Hans-Peter Stoll

Safety of Coronary Sirolimus-Eluting Stents in Daily Clinical Practice One-Year Follow-Up of the e-Cypher Registry

Background— The expanding indications for sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) include increasingly complex coronary lesions and populations with clinical profiles markedly different from those of early pivotal controlled studies. The e-Cypher registry monitored the safety and efficacy of SES currently implanted worldwide in daily practice. Methods and Results— Between April 2002 and September 2005, data were collected on 15 157 patients who underwent implantation of ≥1 SES at 279 medical centers from 41 countries. An independent endpoint review committee adjudicated all reported major adverse cardiovascular events, stent thromboses, and target-vessel revascularizations. Data were managed and analyzed by independent organizations. Predictors of adverse clinical events were identified by regression analysis. The mean age of the sample was 61.7±11.4 years; 77.7% were men, and 28.6% were diabetics. A total of 18 295 lesions were treated (20 503 SES) during the index procedure. The cumulative rates of major adverse cardiovascular events were 1.36% at 30 days, 3.38% at 6 months, and 5.80% at 1 year. The rates of acute, subacute, and late stent thrombosis were 0.13%, 0.56%, and 0.19% of patients, respectively, representing a 12-month actuarial incidence of 0.87%. Insulin-dependent diabetes, acute coronary syndrome at presentation, and advanced age were clinical predictors, whereas TIMI flow grade <3 after the index procedure, treatment of multiple lesions, a prominently calcified or totally occluded target lesion, and multivessel disease were the angiographic or procedural predictors of stent thrombosis at 12 months. Conclusions— This analysis of 1-year data collected by the e-Cypher registry suggests a high degree of safety of SES, with a rate of stent thrombosis similar to that observed in randomized trials.

Polymer-free Drug-Coated Coronary Stents in Patients at High Bleeding Risk

BACKGROUND Patients at high risk for bleeding who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) often receive bare-metal stents followed by 1 month of dual antiplatelet therapy. We studied a polymer-free and carrier-free drug-coated stent that transfers umirolimus (also known as biolimus A9), a highly lipophilic sirolimus analogue, into the vessel wall over a period of 1 month. METHODS In a randomized, double-blind trial, we compared the drug-coated stent with a very similar bare-metal stent in patients with a high risk of bleeding who underwent PCI. All patients received 1 month of dual antiplatelet therapy. The primary safety end point, tested for both noninferiority and superiority, was a composite of cardiac death, myocardial infarction, or stent thrombosis. The primary efficacy end point was clinically driven target-lesion revascularization. RESULTS We enrolled 2466 patients. At 390 days, the primary safety end point had occurred in 112 patients (9.4%) in the drug-coated-stent group and in 154 patients (12.9%) in the bare-metal-stent group (risk difference, -3.6 percentage points; 95% confidence interval [CI], -6.1 to -1.0; hazard ratio, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.56 to 0.91; P<0.001 for noninferiority and P=0.005 for superiority). During the same time period, clinically driven target-lesion revascularization was needed in 59 patients (5.1%) in the drug-coated-stent group and in 113 patients (9.8%) in the bare-metal-stent group (risk difference, -4.8 percentage points; 95% CI, -6.9 to -2.6; hazard ratio, 0.50; 95% CI, 0.37 to 0.69; P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS Among patients at high risk for bleeding who underwent PCI, a polymer-free umirolimus-coated stent was superior to a bare-metal stent with respect to the primary safety and efficacy end points when used with a 1-month course of dual antiplatelet therapy. (Funded by Biosensors Europe; LEADERS FREE ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01623180.).

A prospective randomized multicenter comparison of balloon angioplasty and infrapopliteal stenting with the sirolimus-eluting stent in patients with ischemic peripheral arterial disease: 1-year results from the ACHILLES trial.

OBJECTIVES The study investigated the efficacy and safety of a balloon expandable, sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) in patients with symptomatic infrapopliteal arterial disease. BACKGROUND Results of infrapopliteal interventions using balloon angioplasty and/or bare stents are limited by a relatively high restenosis rate, which could be potentially improved by stabilizing the lesion with a SES. METHODS Two hundred patients (total lesion length 27 ± 21 mm) were randomized to infrapopliteal SES stenting or percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty (PTA). The primary endpoint was 1-year in-segment binary restenosis by quantitative angiography. RESULTS Ninety-nine and 101 patients (mean age 73.4 years; 64% diabetics) were randomized to SES and PTA, respectively (8 crossover bailout cases to SES). At 1 year, there were lower angiographic restenosis rates (22.4% vs. 41.9%, p = 0.019), greater vessel patency (75.0% vs. 57.1%, p =0.025), and similar death, repeat revascularization, index-limb amputation rates, and proportions of patients with improved Rutherford class for SES versus PTA. CONCLUSIONS SES implantation may offer a promising therapeutic alternative to PTA for treatment of infrapopliteal peripheral arterial disease.

Impact of late incomplete stent apposition after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation on 4-year clinical events: intravascular ultrasound analysis from the multicentre, randomised, RAVEL, E-SIRIUS and SIRIUS trials

Background: The impact of incomplete stent apposition (ISA) after drug-eluting stent implantation determined by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) on late clinical events is not well defined. Objective: To evaluate the clinical impact of ISA after sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) placement during a follow-up period of 4 years. Design: Pooled analysis from the RAVEL, E-SIRIUS and SIRIUS trials, three randomised, multicentre studies comparing SES and bare-metal stents (BMS). Methods: IVUS at angiographic follow-up was available in 325 patients (SES: n = 180, BMS: n = 145). IVUS images were reviewed for the presence of ISA defined as one or more unapposed stent struts. Clinical follow-up was available for a 4-year period in all patients. Frequency, predictors and clinical sequel of ISA at follow-up after SES and BMS implantation were determined. Results: ISA at follow-up was more common after SES (n = 45 (25%)) than after BMS (n = 12 (8.3%), p<0.001). Canadian Cardiology Society class III or IV angina at stent implantation (odds ratio (OR) = 4.69, 95% CI 2.15 to 10.23, p<0.001) and absence of diabetes (OR = 3.42, 95% CI 1.05 to 11.1, p = 0.041) were predictors of ISA at follow-up after SES placement. Rate of myocardial infarction tended to be slightly higher for ISA than for non-ISA patients. When SES patients only were considered, major adverse cardiac event free survival at 4 years was identical for those with and without ISA at follow-up (11.1% vs 16.3%, p = 0.48). Conclusions: ISA at follow-up is more common after SES implantation than after BMS implantation. Considering the current very sensitive IVUS definition, ISA appears to be an IVUS finding without significant impact on the incidence of major adverse cardiac events even during long-term follow-up.

Six-Month Results of the NEVO RES-ELUTION I (NEVO RES-I) Trial A Randomized, Multicenter Comparison of the NEVO Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent With the TAXUS Liberté Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions

Background—Drug-eluting stents reduce restenosis and reintervention rates but are complicated by stent thrombosis, which may be related to polymer coating. The NEVO sirolimus-eluting coronary stent (NEVO SES) is designed to improve long-term percutaneous coronary intervention safety by combining sirolimus release from reservoirs with bioabsorbable polymer to reduce spatial and temporal polymer exposure. Methods and Results—NEVO ResElution-I was a prospective randomized study in 394 patients with coronary artery disease comparing the NEVO SES with the TAXUS Liberté paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent (TAXUS Liberté PES) stent. The primary end point was in-stent angiographic late loss at 6 months. Six months after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the primary end point favored NEVO SES (0.13±0.31 mm versus 0.36±0.48 mm, P<0.001 for noninferiority and superiority). The study was not powered for clinical end points and showed no significant difference for NEVO SES versus TAXUS Liberté PES: death: 0.5 versus 1.6%, P=0.36; myocardial infarction: 2.0 versus 2.6%, P=0.75; target lesion revascularization: 1.5 versus 3.2%, P=0.33; major adverse cardiac events: 4.0 versus 7.4%, P=0.19. No stent thrombosis was observed with NEVO SES, whereas 2 cases occurred in TAXUS Liberté PES. Intravascular ultrasound showed lower percent volume obstruction for NEVO SES (5.5±11% versus 11.5±9.7%, P=0.016). Conclusions—This trial proved the superiority of NEVO SES over TAXUS Liberté PES for the primary angiographic end point of in-stent late loss. No stent thrombosis occurred in the NEVO SES group. Clinical Trial Registration—URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00606333.Background— Drug-eluting stents reduce restenosis and reintervention rates but are complicated by stent thrombosis, which may be related to polymer coating. The NEVO sirolimus-eluting coronary stent (NEVO SES) is designed to improve long-term percutaneous coronary intervention safety by combining sirolimus release from reservoirs with bioabsorbable polymer to reduce spatial and temporal polymer exposure. Methods and Results— NEVO ResElution-I was a prospective randomized study in 394 patients with coronary artery disease comparing the NEVO SES with the TAXUS Liberte paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent (TAXUS Liberte PES) stent. The primary end point was in-stent angiographic late loss at 6 months. Six months after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the primary end point favored NEVO SES (0.13±0.31 mm versus 0.36±0.48 mm, P <0.001 for noninferiority and superiority). The study was not powered for clinical end points and showed no significant difference for NEVO SES versus TAXUS Liberte PES: death: 0.5 versus 1.6%, P =0.36; myocardial infarction: 2.0 versus 2.6%, P =0.75; target lesion revascularization: 1.5 versus 3.2%, P =0.33; major adverse cardiac events: 4.0 versus 7.4%, P =0.19. No stent thrombosis was observed with NEVO SES, whereas 2 cases occurred in TAXUS Liberte PES. Intravascular ultrasound showed lower percent volume obstruction for NEVO SES (5.5±11% versus 11.5±9.7%, P =0.016). Conclusions— This trial proved the superiority of NEVO SES over TAXUS Liberte PES for the primary angiographic end point of in-stent late loss. No stent thrombosis occurred in the NEVO SES group. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: . Unique identifier: [NCT00606333][1]. [1]: /lookup/external-ref?link_type=CLINTRIALGOV&access_num=NCT00606333&atom=%2Fcirccvint%2F3%2F6%2F556.atom

Six-Month Results of the NEVO RES-ELUTION I (NEVO RES-I) TrialClinical Perspective

Background—Drug-eluting stents reduce restenosis and reintervention rates but are complicated by stent thrombosis, which may be related to polymer coating. The NEVO sirolimus-eluting coronary stent (NEVO SES) is designed to improve long-term percutaneous coronary intervention safety by combining sirolimus release from reservoirs with bioabsorbable polymer to reduce spatial and temporal polymer exposure. Methods and Results—NEVO ResElution-I was a prospective randomized study in 394 patients with coronary artery disease comparing the NEVO SES with the TAXUS Liberté paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent (TAXUS Liberté PES) stent. The primary end point was in-stent angiographic late loss at 6 months. Six months after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the primary end point favored NEVO SES (0.13±0.31 mm versus 0.36±0.48 mm, P<0.001 for noninferiority and superiority). The study was not powered for clinical end points and showed no significant difference for NEVO SES versus TAXUS Liberté PES: death: 0.5 versus 1.6%, P=0.36; myocardial infarction: 2.0 versus 2.6%, P=0.75; target lesion revascularization: 1.5 versus 3.2%, P=0.33; major adverse cardiac events: 4.0 versus 7.4%, P=0.19. No stent thrombosis was observed with NEVO SES, whereas 2 cases occurred in TAXUS Liberté PES. Intravascular ultrasound showed lower percent volume obstruction for NEVO SES (5.5±11% versus 11.5±9.7%, P=0.016). Conclusions—This trial proved the superiority of NEVO SES over TAXUS Liberté PES for the primary angiographic end point of in-stent late loss. No stent thrombosis occurred in the NEVO SES group. Clinical Trial Registration—URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00606333.Background— Drug-eluting stents reduce restenosis and reintervention rates but are complicated by stent thrombosis, which may be related to polymer coating. The NEVO sirolimus-eluting coronary stent (NEVO SES) is designed to improve long-term percutaneous coronary intervention safety by combining sirolimus release from reservoirs with bioabsorbable polymer to reduce spatial and temporal polymer exposure. Methods and Results— NEVO ResElution-I was a prospective randomized study in 394 patients with coronary artery disease comparing the NEVO SES with the TAXUS Liberte paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent (TAXUS Liberte PES) stent. The primary end point was in-stent angiographic late loss at 6 months. Six months after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the primary end point favored NEVO SES (0.13±0.31 mm versus 0.36±0.48 mm, P <0.001 for noninferiority and superiority). The study was not powered for clinical end points and showed no significant difference for NEVO SES versus TAXUS Liberte PES: death: 0.5 versus 1.6%, P =0.36; myocardial infarction: 2.0 versus 2.6%, P =0.75; target lesion revascularization: 1.5 versus 3.2%, P =0.33; major adverse cardiac events: 4.0 versus 7.4%, P =0.19. No stent thrombosis was observed with NEVO SES, whereas 2 cases occurred in TAXUS Liberte PES. Intravascular ultrasound showed lower percent volume obstruction for NEVO SES (5.5±11% versus 11.5±9.7%, P =0.016). Conclusions— This trial proved the superiority of NEVO SES over TAXUS Liberte PES for the primary angiographic end point of in-stent late loss. No stent thrombosis occurred in the NEVO SES group. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: . Unique identifier: [NCT00606333][1]. [1]: /lookup/external-ref?link_type=CLINTRIALGOV&access_num=NCT00606333&atom=%2Fcirccvint%2F3%2F6%2F556.atom

Five-year results of the Multicenter Randomized Controlled Open-Label Study of the CYPHER Sirolimus-Eluting Stent in the Treatment of Diabetic Patients with De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions (SCORPIUS) study: a German multicenter investigation on the effectiveness of sirolimus-eluting stents in diabetic patients.

BACKGROUND Because a delayed arterial healing response after drug-eluting stent implantation has raised concerns about safety in diabetic patients, long-term effects of treatment with sirolimus-eluting stent (SES), as compared with bare-metal stent (BMS), have to be established. The aim of the 5-year follow-up of the randomized, controlled, open-label multicenter SCORPIUS study was to assess long-term safety and efficacy of the CYPHER (Cordis, Johnson & Johnson, Bridgewater, NJ) SES in percutaneous coronary intervention of diabetic patients. METHODS A total of 190 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were randomized to receive either a SES (n = 95) or a BMS (n = 95). Dual-antiplatelet therapy (aspirin plus clopidogrel) was prescribed for at least 6 months. Clinical follow-up data were scheduled at 1, 8, and 12 months and 5 years. RESULTS Treatment with SES resulted in a 16% decrease in the rate of major adverse cardiac events (36% vs 52%; hazard ratio 0.6, 95% CI 0.4-0.9; P = .02). This reduction in major adverse cardiac events with SES at 5 years was mostly attributable to a lower number of repeat target lesion revascularization (13% vs 29%; hazard ratio 0.4, 95% CI 0.2-0.7; P = .003). No differences between groups were observed for safety end points (all-cause mortality 21% vs 21%, cardiac death 15% vs 13%, repeat myocardial infarction 8% vs 9%, and stent thrombosis 5% vs 6%) at 5 years. CONCLUSIONS The 5-year follow-up of the SCORPIUS trial demonstrates the long-term antirestenotic efficacy of SES in diabetic patients with significantly reduced target lesion revascularization and comparable rates of mortality, myocardial infarction, and stent thrombosis compared with BMS.

Outcomes in patients undergoing multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention using sirolimus-eluting stents: a report from the e-SELECT registry.

AIMS Performing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to multiple coronary lesions during the same procedure has potential economic and social advantages. However comprehensive outcome data of real world practice in a large population is limited. We aimed to compare short- and long-term outcomes between patients with multivessel coronary artery disease who either underwent single- or multivessel PCI within the e-SELECT registry. METHODS AND RESULTS The e-SELECT registry combines data collected at 320 medical centres in 56 countries where patients received CYPHER Select® or CYPHER Select® Plus sirolimus-eluting stent (SES). Rates of myocardial infarction and major adverse cardiac event (MACE) (defined as any death, myocardial infarction or target lesion revascularisation) were compared between patients undergoing single-vessel versus multivessel PCI. A total of 15,147 patients who satisfied the inclusion criteria were included in the e-SELECT registry. Two thousand two hundred and seventy-eight (2,278) subjects (15%) underwent multivessel PCI and 12,869 (85%) had single-vessel PCI. The mean age was higher in the multivessel PCI group (63 vs. 62 years, p<0.001) and there was a higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus (32.4 vs. 30.0%, p=0.02). Lesions were more complex in the single-PCI group while pre- and post-dilatation were less common in the multivessel PCI group. Myocardial infarction within the first 30 days post PCI was more common in the multivessel PCI group (1.9 vs. 0.8%, p<0.001) and most of the infarctions were periprocedural (1.3 vs. 0.6%, p=0.001). Mortality and myocardial infarction at one-year were higher in the multivessel PCI group resulting in a significantly higher MACE (6.1 vs. 4.6%, p=0.005). CONCLUSIONS Overall procedural and one year outcomes were excellent for both single- and multivessel procedures. However despite lower lesion complexity, performing multivessel PCI was associated with higher rates of periprocedural myocardial infarction and MACE when compared to single-vessel PCI in the e-SELECT registry.

TCT-493 Sequential Angiographic Analysis of the Novel Polymer-Free Biolimus-Coated Stents for the Treatment of Diseased Coronary Vessels

TCT-491 Comparative analysis of the right radial vascular access vs. left at more than 10,000 diagnostic coronary angiography Etelberto Hernandez, Victor Jimenez Diaz, Pablo Juan-Salvadores, Jorge Vitela, Jose Antonio Baz Alonso, Alberto Ortiz, Guillermo Bastos Fernández, Saleta Fernández Barbeira, Antonio De Miguel Castro, Jorge Andrade Pacheco, Carlos Enrique Saldaña Luna, Giovanny Ponte, Josue Ponce, Jorge SepúlvedaSepúlveda, Angel Salgado, Andres Iñiguez Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain; Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, Vigo, Spain; Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro. EOXI Vigo. SERGAS, Vigo, Spain; Hospital universitario, Monterrey, Mexico; Unknown, Galicia, Spain; Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro, Vigo; Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, VIGO, Spain; Hospital Alvaro Cunquiero, Vigo, Spain; Vigo, Spain; Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro, Vigo; Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro; Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro; Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro; Hospital Universitario UANL; Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro, Vigo; Hosp. Álvaro Cunqueiro, Vigo, Spain

Six-Month Results of the NEVO RES-ELUTION I (NEVO RES-I) Trial

Background—Drug-eluting stents reduce restenosis and reintervention rates but are complicated by stent thrombosis, which may be related to polymer coating. The NEVO sirolimus-eluting coronary stent (NEVO SES) is designed to improve long-term percutaneous coronary intervention safety by combining sirolimus release from reservoirs with bioabsorbable polymer to reduce spatial and temporal polymer exposure. Methods and Results—NEVO ResElution-I was a prospective randomized study in 394 patients with coronary artery disease comparing the NEVO SES with the TAXUS Liberté paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent (TAXUS Liberté PES) stent. The primary end point was in-stent angiographic late loss at 6 months. Six months after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the primary end point favored NEVO SES (0.13±0.31 mm versus 0.36±0.48 mm, P<0.001 for noninferiority and superiority). The study was not powered for clinical end points and showed no significant difference for NEVO SES versus TAXUS Liberté PES: death: 0.5 versus 1.6%, P=0.36; myocardial infarction: 2.0 versus 2.6%, P=0.75; target lesion revascularization: 1.5 versus 3.2%, P=0.33; major adverse cardiac events: 4.0 versus 7.4%, P=0.19. No stent thrombosis was observed with NEVO SES, whereas 2 cases occurred in TAXUS Liberté PES. Intravascular ultrasound showed lower percent volume obstruction for NEVO SES (5.5±11% versus 11.5±9.7%, P=0.016). Conclusions—This trial proved the superiority of NEVO SES over TAXUS Liberté PES for the primary angiographic end point of in-stent late loss. No stent thrombosis occurred in the NEVO SES group. Clinical Trial Registration—URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00606333.Background— Drug-eluting stents reduce restenosis and reintervention rates but are complicated by stent thrombosis, which may be related to polymer coating. The NEVO sirolimus-eluting coronary stent (NEVO SES) is designed to improve long-term percutaneous coronary intervention safety by combining sirolimus release from reservoirs with bioabsorbable polymer to reduce spatial and temporal polymer exposure. Methods and Results— NEVO ResElution-I was a prospective randomized study in 394 patients with coronary artery disease comparing the NEVO SES with the TAXUS Liberte paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent (TAXUS Liberte PES) stent. The primary end point was in-stent angiographic late loss at 6 months. Six months after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the primary end point favored NEVO SES (0.13±0.31 mm versus 0.36±0.48 mm, P <0.001 for noninferiority and superiority). The study was not powered for clinical end points and showed no significant difference for NEVO SES versus TAXUS Liberte PES: death: 0.5 versus 1.6%, P =0.36; myocardial infarction: 2.0 versus 2.6%, P =0.75; target lesion revascularization: 1.5 versus 3.2%, P =0.33; major adverse cardiac events: 4.0 versus 7.4%, P =0.19. No stent thrombosis was observed with NEVO SES, whereas 2 cases occurred in TAXUS Liberte PES. Intravascular ultrasound showed lower percent volume obstruction for NEVO SES (5.5±11% versus 11.5±9.7%, P =0.016). Conclusions— This trial proved the superiority of NEVO SES over TAXUS Liberte PES for the primary angiographic end point of in-stent late loss. No stent thrombosis occurred in the NEVO SES group. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: . Unique identifier: [NCT00606333][1]. [1]: /lookup/external-ref?link_type=CLINTRIALGOV&access_num=NCT00606333&atom=%2Fcirccvint%2F3%2F6%2F556.atom