56. Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes After Drug-Related vs Non-Drug-Related Infective Endocarditis

Abstract Background Drug use-related infective endocarditis (IE) has nearly doubled in the past two decades in the United States, largely due to the current opioid crisis. Although there are robust data on surgical outcomes for people who use drugs (PWUD) vs. non-PWUD patients after an initial encounter for IE, long-term comparative data on post-IE outcomes are relatively sparse. Methods Using data from the TriNetX electronic health records network, we identified (1) a cohort of patients 16 to 64 years old who had a first encounter for IE (captured with ICD-10 codes I33, I38, or I39) and history of drug use (captured with ICD-10 codes F11, F13-F16, F18, F19, O99.32, or T40) preceding the IE episode and (2) a propensity score-matched cohort of patients age 16-64 who had a first episode of IE and no documented drug use. We compared the post-IE incidence of (1) mortality; (2) ischemic stroke; (3) intracranial hemorrhage; (4) myocardial infarction; (5) heart failure; and (6) sudden cardiac death (cardiac arrest or ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia) between the 2 cohorts over a 5-year follow up period. We matched the cohorts for demographic data and clinically relevant medical history. We used Kaplan-Meier estimates and Cox models to compare incidence. Results We identified 6,578 PWUD patients and 6,578 matched non-PWUD patients 16-64 years old with a first episode of IE. The baseline characteristics are summarized in Table 1. Standardized mean differences of characteristics were generally < 0.1, indicating adequate matching. The 5-year Kaplan-Meier rates of outcomes of interest are summarized in Table 2. Mortality did not differ between cohorts. However, the incidence of ischemic stroke and intracranial hemorrhage was consistently higher among PWUD throughout the 5-year follow-up. Rates of myocardial infarction were also higher among PWUD; however, the difference was more pronounced later during follow-up. Rates of heart failure and sudden cardiac death did not differ. Conclusion Cardiovascular events after IE were common among both PWUD and non-PWUD patients over a 5-year follow-up period. However, rates of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke were consistently higher among PWUD. Further investigation is needed to elucidate the sources of elevated stroke risk among PWUD and identify targets for intervention. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures

S40 • OFID 2021:8 (Suppl 1) • Abstracts and hemorrhagic stroke were consistently higher among PWUD. Further investigation is needed to elucidate the sources of elevated stroke risk among PWUD and identify targets for intervention.
Disclosures. Background. Cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation has markedly increased over the past two decades. Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) occurs in patients with CIED and determination of device infection among patients without clinical findings of pocket site infection is often difficult. Our study examines the characteristics, management, and outcomes of SAB in patients living with CIED using 2019 international criteria to define CIED infection.
Methods. We conducted a retrospective study of patients with CIED who were hospitalized at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, with SAB from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2019. Patients who met CIED infection criteria following SAB based on the 2019 European Heart Rhythm Association International Concensus Document were identified. A time-to-event analysis was used to determine the impact, if any, of complete device extraction on outcomes.
Results. Overall, 110 patients with CIED developed SAB and 92 (83.6%) of them underwent transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE). Eighty-eight (80%) had CIED infection with 57 (51.8%) and 31 (28.2%) patients meeeting criteria for definite and possible CIED infections, respectively. Forty-three (75.4%) patients with definite CIED infection underwent complete device extraction. For possible and rejected CIED infection, the rates of complete device extraction were 35.5% and 27.3%, respectively (p< .001 for each). The primary endpoint of a composite of one-year mortality and SAB relapse had a rate that was significantly lower in patients with CIED infection who underwent complete device extraction as compared to that of patients who did not undergo device extraction (25.9% vs. 76.5%, p< .001). No significant difference in outcomes was seen in the rejected CIED infection group (33.3% vs. 62.5%, p =.27).
Conclusion. The rate of CIED infections following SAB was higher than that reported previously. Increased use of TEE and a novel case definition with broader diagnostic criteria were likely operative, in part, in accounting for the the higher rate of CIED infections complicating SAB. Complete device removal is critical in patients with either definite or possible CIED infection as defined by the 2019 consensus document to improve one-year mortality and SAB relapse rates. Background. Drug use-associated infective endocarditis (DUA-IE) is typically treated with 4-6 weeks of in hospital intravenous antibiotics (IVA). Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) and partial oral antibiotics (PO) may be as effective as IVA, though long-term outcomes and costs remain unknown. We evaluated the clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of four antibiotic treatment strategies for DUA-IE.
Methods. We used a validated microsimulation model to compare: 1) 4-6 weeks of inpatient IVA along with opioid detoxification, status quo (SQ); 2) 4-6 weeks of inpatient IVA along with inpatient addiction care services (ACS) which offers medications for opioid use disorder (SQ with ACS); 3) 3 weeks of inpatient IVA with ACS followed by OPAT (OPAT); and 4) 3 weeks of IVA with ACS followed by PO antibiotics (PO). We derived model inputs from clinical trials and observational cohorts. All patients were eligible for either in-home or post-acute care OPAT. Outcomes included life years (LYs), discounted costs, incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs), proportion of DUA-IE cured, and mortality attributable to DUA-IE. Costs ($US) were annually discounted at 3%. We performed probabilistic sensitivity analyses (PSA) to address uncertainty.
Results. The SQ scenario resulted in 18.64 LY at a cost of $416,800/person with 77.4% hospitalized DUA-IE patients cured and 5% of deaths in the population were attributable to DUA-IE. Life expectancy was extended by each strategy: 0.017y in SQ with ACS, 0.011 in OPAT, and 0.024 in PO. The PO strategy provided the highest cure rate (80.2%), compared to 77.9% in SQ with ACS and 78.5% in OPAT and X in SQ. OPAT was the least expensive strategy at $412,300/person, Compared to OPAT, PO had an ICER of $141,500/LY. Both SQ strategies provided worse clinical outcomes for money invested than either OPAT or PO (dominated). All scenarios decreased deaths attributable to DUA-IE compared to SQ. Findings were robust in PSA. Table 1 Selected cost and clinical outcomes comparing treatment strategies for drug-use associated infective endocarditis including the status quo, status quo with addiction care services, outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy, and partial oral antibiotics.
Conclusion. Treating DUA-IE with OPAT along with ACS increases the number of people completing treatment, decreases DUA-IE mortality, and is cost-saving compared to the status quo. The PO strategy also improves clinical outcomes, but may not be cost-effective at the willingness-to-pay threshold of $100,000.
Disclosures. Simeon D. Kimmel, MD, MA, Abt Associates for a Massachusetts Department of Public Health project to improve access to medications for opioid use disorder in nursing facilities (Consultant)