Efficacy and safety data comparing biodegradable polymer BES with durable polymer cobalt-chromium EES are currently limited.
The NEXT trial is a prospective, multicenter, randomized, open-label, noninferiority trial comparing BES with EES. Between May and October 2011, 3,235 patients were randomly assigned to receive either BES (n?=?1,617) or EES (n?=?1,618).
At 1 year, the primary efficacy endpoint of TLR occurred in 67 patients (4.2 % ) in the BES group, and in 66 patients (4.2 % ) in the EES group, demonstrating noninferiority of BES relative to EES (p for noninferiority?<0.0001, and p for superiority?= 0.93). Cumulative incidence of definite stent thrombosis was low and similar between the 2 groups (0.25 % vs. 0.06 % , p?= 0.18). An angiographic substudy enrolling 528 patients (BES: n?=?263, and EES: n?=?265) demonstrated noninferiority of BES relative to EES regarding the primary angiographic endpoint of in-segment late loss (0.03 ¡À 0.39 mm vs. 0.06 ¡À 0.45 mm, p for noninferiority?<0.0001, and p for superiority?= 0.52) at 266 ¡À 43 days after stent implantation.
One-year clinical and angiographic outcome after BES implantation was noninferior to and not different from that after EES implantation in a mostly stable coronary artery disease population. One-year clinical outcome after both BES and EES use was excellent, with a low rate of TLR and extremely low rate of stent thrombosis.
(NOBORI Biolimus-Eluting Versus XIENCE/PROMUS Everolimus-Eluting Stent Trial [NEXT]; )