Drug-coated balloon angioplasty is associated with favorable results for treatment of bare-metal stent restenosis.
In this prospective, single-blind, multicenter, randomized trial, the authors randomly assigned 110 patients with drug-eluting stent restenoses located in a native coronary artery to paclitaxel-coated balloon angioplasty or uncoated balloon angioplasty. Dual antiplatelet therapy was prescribed for 6 months. Angiographic follow-up was scheduled at 6 months. The primary endpoint was late lumen loss. The secondary clinical endpoint was a composite of cardiac death, myocardial infarction attributed to the target vessel, or target lesion revascularization.
There was no difference in patient baseline characteristics or procedural results. Angiographic follow-up rate was 91 % . Treatment with paclitaxel-coated balloon was superior to balloon angioplasty alone with a late loss of 0.43 ¡À 0.61 mm versus 1.03 ¡À 0.77 mm (p < 0.001), respectively. Restenosis rate was significantly reduced from 58.1 % to 17.2 % (p < 0.001), and the composite clinical endpoint was significantly reduced from 50.0 % to 16.7 % (p < 0.001), respectively.
Paclitaxel-coated balloon angioplasty is superior to balloon angioplasty alone for treatment of drug-eluting stent restenosis. (PEPCAD DES-Treatment of DES-In-Stent Restenosis With SeQuent? Please Paclitaxel Eluting PTCA Catheter [PEPCAD-DES]; )