1. Thrombus Aspiration in ST- Elevation myocardial infarction in Scandinavia ( TASTE trial) Ole Fröbert, MD, PhD - on behalf of the TASTE investigators Departement of Cardiology Örebro University Hospital Sweden Main results at 30 days UCR Uppsala Clinical Research Center

2. Background Intracoronary thrombus aspiration may reduce distal embolization and improve reperfusion No previous randomized trial on thrombus aspiration has been powered for hard endpoints Current ESC recommendation: class IIa with a level of evidence B

3. TAPAS Vlaar, P.J. et al. The Lancet 2008; 371:1915-20 Fröbert, O. et al. Int J Cardiol. 2010; 145:572-3 TA+PCI (N=3 666) PCI alone (N=16 417) HR (95% CI): 1.21 (1.08-1.35 ) / Swedish registry data

4. Methods (1) All 29 Swedish, 1 Icelandic and 1 Danish PCI center Inclusion criteria  STEMI and ability to provide oral consent  <24 h symptoms  correspondence between ECG and angio findings Exclusion criteria  need for emergency CABG  age <18 years  previous randomization in TASTE 1:1 randomization to manual thrombus aspiration and PCI vs. PCI alone

5. Methods (2) Endorsed aspiration catheters  Eliminate (Terumo), Export (Medtronic) and Pronto (Vascular Solutions) Anticoagulation and platelet inhibition according to current guideline recommendations Primary endpoint  time to all-cause death at 30 days Secondary endpoints  time to rehospitalization with reinfarction at 30 days  time to stent thrombosis at 30 days

6. Methods (3) TASTE introduces the Registry-based Randomized Clinical Trial (RRCT) concept Online health quality registries (SCAAR and SWEDEHEART) serve as on-line platforms for:  randomization  case record forms  follow-up

7. All patients with STEMI in Sweden and Iceland undergoing primary or rescue PCI. N=11 709 * ) Enrolled in TASTE N=7259 N=3621 assigned to thrombus aspiration N=3399 underwent thrombus aspiration N=222 underwent conventional PCI TASTE trial enrollment flow chart Not enrolled N=4697 N=3623 assigned to conventional PCI N=3535 underwent conventional PCI N=1162 underwent thrombus aspiration N=3445 underwent conventional PCI N=178 underwent thrombus aspiration N=3621 were followed up N=3623 were followed up N=1162 were followed up N=3535 were followed up Enrolled in Denmark N=247 Erroneous enrollments N=15 Randomized in TASTE N=7244 No patients (0) were lost to follow-up of the primary endpoint!

8. TASTE and previous studies TASTE

9. Baseline clinical characteristics

10. Baseline procedural characteristics

11. Post randomization characteristics (1) Glycoprotein Iib/IIIa inhibitor

12. Post randomization characteristics (2)

13. All-cause mortality at 30 days HR 0.94 (0.72 - 1.22), P=0.63 Per protocol analysis based on actual treatment: HR 0.88 (0.66 - 1.17), P=0.38

14. Reinfarction at 30 days HR 0.61 (0.34 - 1.07), P=0.09 Per protocol analysis based on actual treatment: HR 0.67 (0.36 - 1.20), P=0.19

15. Additional results

17. TASTE vs. TAPAS

19. Conclusions This large, prospective, registry-based randomized clinical trial showed:  no reduction of mortality at 30 days  no significant reduction of hospitalization for MI or of stent thrombosis at 30 days  no reduction of other important clinical endpoints during hospitalization Our findings leave little role for manual thrombus aspiration as a routine adjunct to PCI in STEMI

21. Stefan K. James, MD, PhD (chair) Bo Lagerqvist, MD, PhD Göran K. Olivecrona, MD, PhD Participating centers Borås Hospital, Sweden. Capio, S:t Görans Hospital, Sweden. Danderyd University Hospital, Sweden. Eskilstuna Hospital, Sweden. Falun Hospital, Sweden. Gävle Hospital, Sweden. Halmstad Hospital, Sweden. Helsingborg Hospital, Sweden. Jönköping Hospital, Sweden. Linköping University Hospital, Sweden. Lund University Hospital, Sweden. Malmö Hospital, Sweden. Kalmar Hospital, Sweden. Karlskrona Hospital, Sweden. Karlstad Hospital, Sweden. Michael Mæng, MD, PhD (DENMARK) Thórarinn Gudnason, MD, PhD (ICELAND) Ole Fröbert, MD, PhD (PI) Karolinska Institutet, Södersjukhuset, Sweden. Karolinska Solna and Huddinge Hospitals, Sweden. Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden. Kristianstad Hospital, Sweden. Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. Skövde Hospital, Sweden. Sunderby Hospital, Sweden. Sundsvall Hospital, Sweden. Trollhättan Hospital, Sweden. Umeå University Hospital, Sweden. Uppsala Clinical research center, Sweden. Västerås Hospital, Sweden. Örebro University Hospital, Sweden. Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland. Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. Steering committee