Differentiated analysis of an everolimus-eluting stent and a paclitaxel-eluting stent among higher risk subgroups for restenosis: results from the SPIRIT II trial.
OBJECTIVE
Restenosis is higher among certain subpopulations when subjected to percutaneous coronary interventions even when using drug-eluting stents. The randomised SPIRIT II trial demonstrated the superiority of the XIENCE V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System over the TAXUS Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent System in terms of in-stent late loss at six months among 300 patients treated for de novo native coronary artery lesions.


RESULTS
In this post-hoc analysis of SPIRIT II we focused on six-month angiographic outcomes of diabetic patients (n=69), left anterior descending arteries (n=149), long lesions >20 mm (n=43), small vessels <3.0 mm (n=209) and type B2 and C lesions (n=233). In-stent late loss was consistently less among all subgroups when treated by everolimus-eluting stents compared to paclitaxel-eluting stents: diabetics 0.15+/-0.26 mm versus 0.39+/-0.34 mm, p=0.006; LAD 0.12+/-0.23 mm versus 0.44+/-0.37 mm, p<0.001; long lesions 0.13+/-0.26 mm versus 0.43+/-0.46 mm, p=0.070; small vessels 0.17+/-0.28 mm versus 0.37+/-0.39 mm, p<0.001; B2/C lesions 0.12+/-0.31 mm versus 0.36+/-0.36 mm, p<0.001.


CONCLUSIONS
The everolimus-eluting stent remained superior in terms of in-stent late loss in a variety of higher risk populations for restenosis compared to the paclitaxel-eluting stent. These analyses were consistent with the in-stent late loss results of the overall SPIRIT II trial population.
Khattab
Ahmed A
AA
Herz-Kreislauf-Zentrum Segeberger Kliniken GmbH (Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Kiel), Bad Segeberg, Germany.
Richardt
Gert
G
Verin
Vitali
V
Kelbaek
Henning
H
Macaya
Carlos
C
Berland
Jacques
J
Miquel-Hebert
Karine
K
Dorange
Cécile
C
Serruys
Patrick W
PW