Effect of aspirin on cancer incidence and mortality in older adults.

BACKGROUND: ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE), a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial (RCT) of daily low-dose aspirin (100 mg) in older adults, showed an increase in all-cause mortality, primarily due to cancer. In contrast prior RCTs, mainly involving younger individual...

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Main Authors: McNeil, John J, Gibbs, Peter, Orchard, Suzanne G, Lockery, Jessica E, Bernstein, Wendy B, Cao, Yin, Ford, Leslie, Haydon, Andrew, Kirpach, Brenda, Macrae, Finlay, McLean, Catriona, Millar, Jeremy, Murray, Anne M, Nelson, Mark R, Polekhina, Galina, Reid, Christopher, Richmond, Ellen, Rodríguez, Luz Maria, Shah, Raj C, Tie, Jeanne, Umar, Asad, van Londen, G.J., Ronaldson, Kathlyn, Wolfe, Rory, Woods, Robyn L, Zalcberg, John, Chan, Andrew T, ASPREE Investigator Group
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/334047
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80802
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author McNeil, John J
Gibbs, Peter
Orchard, Suzanne G
Lockery, Jessica E
Bernstein, Wendy B
Cao, Yin
Ford, Leslie
Haydon, Andrew
Kirpach, Brenda
Macrae, Finlay
McLean, Catriona
Millar, Jeremy
Murray, Anne M
Nelson, Mark R
Polekhina, Galina
Reid, Christopher
Richmond, Ellen
Rodríguez, Luz Maria
Shah, Raj C
Tie, Jeanne
Umar, Asad
van Londen, G.J.
Ronaldson, Kathlyn
Wolfe, Rory
Woods, Robyn L
Zalcberg, John
Chan, Andrew T
ASPREE Investigator Group
author_facet McNeil, John J
Gibbs, Peter
Orchard, Suzanne G
Lockery, Jessica E
Bernstein, Wendy B
Cao, Yin
Ford, Leslie
Haydon, Andrew
Kirpach, Brenda
Macrae, Finlay
McLean, Catriona
Millar, Jeremy
Murray, Anne M
Nelson, Mark R
Polekhina, Galina
Reid, Christopher
Richmond, Ellen
Rodríguez, Luz Maria
Shah, Raj C
Tie, Jeanne
Umar, Asad
van Londen, G.J.
Ronaldson, Kathlyn
Wolfe, Rory
Woods, Robyn L
Zalcberg, John
Chan, Andrew T
ASPREE Investigator Group
author_sort McNeil, John J
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description BACKGROUND: ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE), a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial (RCT) of daily low-dose aspirin (100 mg) in older adults, showed an increase in all-cause mortality, primarily due to cancer. In contrast prior RCTs, mainly involving younger individuals, demonstrated a delayed cancer benefit with aspirin. We now report a detailed analysis of cancer incidence and mortality. METHODS: 19,114 Australian and U.S. community-dwelling participants aged 70+ years (U.S. minorities 65+ years) without cardiovascular disease, dementia or physical disability were randomized and followed for a median of 4.7 years. Fatal and non-fatal cancer events, a prespecified secondary endpoint, were adjudicated based on clinical records. RESULTS: 981 cancer events occurred in the aspirin and 952 in the placebo groups. There was no statistically significant difference between groups for all incident cancers (HR = 1.04, 95% CI = 0.95 to 1.14), hematological cancer (HR = 0.98, 95% CI = 0.73 to 1.30), or all solid cancers (HR = 1.05, 95% CI = 0.95 to 1.15), including by specific tumor type. However, aspirin was associated with an increased risk of incident cancer that had metastasized (HR = 1.19, 95% CI = 1.00 to 1.43) or was stage 4 at diagnosis (HR = 1.22, 95% CI = 1.02 to 1.45), and with higher risk of death for cancers that presented at stages 3 (HR = 2.11, 95% CI = 1.03 to 4.33) or 4 (HR = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.04 to 1.64). CONCLUSIONS: In older adults, aspirin treatment had an adverse effect on later stages of cancer evolution. These findings suggest that in older persons, aspirin may accelerate the progression of cancer and thus, suggest caution with its use in this age group.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-808022021-01-07T07:46:47Z Effect of aspirin on cancer incidence and mortality in older adults. McNeil, John J Gibbs, Peter Orchard, Suzanne G Lockery, Jessica E Bernstein, Wendy B Cao, Yin Ford, Leslie Haydon, Andrew Kirpach, Brenda Macrae, Finlay McLean, Catriona Millar, Jeremy Murray, Anne M Nelson, Mark R Polekhina, Galina Reid, Christopher Richmond, Ellen Rodríguez, Luz Maria Shah, Raj C Tie, Jeanne Umar, Asad van Londen, G.J. Ronaldson, Kathlyn Wolfe, Rory Woods, Robyn L Zalcberg, John Chan, Andrew T ASPREE Investigator Group ASPREE Investigator Group BACKGROUND: ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE), a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial (RCT) of daily low-dose aspirin (100 mg) in older adults, showed an increase in all-cause mortality, primarily due to cancer. In contrast prior RCTs, mainly involving younger individuals, demonstrated a delayed cancer benefit with aspirin. We now report a detailed analysis of cancer incidence and mortality. METHODS: 19,114 Australian and U.S. community-dwelling participants aged 70+ years (U.S. minorities 65+ years) without cardiovascular disease, dementia or physical disability were randomized and followed for a median of 4.7 years. Fatal and non-fatal cancer events, a prespecified secondary endpoint, were adjudicated based on clinical records. RESULTS: 981 cancer events occurred in the aspirin and 952 in the placebo groups. There was no statistically significant difference between groups for all incident cancers (HR = 1.04, 95% CI = 0.95 to 1.14), hematological cancer (HR = 0.98, 95% CI = 0.73 to 1.30), or all solid cancers (HR = 1.05, 95% CI = 0.95 to 1.15), including by specific tumor type. However, aspirin was associated with an increased risk of incident cancer that had metastasized (HR = 1.19, 95% CI = 1.00 to 1.43) or was stage 4 at diagnosis (HR = 1.22, 95% CI = 1.02 to 1.45), and with higher risk of death for cancers that presented at stages 3 (HR = 2.11, 95% CI = 1.03 to 4.33) or 4 (HR = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.04 to 1.64). CONCLUSIONS: In older adults, aspirin treatment had an adverse effect on later stages of cancer evolution. These findings suggest that in older persons, aspirin may accelerate the progression of cancer and thus, suggest caution with its use in this age group. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80802 10.1093/jnci/djaa114 eng http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/334047 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1127060 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ fulltext
spellingShingle ASPREE Investigator Group
McNeil, John J
Gibbs, Peter
Orchard, Suzanne G
Lockery, Jessica E
Bernstein, Wendy B
Cao, Yin
Ford, Leslie
Haydon, Andrew
Kirpach, Brenda
Macrae, Finlay
McLean, Catriona
Millar, Jeremy
Murray, Anne M
Nelson, Mark R
Polekhina, Galina
Reid, Christopher
Richmond, Ellen
Rodríguez, Luz Maria
Shah, Raj C
Tie, Jeanne
Umar, Asad
van Londen, G.J.
Ronaldson, Kathlyn
Wolfe, Rory
Woods, Robyn L
Zalcberg, John
Chan, Andrew T
ASPREE Investigator Group
Effect of aspirin on cancer incidence and mortality in older adults.
title Effect of aspirin on cancer incidence and mortality in older adults.
title_full Effect of aspirin on cancer incidence and mortality in older adults.
title_fullStr Effect of aspirin on cancer incidence and mortality in older adults.
title_full_unstemmed Effect of aspirin on cancer incidence and mortality in older adults.
title_short Effect of aspirin on cancer incidence and mortality in older adults.
title_sort effect of aspirin on cancer incidence and mortality in older adults.
topic ASPREE Investigator Group
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/334047
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/334047
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80802