Spot Drug-Eluting Stenting for Long Coronary Stenoses

Overview

Most doctors who use the new drug-eluting stents for the treatment of long coronary narrowings tend to cover the full length of the lesion with long or multiple stents. The investigators hypothesized that a policy of spot-stenting, i.e., stenting of only the very tight parts of the coronary narrowing, might result in better outcomes by means of avoiding multiple stents that have been associated with significant complications such as late stent thrombosis.

Full Title of Study: “Spot Drug-Eluting vs Full Cover Stenting for Long Coronary Stenoses: a Randomized Clinical Study”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: Randomized
    • Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Treatment
    • Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: September 2007

Detailed Description

Coronary artery lesion length is an independent predictor of restenosis following coronary intervention and the deployment of multiple or long bare metal stents has been associated with an increased risk of adverse clinical outcome. Spot stenting, ie discrete stenting of only the most severe stenoses of long, diffuse lesions has been proposed as an alternative in this clinical setting. The introduction of drug-eluting stents has resulted in longer lesions being stented and the use of multiple, overlapping DES in patients with diffusely diseased coronary arteries has been considered safe and effective. However, there has also been evidence of increased major adverse cardiac events (MACE) with the use of multiple, overlapping DES,10-12 while long DES have been associated with increased probability of intraprocedural stent thrombosis.13 We hypothesized that an approach based on spot-stenting with the use of DES might result in superior clinical outcomes compared to full cover of atheromatic lesions with long or multiple stents. We are therefore conducting a randomized comparison of spot versus multiple overlapping stenting on consecutive patients with long (>20 mm) lesions and indications for percutaneous coronary intervention.

Interventions

  • Device: Drug-eluting stents (Cypher and Taxus)
    • Spot or full length stenting of a coronary lesion

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Active Comparator: 1
    • Full cover stenting of coronary lesions
  • Active Comparator: 2
    • Spot-stenting of significantly stenotic parts of a coronary lesion

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Major adverse cardiac events
    • Time Frame: 3 years

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

  • Consenting, consecutive patients with a de novo, native coronary artery lesion longer than 20 mm. Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis, – Left ventricular ejection fraction <25%, OR – Contraindication to aspirin or clopidogrel

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 18 Years

Maximum Age: 85 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Cardiovascular Research Society, Greece
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Department of Cardiology, Athens Euroclinic
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Demosthenes Katritsis, MD, PhD, Study Chair, Athens Euroclinic and Cardiovasdcular Research Society

References

Katritsis DG, Korovesis S, Karabinos I, Giazitzoglou E, Theodorou S, Karvouni E, Voridis E. Sirolimus-versus paclitaxel-eluting stents: a comparison of two consecutive series in routine clinical practice. J Interv Cardiol. 2006 Feb;19(1):31-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2006.00101.x.

Katritsis DG, Korovesis S, Karvouni E, Giazitzoglou E, Theodorou S, Kourlaba G, Panagiotakos D, Voridis E. Direct versus predilatation drug-eluting stenting: a randomized clinical trial. J Invasive Cardiol. 2006 Oct;18(10):475-9.

Karvouni E, Korovesis S, Katritsis DG. Very late thrombosis after implantation of sirolimus eluting stent. Heart. 2005 Jun;91(6):e45. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.056341.

Katritsis DG, Karvouni E, Ioannidis JP. Meta-analysis comparing drug-eluting stents with bare metal stents. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Mar 1;95(5):640-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.10.041.

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