongly correlated (r > 0.7, p<0.0001) and was higher (p < 0.01) than the Post PFS. The magnitude and direction of the change in PFS (Final - Post) in an individual subject was moderately inversely proportional to the Post PFS in HV1 (r = −0.45), HV2 (r = −0.54), DM (r = −0.68), p<0.0001 for all. AAA remained suppressed during aspirin therapy.
Conclusions
The PFS summarizes multiple measures of NCDPF. Despite suppression of COX-1 activity, NCDPF during aspirin therapy is predictably dynamic: those with heightened NCDPF continue to decline whereas those with low/normal NCDPF return to pre-aspirin levels over time.
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Pubmed ID:22294277
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC3337886
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