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Open Access 01-03-2014 | Original Article

Gastrointestinal symptoms in low-dose aspirin users: a comparison between plain and buffered aspirin

Auteurs: J. Jaspers Focks, M. M. Tielemans, L. G. M. van Rossum, T. Eikendal, M. A. Brouwer, J. B. M. J. Jansen, R. J. F. Laheij, F. W. A. Verheugt, M. G. H. van Oijen

Gepubliceerd in: Netherlands Heart Journal | Uitgave 3/2014

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Abstract

Background

Aspirin is associated with gastrointestinal side effects such as gastric ulcers, gastric bleeding and dyspepsia. High-dose effervescent calcium carbasalate (ECC), a buffered formulation of aspirin, is associated with reduced gastric toxicity compared with plain aspirin in healthy volunteers, but at lower cardiovascular doses no beneficial effects were observed.

Aim

To compare the prevalence of self-reported gastrointestinal symptoms between low-dose plain aspirin and ECC.

Methods

A total of 51,869 questionnaires were sent to a representative sample of the Dutch adult general population in December 2008. Questions about demographics, gastrointestinal symptoms in general and specific symptoms, comorbidity, and medication use including bioequivalent doses of ECC (100 mg) and plain aspirin (80 mg) were stated. We investigated the prevalence of self-reported gastrointestinal symptoms on ECC compared with plain aspirin using univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses.

Results

A total of 16,715 questionnaires (32 %) were returned and eligible for analysis. Of these, 911 (5 %) respondents reported the use of plain aspirin, 633 (4 %) ECC and 15,171 reported using neither form of aspirin (91 %). The prevalence of self-reported gastrointestinal symptoms in general was higher in respondents using ECC (27.5 %) compared with plain aspirin (26.3 %), but did not differ significantly with either univariate (OR 1.06, 95 %CI 0.84–1.33), or multivariate analysis (aOR 1.08, 95 %CI 0.83–1.41). Also, none of the specific types of symptoms differed between the two aspirin formulations.

Conclusions

In this large cohort representative of the general Dutch population, low-dose ECC is not associated with a reduction in self-reported gastrointestinal symptoms compared with plain aspirin.
Opmerkingen

Electronic supplementary material

The online version of this article (doi:10.​1007/​s12471-014-0522-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Introduction

Optimal antithrombotic therapy has proven to be essential in secondary prevention in cardiovascular disease. In this, aspirin has a pivotal role and is associated with a relative reduction of approximately 25 % in recurrent cardiovascular events [1]. However, gastric toxicity is a well-known side effect of aspirin presenting as gastric or duodenal ulcers, bleeding and dyspepsia [17]. Of these, dyspepsia is most often reported (in 20–40 % of chronic aspirin users) [4, 7, 8] and is associated with reduced aspirin compliance [9, 10], increased healthcare costs [11] and reduced health-related quality of life [12].
To reduce gastrointestinal damage, different formulations of aspirin have been developed. These formulations either delay the release of aspirin beyond the stomach (enteric-coated aspirin), facilitate the transit of aspirin across the gastric mucous layer (PL2200), or increase solubility of aspirin supposedly resulting in lower irritating concentrations on the gastric mucosa (effervescent calcium carbasalate (ECC)). The gastric toxicity of different formulations was mainly studied in high dosages and showed clear benefit over plain aspirin with respect to gastric ulcer formation when studied in healthy volunteers [1318]. However, when investigating its clinical effect in patients on (low-dose) chronic antiplatelet therapy, no clear beneficial effect on gastrointestinal side effects was noticeable [1922].
In the Netherlands, a total of 1,290,000 patients use low-dose aspirin of which 41 % are prescribed ECC [23]. No data have been published comparing the effects of ECC and plain aspirin on gastrointestinal symptoms. In this population-based cohort of respondents using low-dose aspirin we studied and compared the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms between those using ECC and plain aspirin. We also studied whether respondents using different formulations may report different types of gastrointestinal symptoms.

Methods

Study population

We sent 51,869 questionnaires by surface mail to a representative sample of the Dutch population in December 2008. Invited subjects were aged 18 years and above, and randomly selected from municipal databases of five different municipalities selected on their geographical location in the Netherlands, in order to gather a representative sample of the Dutch population. We included returned questionnaires until 31 March 2009. We excluded returned questionnaires with missing elements that were part of the primary outcome measure. We also excluded returned questionnaires in which all baseline characteristics were missing or when the medication was unreadable or if the used aspirin formulation was not reported. The complete cohort has been described previously [24]. The current sample size consisted of those respondents reporting the use of either low-dose plain aspirin or ECC.
The Medical Ethical Committee of the Radboud University Nijmegen assessed the research proposal of this study and concluded that it could be waived for ethical review, as questionnaires were returned and stored anonymously, and (non-)responders would not be contacted again. For this reason, we did not obtain written informed consent.

Questionnaire

The questionnaire has been used before and was specifically designed for collection of demographic information, gastrointestinal symptoms, and medication use [25, 26]. Participants were asked whether they suffer from gastrointestinal symptoms in general and about the presence of 26 gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, early satiety and bloating. Severity of gastrointestinal symptoms was assessed on a seven-point Likert scale (0 = absent, 1 = almost absent, 2 = mild, 3 = moderate, 4 = moderately severe, 5 = severe, 6 = very severe) over the preceding 4 weeks [27]. A symptom was considered to be present if the participants scored ≥2 on the Likert scale.

Outcomes

Our primary outcome was the presence of gastrointestinal symptoms, which was assessed with the question: ‘Do you experience gastrointestinal complaints?’ and had to be answered with either ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Secondary outcomes were duration of the primary endpoint and the individual gastrointestinal symptoms among responders who reported the presence of gastrointestinal complaints. The primary and secondary outcomes were compared between respondents reporting the use of low-dose plain aspirin (80 mg) and those using ECC (100 mg).

Statistical analysis

Statistical analyses were performed with SPSS statistical software, version 16.0 (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA). Frequency tables were provided describing respondents’ baseline characteristics. Pearson’s chi squared test was used to compare categorical variables. Continuous variables were compared with the Student T-test or the Mann–Whitney U method whenever appropriate. Univariate and multivariate associations for gastrointestinal endpoints in respondents using plain aspirin or ECC were analysed using logistic regression. Two-sided p-values of <0.05 were considered statistically significant. Covariates were included in the multivariate analysis if they significantly differed between respondents using ECC versus plain aspirin. In addition, those covariates associated with gastrointestinal symptoms at a level of p < 0.1 in univariate analysis were included in multivariate analysis. Using forward selection, a covariate was allowed into the multivariate model if it influenced the model with a likelihood ratio significance level of p < 0.05, and was removed again if its significance level exceeded p = 0.1 during any of the following steps. The type of formulation used (ECC versus plain aspirin) was forced into the model.
With respect to the duration of symptoms and the analyses of the individual symptoms, only participants reporting the presence of the primary outcome were selected. The duration of symptoms was compared using the Mann–Whitney U method. The individual symptoms were divided into upper and lower gastrointestinal symptoms and figures were provided describing their frequencies. The sum of the individual symptoms present was categorised according to the number of symptoms present and frequencies were provided.

Results

A total of 18,317 (35 %) questionnaires were returned, of which 742 unopened for various reasons (Fig. 1). After applying our predetermined exclusion criteria a total of 16,715 questionnaires were included in our analyses. In total, 911 persons (5.4 %) reported plain aspirin use, 633 ECC (3.8 %) and 15,171 reported not using any form of aspirin (90.8 %). Nearly all baseline characteristics differed between participants with and without aspirin (Supplementary Table 1). When comparing plain aspirin and ECC, participants using ECC were older, reported more comorbidity and were using more concomitant medication (Table 1).
Table 1
Baseline characteristics
 
Plain aspirin
Effervescent calcium carbasalate
P-value
N = 911
N = 633
Mean age (±SD) (years)
59.7 (15.2)
64.7 (11.3)
<0.01
Male (%)
494 (56)
377 (61)
0.09
Smoking (%)
160 (18)
116 (19)
0.74
BMI (±SD) (kg/m2)
26.3 (4.6)
27.0 (4.9)
<0.01
Comorbidity (%)
 Diabetes mellitus
108 (12)
106 (17)
<0.01
 Rheumatoid arthritis
53 (6)
54 (9)
0.04
 Asthma/COPD
62 (7)
69 (11)
<0.01
 Coeliac disease
16 (2)
9 (1)
0.61
 IBD
27 (3)
18 (3)
0.89
Medication use (%)
 PPI
191 (21)
188 (30)
<0.01
 H2RA
24 (3)
14 (2)
0.60
 Antacids
79 (9)
50 (8)
0.59
 Paracetamol
474 (52)
276 (44)
<0.01
 NSAIDs
274 (30)
186 (29)
0.77
 Clopidogrel
17 (2)
36 (6)
<0.01
 Dipyridamole
43 (5)
69 (11)
<0.01
 Beta blockers
351 (39)
301 (48)
<0.01
 ACE inhibitors
175 (19)
189 (30)
<0.01
 Angiotensin-receptor antagonist
103 (11)
83 (13)
0.28
 Calcium antagonist
128 (14)
105 (17)
0.17
 Diuretics
185 (20)
155 (25)
0.051
 Statins
396 (44)
373 (59)
<0.01
 Systemic corticosteroids
15 (2)
11 (2)
0.89
 Oral glucose lowering agents
85 (9)
70 (11)
0.27
 Antidepressants
47 (5)
40 (6)
0.33
History (%)
 Peptic ulcer disease
69 (8)
76 (12)
<0.01
 Peptic ulcer bleeding
26 (3)
15 (2)
0.56
SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, kg/m2 = kilogram per square meter, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, IBD inflammatory bowel disease, PPI proton pump inhibitor, H2RA H2-receptor antagonist, NSAID non-steroid anti-inflammatory disease, ACE angiotensin converting enzyme
The self-reported prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms of no aspirin, plain aspirin, and ECC were 25.6 %, 26.3 %, and 27.5 %, respectively. We observed no difference between plain aspirin and ECC for self-reported gastrointestinal symptoms (ECC: OR 1.06, 95 % CI 0.84–1.33). Also after adjustment with multivariate regression for multiple possible confounders there was no significant difference between plain aspirin and ECC for the presence of gastrointestinal symptoms (ECC: aOR 1.08, 95 % CI 0.83–1.41, Table 2). Among those reporting gastrointestinal symptoms, respondents using ECC had a significantly longer history of symptoms (10 years, IQR 4–20) compared with participants using plain aspirin (7 years, IQR 3–16, p = 0.04).
Table 2
Multivariate logistic regression model for reporting gastrointestinal symptoms with effervescent calcium carbasalate entered into the model
 
aOR
95 % CI
P-value
Age (per year increase)
0.98
0.97–0.99
<0.01
Male gender
0.71
0.55–0.92
0.01
Comorbidity
 Asthma/COPD
1.54
1.01–2.36
0.046
 IBD
2.01
1.00–4.04
0.050
Medication use
 PPI
3.96
2.96–5.30
<0.01
 H2RA
4.39
2.01–9.57
<0.01
 Antacids
2.90
1.90–4.44
<0.01
 Paracetamol
1.42
1.09–1.86
<0.01
 Effervescent calcium carbasalate
1.08
0.83–1.41
0.57
History
 Peptic ulcer disease
2.39
1.60–3.58
<0.01
aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, IBD inflammatory bowel disease, PPI proton pump inhibitor, H2RA H2-receptor antagonist
In respondents reporting the presence of gastrointestinal symptoms and using either plain aspirin or ECC the presence of no more than one individual upper gastrointestinal symptom was reported by 26.9 % while five or more symptoms were reported present by 32.3 %. The most frequently reported upper gastrointestinal symptoms were bloating (61 %), belching (47 %) and regurgitation (42 %) (Fig. 2a). With respect to lower gastrointestinal symptoms, 23.0 % reported no more than one symptom, while 39.0 % experienced the presence of 5 or more symptoms. Flatulence (70 %) and borborygmi (56 %) were the most frequently reported lower gastrointestinal symptoms (Fig. 2b). No significant differences between plain aspirin and ECC were present for any of the upper or lower gastrointestinal symptoms.

Discussion

We aimed to compare the prevalence of self-reported gastrointestinal symptoms between respondents using plain aspirin and those who were prescribed ECC. We observed that in respondents using any form of low-dose aspirin the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms was 27 %. The use of ECC is not associated with less gastrointestinal symptoms compared with plain aspirin. The most reported upper gastrointestinal symptoms were bloating, belching, and regurgitation, whereas flatulence and borborygmi were reported most for lower gastrointestinal symptoms. No differences in the type of symptoms between users of ECC and plain aspirin were observed.
The prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms in our study cohort is in line with previously reported data of aspirin users [4, 7, 8]. Interestingly, the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms in our non-aspirin using population is comparable with those who use aspirin. The selection of our study population could have contributed to this finding. Low-dose aspirin is generally a long-term treatment, i.e. for the remainder of the patients’ life span. For our study we selected all low-dose aspirin users from a large cohort of randomly selected participants returning the questionnaire. As a result of this study design the odds that aspirin treatment was recently initiated for our participants are minimal. Those patients who suffered from gastrointestinal symptoms during (the initiation of) aspirin treatment were likely to receive co-treatment with a proton pump inhibitor, H2-receptor antagonist or antacid or were even switched to other antiplatelet agents. Consequently, our cohort may consist of a selected population of respondents in whom aspirin is relatively well tolerated. This hypothesis is supported by the more frequent use of gastroprotective agents in low-dose aspirin users compared with our non-aspirin using population (e.g. proton pump inhibitor use: 25 % vs 9 %). Irrespectively, our data indicate that ECC is of no beneficial value for gastrointestinal symptoms among our population of long-term aspirin users.
So far, only two studies have been conducted to investigate endoscopically proven gastric mucosal damage in users of ECC and plain aspirin. In a randomised cross-over trial, ECC significantly reduced endoscopically observed gastric erosions and ulcers compared with the bioequivalent dose of plain aspirin [13]. However, this study assessed healthy volunteers, investigated very high doses of aspirin (650 mg three times a day) and only studied the short-term effects. More recently, the effects of low-dose ECC and plain aspirin were compared in patients using long-term aspirin for cardiovascular prevention [19]. In this large retrospective cohort study, the authors concluded that the incidence rates of endoscopically proven peptic ulcers were not significantly different between the two groups.
This is the first study comparing the effects of ECC with plain aspirin for gastrointestinal symptoms. Moreover, in order to obtain a representative sample, persons were randomly selected through databases of local authorities without stringent inclusion and exclusion criteria. We do acknowledge some limitations in our study. First, due to our study design, response bias could be a potential limitation. Due to concealment we were unable to contact non-responders and compare their characteristics with responders. To minimise the effect of response bias all participants were invited with a personalised invitational letter and were asked explicitly to participate irrespective of experiencing gastrointestinal symptoms. Seventy-five percent of all respondents indeed did not report the presence of gastrointestinal symptoms. Secondly, we did not study the duration of low-dose aspirin use or the effect of gastrointestinal symptoms on aspirin compliance. Finally, we observed important differences in baseline characteristics between the two aspirin formulations, all to the detriment of those participants using ECC. This could be an indication that physicians are more likely to prescribe plain aspirin to the relatively healthy subjects and preferentially prescribe ECC to the older and more fragile patients. In order to adjust for this possible bias we performed multivariate analysis. Nonetheless, this observation suggesting confounding by indication should be noted and calls for a study with random allocation of aspirin formulation.
We observed that low-dose ECC is not associated with a reduction in gastrointestinal symptoms compared with plain aspirin. This absence of a beneficial effect of ECC over plain aspirin is in analogy to a previous study indicating that low-dose ECC is not associated with a reduction in the prevalence of gastric ulcer complications. Notably, the costs of ECC are significantly higher compared with plain aspirin (€1.55 vs. €0.79/month in the Netherlands) [28]. With 530,000 ECC users in the Netherlands, these additive costs comprise nearly 5 million euro annually. In view of the lack of a beneficial clinical effect and the higher costs of ECC, we feel that plain aspirin is the first drug of choice. If gastrointestinal symptoms occur, we advise to prescribe a relatively cheap proton pump inhibitor with proven beneficial effects [2931]. Only if this does not reduce the symptoms, might one consider ECC as an alternative to plain aspirin.
In conclusion, the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms among aspirin users in the Dutch community is 27 % with no difference between effervescent calcium carbasalate and plain aspirin in overall prevalence and type of symptoms reported.

Funding

This work was supported by an unrestricted research grant from Nycomed BV, the Netherlands. The sponsor did not have any influence on study design, data collection, analysis or writing of the manuscript.

Conflict of interest

J. Jaspers Focks has received speaker fees or honoraria for advisory boards from Bayer Healthcare, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo and Pfizer. F.W.A. Verheugt has received educational and research grants from Bayer Healthcare, Roche, Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim and received honoraria for consultancies from Daiichi-Sankyo, Eli Lilly, Merck, The Medicines Company and Bayer Healthcare. Martijn G.H. van Oijen has served as a consultant for AstraZeneca and Pfizer, and has received unrestricted research grants from AstraZeneca, Nycomed, Janssen, and Shire pharmaceuticals. M.M. Tielemans, L.G.M. van Rossum, T. Eikendal, M.A. Brouwer, J.B.M.J. Jansen and R.J.F. Laheij have no conflicts to declare.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Gastrointestinal symptoms in low-dose aspirin users: a comparison between plain and buffered aspirin
Auteurs
J. Jaspers Focks
M. M. Tielemans
L. G. M. van Rossum
T. Eikendal
M. A. Brouwer
J. B. M. J. Jansen
R. J. F. Laheij
F. W. A. Verheugt
M. G. H. van Oijen
Publicatiedatum
01-03-2014
Uitgeverij
Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
Gepubliceerd in
Netherlands Heart Journal / Uitgave 3/2014
Print ISSN: 1568-5888
Elektronisch ISSN: 1876-6250
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-014-0522-3