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Volume 348:1537-1545 April 17, 2003 Number 16
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A Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent for the Prevention of Coronary Restenosis
Seung-Jung Park, M.D., Ph.D., Won Heum Shim, M.D., Ph.D., David S. Ho, M.B., B.S., Ph.D., Albert E. Raizner, M.D., Seong-Wook Park, M.D., Ph.D., Myeong-Ki Hong, M.D., Ph.D., Cheol Whan Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Donghoon Choi, M.D., Yangsoo Jang, M.D., Ph.D., Ricky Lam, M.D., Neil J. Weissman, M.D., and Gary S. Mintz, M.D.

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Background Intimal hyperplasia and resulting restenosis limit the efficacy of coronary stenting. We studied a coronary stent coated with the antiproliferative agent paclitaxel as a means of preventing restenosis.

Methods We conducted a multicenter, randomized, controlled, triple-blind study to evaluate the ability of a paclitaxel-eluting stent to inhibit restenosis. At three centers, 177 patients with discrete coronary lesions (<15 mm in length, 2.25 to 3.5 mm in diameter) underwent implantation of paclitaxel-eluting stents (low dose, 1.3 µg per square millimeter, or high dose, 3.1 µg per square millimeter) or control stents. Antiplatelet therapies included aspirin with ticlopidine (120 patients), clopidogrel (18 patients), or cilostazol (37 patients). Clinical follow-up was performed at one month and four to six months, and angiographic follow-up at four to six months.

Results Technical success was achieved in 99 percent of the patients (176 of 177). At follow-up, the high-dose group, as compared with the control group, had significantly better results for the degree of stenosis (mean [±SD], 14±21 percent vs. 39±27 percent; P<0.001), late loss of luminal diameter (0.29±0.72 mm vs. 1.04±0.83 mm, P<0.001), and restenosis of more than 50 percent (4 percent vs. 27 percent, P<0.001). Intravascular ultrasound analysis demonstrated a dose-dependent reduction in the volume of intimal hyperplasia (31, 18, and 13 mm3, in the high-dose, low-dose, and control groups, respectively). There was a higher rate of major cardiac events in patients receiving cilostazol than in those receiving ticlopidine or clopidogrel. Among patients receiving ticlopidine or clopidogrel, event-free survival was 98 percent and 100 percent in the high-dose and control groups, respectively, at one month, and 96 percent in both at four to six months.

Conclusions Paclitaxel-eluting stents used with conventional antiplatelet therapy effectively inhibit restenosis and neointimal hyperplasia, with a safety profile similar to that of standard stents.


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From the Asan Medical Center (S.-J.P., S.-W.P., M.-K.H., C.W.L.) and Yonsei Medical Center (W.H.S., D.C., Y.J.) — both in Seoul, South Korea; the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (D.S.H., R.L.); the Cardiovascular Angiography Analysis Laboratory, Houston (A.E.R.); the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. (N.J.W.); and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York (G.S.M.).

Address reprint requests to Dr. Seung-Jung Park at the Asan Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, 388-1 Poongnap-dong, Songpa-ku, Seoul 138-736, South Korea, or at sjpark{at}amc.seoul.kr.

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