Use of dipyridamole is associated with lower risk of lymphoid neoplasms : a propensity score-matched cohort study
Huang, Wuqing LU
; Sundquist, Kristina
LU
; Sundquist, Jan
LU
and Ji, Jianguang
LU
(2022)
In British Journal of Haematology
196(3).
p.690-699
- Abstract
The anti-cancer potential of dipyridamole has been suggested from experiments, but evidence from population-based studies is still lacking. We aimed to explore if dipyridamole use was related to a lower risk of lymphoid neoplasms. We identified individuals with prescription of aspirin after diagnosis of ischaemic cerebrovascular disease since 2006 by linking several Swedish registers. In these aspirin users, those with dipyridamole prescription were further identified as the study group and patients without dipyridamole were randomly selected as reference group with 1:1 ratio using a propensity score-matching approach. After a median of 6·67 years of follow-up, a total of 46 patients with dipyridamole use developed lymphoid neoplasms... (More)
The anti-cancer potential of dipyridamole has been suggested from experiments, but evidence from population-based studies is still lacking. We aimed to explore if dipyridamole use was related to a lower risk of lymphoid neoplasms. We identified individuals with prescription of aspirin after diagnosis of ischaemic cerebrovascular disease since 2006 by linking several Swedish registers. In these aspirin users, those with dipyridamole prescription were further identified as the study group and patients without dipyridamole were randomly selected as reference group with 1:1 ratio using a propensity score-matching approach. After a median of 6·67 years of follow-up, a total of 46 patients with dipyridamole use developed lymphoid neoplasms with an incidence rate of 0·49 per 1 000 person-years, while the rate in the matched group was 0·74 per 1 000 person-years. As compared to non-users, dipyridamole users were associated with a significantly decreased risk of lymphoid neoplasms [hazard ratio (HR) = 0·65; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0·43-0·98]. Specifically, the reduced risk was observed for non-Hodgkin lymphomas (HR = 0·64; 95% CI = 0·42-0·94), especially B-cell lymphomas (HR = 0·56; 95% CI = 0·35-0·88). Dipyridamole use was related to a lower risk of lymphoid neoplasms, indicating a clinical potential of dipyridamole to be an adjunct anti-tumour agent against lymphoid neoplasms.
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- author
- Huang, Wuqing
LU
; Sundquist, Kristina
LU
; Sundquist, Jan
LU
and Ji, Jianguang
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- cohort study, dipyridamole, drug repurposing, lymphoid neoplasms
- in
- British Journal of Haematology
- volume
- 196
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 690 - 699
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85115329953
- pmid:34553368
- ISSN
- 0007-1048
- DOI
- 10.1111/bjh.17851
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 3e2e5757-d01a-4df9-8883-8774a694f676
- date added to LUP
- 2021-10-05 12:00:54
- date last changed
- 2024-06-15 17:27:08
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title = {{Use of dipyridamole is associated with lower risk of lymphoid neoplasms : a propensity score-matched cohort study}},
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