Review Article

In-Stent Restenosis and a Drug-Coated Balloon: Insights from a Clinical Therapeutic Strategy on Coronary Artery Diseases

Table 1

The clinical trial of the drug-coated balloon in the treatment of in-stent restenosis.

Trial nameBalloon and groupsPrincipal findingsRef.

Scheller et al., 2006PACCOCATH
ISR I
PACCOCATH® DEB (26 cases) vs. Uncoated balloon (26 cases)At 6-month follow-up, LLL: (0.03 ± 0.48) mm vs. (0.74 ± 0.86) mm (); TLR 23% vs. 0%[30]

Scheller et al., 2008;
Scheller et al., 2012
PACCOCATH
ISR II
PACCOCATH® DEB (54 cases) vs. uncoated balloon (54 cases)6 or 12 months, LLL: (0.81 ± 0.79) mm vs. (0.11 ± 0.46) mm (); 37% vs. 4%[31, 32]

Unverdorben et al, 2009PEPCAD IISeQuent Please (66 cases)/TAXUS stents (65 cases)6 months, LLL: (0.17 ± 0.42) mm vs. (0.38 ± 0.61) mm (); 6.3% vs. 15.4%[33]

Byrne et al. 2013ISAR-DESIRE3SeQuent Please (137 cases)/TAXUS stent (131 cases)/common balloon (134 cases)9 months, in-stent restenosis diameter: 38%:37.4% vs. 54.1% (noninferiority )[34]

Rittger et al., 2012PEPCAD-DESSeQuent Please (72 cases)/common balloon (38 cases)6 months, LLL: (0.43 ± 0.61) mm vs. (1.03 ± 0. 77) mm ()[35]

Xu et al., 2014PEPCAD China ISRSeQuent Please (110cases)/TAXUS (110 cases)9 months, LLL: (0.46 ± 0.51) mm vs. (0.55 ± 0.61) mm (P noninferiority = 0.0005)[36]

Toelg et al., 2014DELUX registryPantera Lux DCB (1064 cases)6, 12 months, MACE: 8.5%, 15.1%[37]

Habara et al., 2011Habara et al.SeQuent Please (25 cases)/common balloon (25 cases)6 months, LLL: (0.18 ± 0.45) mm vs. (0.72 ± 0.55) mm ()[38]

Wöhrle et al., 2012SeQuent Please World Wide RegistrySeQuent Please (DES-ISR (464 cases)/BMS-ISR (763 cases))9 months, TLR: 9.6% vs. 3.8% ()[39]

Stella et al., 2011Valentines IDIOR II DCB (paclitaxel DES-ISR (34 cases)/everolimus DES-ISR (42 cases))8 months, MACE: 0 : 23.8% ()[40]

Hehrlein et al., 2012PEPPERPantera Lux DES (BMS-ISR (43 cases)/DES-ISR (38 cases))6 months, LLL: (0.05 ± 0.28) mm vs. (0.19 ± 0.29) mm ()[41]

Alfonso et al., 2018RIBS IVDCB (154 cases)/EES (155 cases)3-yr follow-up, MLD: (2.03 ± 0.7) mm vs. (1.8 ± 0.6) mm[42]

Note. DCB, drug-coated balloon; DES, drug-eluting stent; MACE, major adverse cardiac event; LLL, late lumen loss; MLD, minimal lumen diameter; TLR, target lesion revascularization.