Very long-term efficacy and safety of paclitaxel-eluting balloon after a bare-metal stent for the treatment of ST-elevation myocardial infarction : 8-year results of a randomized clinical trial (PEBSI study)

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Background: Drug-eluting stents (DES) are considered the therapy of choice in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI); however, a low persistent rate of revascularizations and stent thrombosis exist over the time. We have previously shown that a paclitaxel (PTX)-drug-coated balloon (DCB) after a bare-metal stent (BMS) implantation (DCB-combined strategy) yields superior angiographic and clinical results compared to BMS in the short term. However, the long-term safety and efficacy of this approach remain uncertain.

Methods: An 8-year clinical follow-up was conducted on patients enrolled in the randomized PEBSI-1 trial (NCT01839890). The original trial included patients who suffered a STEMI, patients were randomly assigned to receive a DCB-combined strategy or BMS only and the primary endpoint was in-stent late luminal loss (LLL) at 9-month follow-up. After the completion of this study, death, myocardial re-infarction, ischemia-driven repeated revascularizations included target lesion revascularization (TLR) and target vessel revascularization (TVR), and stent thrombosis, were assessed by yearly contact by a clinical visit, telephone or by electronic records. These outcomes were adhered to ARC-2 criteria.

Results: The rate of incomplete follow-up was very low, with only 3 out of 111 patients (2.7%) in the DCB-combined strategy group and 1 out of 112 patients (0.9%) in the BMS group. At 8 years there were a lower rate of TVR [3.7% vs. 14.3%; hazard ratio (HR): 0.243; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.081-0.727; P=0.006], and a trend towards lower TLR (2.8% vs. 8.9%; HR: 0.300; 95% CI: 0.083-1.090; P=0.052) in the DCB-combined strategy group. No statistical difference between the DCB-combined strategy and BMS groups were found for all causes of death, deaths from cardiovascular disease, reinfarctions or stent thrombosis. Notably in the DCB-combined strategy group, no episode of stent thrombosis occurred after the first year. Similarly, there were no cardiovascular deaths, TVR and TLR in the DCB-combined strategy group after 5 years. In contrast, during the period from year 5 to 8, the BMS group experienced an additional cardiovascular death, as well as one case of TVR, one case of TLR, and one case of stent thrombosis.

Conclusions: In STEMI patients, the DCB-combined strategy maintains its safety and clinical efficacy over time. Our rates of TVR, TLR, and very late stent thrombosis (VLST) at very long-term are the lowest ever found in a STEMI trial. Further studies are warranted to assess the potential superiority of this novel strategy as compared with new-generation DES to prevent very late events in these patients.

Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov; identifier: NCT01839890.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy - 13(2023), 5 vom: 31. Okt., Seite 792-804

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

García-Touchard, Arturo [VerfasserIn]
Sabaté, Manel [VerfasserIn]
Gonzalo, Nieves [VerfasserIn]
Peral, Vicente [VerfasserIn]
Vaquerizo, Beatriz [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz-Salmerón, Rafael [VerfasserIn]
García Del Blanco, Bruno [VerfasserIn]
Jiménez-Mazuecos, Jesús [VerfasserIn]
Molina, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Martínez-Romero, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Hernandez-García, José María [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz-Quevedo, Valeriano [VerfasserIn]
Urbano, Cristóbal [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Portales, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Rumoroso, José Ramón [VerfasserIn]
Casanova-Sandoval, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Pinar, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Lopez-Pais, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Oteo, Juan Francisco [VerfasserIn]
Alfonso, Fernando [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bare-metal stent (BMS)
Drug-coated balloons (DCBs)
Drug-eluting stents (DES)
Journal Article
Myocardial infarction

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Date Revised 10.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01839890

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.21037/cdt-22-623

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NLM364335831