title: Biodegradable-polymer-based, paclitaxel-eluting Infinnium stent: 9-Month clinical and angiographic follow-up results from the SIMPLE II prospective multi-centre registry study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  SIMPLE II was a multi-centre, prospective registry study aimed at investigating the safety and efficacy of the Infinnium (Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd, India) paclitaxel-eluting stent for the treatment of single de novo lesions in the native coronary arteries.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and three patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease were treated for single de novo native coronary artery lesions using the Infinnium stent (paclitaxel concentration 1.4 mcg/mm2 released over 48 days) in a multi-centre, prospective study performed on 3 continents (Asia, Europe and South America). The primary safety endpoint was major adverse cardiac events at 30 days (MACE 30d) and efficacy was assessed by in-stent binary restenosis as measured by quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) at six-month follow-up. A clinical follow-up was scheduled at nine months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean patient age was 58.5 years; 70.9% were males; 43.7% had unstable angina and 38.8% previous myocardial infarction. Risk factors included hypertension in 62.1%, hypercholesterolemia in 52.4%, current smoking in 32.0% and diabetes in 28.2%. Stent implantation was successful in all patients, with more than one stent being implanted in 9 patients (8.7%). Hierarchical MACE 30d was 2.9%. At nine months, 101 patients had clinical follow-up (1 patient had died and 1 refused). There was one death (1.0%), one Q-wave myocardial infarction (Q MI) (1.0%), three non-Q MIs (2.9%), one clinically-driven target lesion Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) (1.0%), and one clinically-driven target lesion repeat percutaneous coronary intervention (re-PCI) (1.0%). The overall event-free rate at nine months was 93.2%. QCA revealed in-stent and in-segment late loss of 0.38+/-0.49 mm and 0.18+/-0.46 mm, resulting in binary restenosis rates of 7.3% and 8.3%, respectively. There was one case of late stent thrombosis in the patient experiencing the Q MI and subsequent re-PCI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Infinnium paclitaxel-eluting stent appears to be safe and efficacious for the treatment of single de novo lesions in coronary arteries in a patient population with symptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Intensive Care & Interventional Cardiology, Virga Jesseziekenhuis, Hasselt, Belgium.
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