Table 2.
Aggregated RR and relative CrI of different treatment options in patients with cardiovascular disease derived from a three-node network meta-analysis.
Intervention | RR (95% CrI) estimates derived from NMA | SUCRA | |||||
PCSK9 monoclonal antibodies vs. placebo | Bempedoic acid vs. placebo | PCSK9 monoclonal antibodies vs. bempedoic acid | PCSK9 monoclonal antibodies | Bempedoic acid | Placebo | ||
Safety outcomes | |||||||
New-onset diabetes | 1.00 (0.93, 1.07) | 0.72 (0.53, 0.99) | 1.38 (1.00, 1.92) | 0.28 | 0.97 | 0.24 | |
Serious adverse events | 0.97 (0.94, 1.01) | 1.06 (0.89, 1.27) | 0.92 (0.77, 1.10) | 0.88 | 0.22 | 0.40 | |
Neurocognitive disorders | 0.99 (0.87, 1.13) | 0.93 (0.40, 2.30) | 1.07 (0.43, 2.49) | 0.49 | 0.57 | 0.44 | |
Efficacy outcomes | |||||||
Composite cardiovascular outcome | 0.85 (0.81, 0.90) | 0.75 (0.57, 0.99) | 1.14 (0.85, 1.51) | 0.60 | 0.89 | 0.01 | |
All-cause death | 0.94 (0.86, 1.04) | 2.53 (0.94, 8.98) | 0.37 (0.10, 1.01) | 0.93 | 0.03 | 0.54 | |
Cardiovascular death | 0.95 (0.84, 1.07) | 1.78 (0.52, 8.64) | 0.53 (0.11, 1.83) | 0.82 | 0.18 | 0.50 |
NMA, network meta-analysis; CrI, credible interval; SUCRA, surface under the cumulative ranking curve; RR, relative risk; PCSK9, proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexintype 9.