title: The Proliferation REduction with Vascular ENergy Trial (PREVENT).
abstract: PREVENT was the first prospective, randomized placebo-controlled study of intracoronary beta radiotherapy with 32P. A total of 105 patients with de novo or restenotic lesions, treated by stenting or balloon angioplasty, received 0 (control), 16, 20, or 24 Gy to a depth of 1 mm beyond the lumen surface. Rates of restenosis (50% diameter stenosis or more) were significantly lower in radiotherapy patients at the target site (8% compared with 39%, P = 0.012) and at the target site plus adjacent segments (22% compared with 50%, P = 0.018). Stenosis adjacent to the target site and late thrombotic events reduced the overall clinical benefit of radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: The Methodist DeBakey Heart Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. araizner@tmh.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Albert E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Raizner
authors.forename: Grzegorz L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Kaluza