title: Biolimus-eluting biodegradable polymer versus sirolimus-eluting permanent polymer stent performance in long lesions: results from the LEADERS multicentre trial substudy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Lesion length remains a predictor of target lesion revascularisation and results of long lesion stenting remain poor. Sirolimus-eluting stents have been shown to perform better than paclitaxel eluting stents in long lesions. In this substudy of the LEADERS trial, we compared the performance of biolimus biodegradable polymer (BES) and sirolimus permanent polymer stents (SES) in long lesions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 1,707 'all-comer' patients were randomly allocated to treatment with BES and SES. A stratified analysis of angiographic and clinical outcomes at nine months and one year, respectively was performed for vessels with lesion length <20 mm versus >20 mm (as measured by quantitative angiography).Of 1,707 patients, 592 BES patients with 831 lesions and 619 SES patients with 876 lesions had only short lesions treated. One hundred and fifty-three BES patients with 166 lesions and 151 SES patients with 162 lesions had long lesions. There were no significant differences in baseline clinical characteristics, except for higher number of patients with long lesions presenting with acute myocardial infarction in both stent groups. Long lesions tended to have lower MLD and greater percent diameter stenosis at baseline than short lesions. Late loss was greater for long lesions than short lesions. There was no statistically significant difference in late loss between BES and SES stents (0.32+/-0.69 vs 0.24+/-0.57, p=0.59). Binary in-segment restenosis was present in 23.2% versus 13.1% of long lesions treated with BES and SES, respectively (p=0.042). In patients with long lesions, the overall MACE rate was similar for BES and SES (17% vs 14.6%; p=0.62). There was a trend towards higher overall TLR rate with BES (12.4 % vs 6.0%; HR=2.06; p=0.07) and clinically driven TLR (10.5% vs 5.3%: HR 1.94; p=0.13). Rates of definite stent thrombosis were 3.3% in the long lesion group and 1.3-1.7 % in the short lesion group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  BES and SES appear similar with respect to MACE in long lesions in this "all-comer" patient population. However, long lesions tended to have a higher rate of binary in-segment restenosis and TLR following BES than SES treatment.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Interventional Cardiology Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Joanna J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wykrzykowska
authors.forename: Lorenz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Räber
authors.forename: Ton
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: de Vries
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bressers
authors.forename: Pawel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buszman
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Linke
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ischinger
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Klauss
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Eberli
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Corti
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wijns
authors.forename: Marie-Claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Morice
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: di Mario
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Regar
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jüni
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Windecker
authors.forename: Patrick W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Serruys
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants; D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000209:etiology; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011108:Polymers; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D018570:Risk Assessment; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents; D011108:Polymers; C518022:umirolimus; D020123:Sirolimus