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. 2014 Aug 7;1(1):e000068. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2014-000068

Table 4.

Inclusion criteria and study quality of included cardiovascular outcomes trials

Trial Cohort Quality of study*
ABCD46 Patients with long or multivessel disease undergoing PCI ++±
ACCEL-AMI29 Patients with ACS undergoing PCI +++
ACCEL-LOADING-ACS30 Patients with non-ST-elevation MI undergoing PCI ±±±
ACCEL-RESISTANCE33 Patients with high on-treatment platelet reactivity undergoing PCI ++±
Ahn et al47 Patient with ACS undergoing PCI ±±+
Chen et al48 Patients with ACS undergoing PCI ±++
CIDES49 Patients with diabetes undergoing PCI ±±±
CILON-T34 Patients with angina undergoing PCI ++±
CLEAR50 Patients with stable angina undergoing PCI ±±±
CREST51 Patients with ACS/known stenosis undergoing PCI +++
DECLARE-DIABETES52 Patients with ACS and diabetes undergoing PCI +±±
DECLARE-LONG54 Patients with ACS and stenosis of long (>25 mm) lesions undergoing PCI +±±
DECLARE-LONG II55 Patients with ACS/known stenosis of long (>25 mm) lesions undergoing PCI +++
Gao et al35 Obese patients undergoing PCI ±±±
Guan et al36 Patients with ACS and high on-treatment platelet reactivity undergoing PCI ±±±
Han et al56 Patients with ACS undergoing PCI ++±
Han et al57 Patients with ACS undergoing PCI ±±±
HOST-ASSURE37 All-comer patients undergoing PCI ±±+
Hu et al58 Patients with ACS undergoing PCI ±±±
Jin et al39 Patients undergoing PCI ±++
Kim et al59 Patients with ACS/known stenosis undergoing PCI ±±±
Kim et al41 Patients with ST-elevation MI undergoing PCI ±±±
Kum et al42 Patients with ACS/known stenosis undergoing PCI ±±±
Lee et al60 Patients undergoing elective PCI +±±
LONG-DES-II61 Patients with stenosis of long lesions undergoing PCI ++±
Lu et al70 Patients undergoing PCI ±±+
Lu et al64 Patients with ADP-induced platelet inhibition rates <30% undergoing PCI +±±
Min et al10 Patients with ACS/known stenosis undergoing elective PCI ±+±
OPTIMUS-26 Patients with diabetes undergone PCI +++
Shen et al65 Patients with ACS undergoing PCI ±±±
Suh et al66 Patients with diabetes and chronic total occlusion undergoing PCI ±±±
Wang et al67 Patients with small vessel stenosis undergoing PCI ±±±
Wang et al68 Patients with non-ST-elevation MI undergoing PCI ±±±
Zang et al69 Patients with ACS undergoing PCI ±±±

*Represents risk of bias based on: sequence generation of allocation; allocation concealment and blinding. ‘+’ represents low bias risk, ‘−’ high bias risk and ‘±’ unclear bias risk.

ABCD, Evaluating Additional Benefit of Cilostazol to Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients with Long or Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease underwent Biolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation; ACS, acute coronary syndrome; AMI, acute myocardial infarction; BES, biolimus-eluting stent; BMS, bare metal stent; CIDES, comparison of cilostazol versus clopidogrel after drug-eluting stenting in diabetic patients; CILON-T, Influence of Cilostazol-based Triple Antiplatelet Therapy on Ischaemic Complication After Drug-eluting Stent Implantation; CLEAR, The Cilostazol Administration Before Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Reduction of Periprocedural Myonecrosis Trial; CREST, Coronary Stent Restenosis in Patients Treated with Cilostazol; DECLARE-LONG II: Triple Antiplatelet Therapy With Dual Antiplatelet Therapy to Reduce Restenosis After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation in Long Coronary Lesions; DECLARE-DIABETES, A Randomised Comparison of Triple Antiplatelet Therapy with Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation in Diabetic Patients; DECLARE-LONG, Drug-Eluting Stenting Followed by Cilostazol Treatment Reduces Late Restenosis in Patients with Long Coronary Lesions; DES, drug-eluting stent; DM, diabetes mellitus; EES, everolimus-eluting stent; EES-PtCr, everolimus-eluting platinum-chromium alloy stent; LONG-DES, Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Versus Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent for Patients With Long Coronary Artery Disease; OPTIMUS-2, Impact of Cilostazol on Platelet Function Profiles in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Coronary Artery Disease on Dual Antiplatelet Therapy; PES, Paclitaxel-eluting stent; SES, Sirolimus-eluting stent; ZES, Zotarolimus-eluting stent; ZES-R, Zotarolimus-eluting Resolute stent.

Other trial expansions as in tables 1 and 2.