Polymer-based paclitaxel-eluting stents reduce in-stent neointimal tissue proliferation: a serial volumetric intravascular ultrasound analysis from the TAXUS-IV trial.
Publication/Presentation Date
4-19-2005
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to use serial volumetric intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to evaluate the effects of polymer-based, paclitaxel-eluting stents on in-stent neointima formation and late incomplete stent apposition.
BACKGROUND: The TAXUS-IV trial demonstrated that the slow-release, polymer-based, paclitaxel-eluting stent reduces angiographic restenosis and the need for repeat revascularization procedures. Serial IVUS studies reveal details of the pattern of vascular responses provoked by stent implantation that provide insight into device safety and efficacy.
METHODS: In the TAXUS-IV trial, patients were randomized to the slow-release, polymer-based, paclitaxel-eluting TAXUS stent or a bare-metal EXPRESS stent (Boston Scientific Corp., Natick, Massachusetts). As part of a formal substudy, complete volumetric IVUS data were available in 170 patients, including 88 TAXUS patients and 82 controls, at implantation and at nine-month follow-up.
RESULTS: No baseline differences were present in the clinical characteristics or IVUS parameters between the control and TAXUS groups. At nine-month follow-up, IVUS lumen volumes were larger in the TAXUS group (123 +/- 43 mm(3) vs. 104 +/- 44 mm(3), p = 0.005), due to a reduction in neointimal volume (18 +/- 18 mm(3) vs. 41 +/- 23 mm(3), p < 0.001). Millimeter-by-millimeter analysis within the stent demonstrated uniform suppression of neointimal growth along the entire stent length. Late lumen loss was similar at the proximal edge of the stent between the two groups, and reduced with the TAXUS stent at the distal edge (p = 0.004). Incomplete stent apposition at nine months was observed in only 3.0% of control and 4.0% of TAXUS stents (p = 0.12).
CONCLUSIONS: Polymer-based, paclitaxel-eluting TAXUS stents are effective in inhibiting neointimal tissue proliferation, and do not result in late incomplete stent apposition.
Volume
45
Issue
8
First Page
1201
Last Page
1205
ISSN
0735-1097
Published In/Presented At
Weissman, N. J., Koglin, J., Cox, D. A., Hermiller, J., O'Shaughnessy, C., Mann, J. T., Turco, M., Caputo, R., Bergin, P., Greenberg, J., Kutcher, M., Wong, S. C., Strickland, W., Mooney, M., Russell, M. E., Ellis, S. G., & Stone, G. W. (2005). Polymer-based paclitaxel-eluting stents reduce in-stent neointimal tissue proliferation: a serial volumetric intravascular ultrasound analysis from the TAXUS-IV trial. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 45(8), 1201–1205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2004.10.078
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
15837249
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article