title: The SCRIPPS trial--catheter-based radiotherapy to inhibit coronary restenosis.
abstract: The SCRIPPS trial is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the impact of gamma radiation to inhibit in-stent restenosis. Fifty-five patients were enrolled; twenty-six were assigned to receive catheter-based radiation with Ir-192 and 29 were treated with placebo. Angiographic restenosis in the Ir-192-treated patients was significantly reduced at six months (17% vs. 54%; p = 0.01), with the results sustained at 3-year follow-up (33.3% vs. 63. 6%; p<0.05). Likewise, the composite clinical endpoint of death, myocardial infarction or target lesion revascularization was also commensurately lower in the treated group as compared to the placebo group (23.1% vs. 55.2%; p = 0.01). Late angiography revealed no perforation, aneurysm or pseudoaneurysm or special safety issues unique to radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology, Green Hospital of Scripps Clinic, 10666 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Teirstein
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007496:Iridium Radioisotopes / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents
chemical_list: D007496:Iridium Radioisotopes