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Comparison of everolimus- and sirolimus-eluting stents in patients with long coronary artery lesions: A randomized LONG-DES-III (Percutaneous Treatment of LONG Native Coronary Lesions with Drug-Eluting Stent-III) trial

  • Duk Woo Park
  • , Young Hak Kim
  • , Hae Geun Song
  • , Jung Min Ahn
  • , Won Jang Kim
  • , Jong Young Lee
  • , Soo Jin Kang
  • , Seung Whan Lee
  • , Cheol Whan Lee
  • , Seong Wook Park
  • , Sung Cheol Yun
  • , Ki Bae Seung
  • , Tae Hyun Yang
  • , Sang Gon Lee
  • , Jae Hwan Lee
  • , In Whan Seong
  • , Sang Sig Cheong
  • , Bong Ki Lee
  • , Nae Hee Lee
  • , Se Whan Lee
  • Seung Wook Lee, Keun Lee, Hyun Sook Kim, Doo Soo Jeon, Min Kyu Kim, Deuk Young Nah, Seung Jea Tahk, Seung Jung Park
  • University of Ulsan
  • Catholic Univ. of Korea Coll. Med.
  • Inje University
  • Chungnam National University
  • Kangwon National University
  • Soonchunhyang University
  • Kwangju Christian Hospital
  • Seoul Veterans Hospital
  • Hallym University
  • Dongguk University
  • Ajou University

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Abstract

Objectives: This study compared everolimus-eluting stents (EES) and sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) for long coronary lesions. Background: Outcomes remain relatively unfavorable for stent-based coronary intervention of lesions with long diseased segments. Methods: This randomized, multicenter, prospective trial compared the use of long EES with SES in 450 patients with long (<25 mm) native coronary lesions. The primary endpoint of the trial was in-segment late luminal loss at 9-month angiographic follow-up. Results: The EES and SES groups had similar baseline characteristics. Lesion length was 34.0 ± 15.4 mm in the EES group and 34.3 ± 13.5 mm in the SES group (p = 0.85). Nine-month angiographic follow-up was performed in 80% of the EES group and 81% of the SES group (p = 0.69). In-segment late loss as the primary study endpoint was significantly larger in the EES group than in the SES group (0.17 ± 0.41 mm vs. 0.09 ± 0.30 mm, p for noninferiority = 0.96, p for superiority = 0.04). The in-segment binary restenosis rate was also higher in the EES group than in the SES group (7.3% vs. 2.7%, p = 0.046). However, in-stent late loss (0.22 ± 0.43 mm vs. 0.18 ± 0.28 mm, p = 0.29) and in-stent binary restenosis rate (3.9% vs. 2.7%, p = 0.53) were similar among the 2 groups. The incidence of any clinical outcomes (death, myocardial infarction, stent thrombosis, target lesion revascularization, and composite outcomes) was not statistically different between the 2 groups. Conclusions: For patients with long native coronary artery disease, EES implantation was associated with greater angiographic in-segment late loss and higher rates of in-segment restenosis compared with SES implantation. However, clinical outcomes were both excellent and not statistically different. (Percutaneous Treatment of LONG Native Coronary Lesions With Drug-Eluting Stent-III [LONG-DES-III]; NCT01078038)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1096-1103
Number of pages8
JournalJACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
Volume4
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2011

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Funding Information:
This study was supported by funds from the CardioVascular Research Foundation, Seoul, Korea; a grant from the Korea Health 21 R & D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare , Korea ( 0412-CR02-0704-0001 ); and Boston Scientific , Natick , Massachusetts . Dr. D.-W. Park has received research funding from Boston Scientific. Dr. Y.-H. Kim has received lecture fees from Cordis and Medtronic; and research funding from Boston Scientific. Dr. S.-J. Kang has received lecture fees from Boston Scientific. Dr. S.-W. Lee reports receiving lecture fees from Cordis and Boston Scientific. Dr. C. W. Lee has received lectures fees from Medtronic; and a research grant from Boston Scientific . Dr. S.-W. Park has received research grant support from Medtronic ; and research funding from Boston Scientific. Dr. K.-B. Seung has received lecture fees from Cordis and Boston Scientific. Dr. J.-H. Lee has received research funding from Boston Scientific. Dr. I.-W. Seong has received research grant support from Boston Scientific . Dr. S.-S. Cheong has received lecture fees from Cordis and Boston Scientific. Dr. N.-H. Lee has received lecture fees from Cordis and Boston Scientific. Dr. H.-S. Kim has received consulting fees from Abbott Vascular. Dr. D.-S. Jeon has received lecture fees from Cordis, Medtronic, and Boston Scientific. Dr. D.-Y. Nah has received lecture fees from Cordis and Medtronic. Dr. S.-J. Tahk has received lecture fees from Boston Scientific. Dr. S.-J. Park has received consulting fees from Cordis; lecture fees from Cordis, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, and Abbott; and research grant support from Cordis and Medtronic . All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

Keywords

  • angioplasty
  • coronary disease
  • stents

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