Comparing the efficacy and safety of drug-eluting balloons (DEB) for the treatment of below-the-knee peripheral arterial occlusive disease with conventional balloon angioplasty (BA).
Over the past decade, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) has established its position in the treatment of below the knee arterial occlusive disease with intermittent claudication and/or critical limb ischemia. However, the efficacy of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) with conventional balloons, is limited by the high 12-month restenosis and target lesion revascularization (TLR) rates. Local delivery of newer anti-proliferative drug via drug-eluting balloons (DEBs) has recently shown promising results in the treatment of femoropopliteal disease, and in the BTK area, a reduction in 3-month binary restenosis has been observed compared with historical controls treated with PTA. Drug eluting balloon has three potential advantages: (1) homogenous drug transfer to the vessel wall; (2) highest drug concentrations at the vessel wall at the time of injury; and (3) absence of a stent or delivery polymer. This study sought to investigate the long-term efficacy and safety of new drug (Paclitaxel)-eluting balloons (DEB) for the treatment of below the knee peripheral arterial disease.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
180
In the DEB group, the guide wire will be passed through the occluded or stenosed lumen and the predilatation of the target lesion with standard balloon(s) will be performed before dilatation with a paclitaxel-eluting balloon of the diameter, at least about that of the pre-dilatation balloon (Arteryguard, Rientech, Dezhou, China). The drug eluting balloons will then be inflated according to the manufacturer recommendations. The patients will then be followed every six months for a year to compare its treatment efficacy and safety with that of conventional balloon angioplasty group.
The guide wire will be passed through the occluded or stenosed lumen and the conventional balloons will be inflated as recommended by the manufacturer. The primary and secondary outcome will then be assessed and compared with DEB group, on follow up at six and 12 months.
Shanghai Tenth people's hospital, Tongji university
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
Restenosis rate
The primary study endpoint was the occurrence of \> 50% of restenosis in the treated vessel after 12 months as assessed by digital substraction angiography (DSA).
Time frame: 12 months
Peak systolic velocity ratio
Peak systolic velocity ratio ≥ 2.4 by Doppler's ultrasonography was the end point of the study for the patient who did not undergo angiography after 12 months.
Time frame: 12 months
Rutherford scale
Clinical success is to be defined as an improvement in Rutherford scale of at least one category after the procedure.
Time frame: Immediately after procedure
ABI value
Hemodynamic success is to be defined as an improvement of ABI value by ≥ 0.1 after the procedure and lack of deterioration \> 0.15 in relation to the maximal value recorded before the procedure.
Time frame: Immediately after procedure
Residual stenosis
The technical success of the procedure is to be defined as PTA of a lesion with \>30 % residual stenosis and lack of flow rate-limiting dissection immediately after treatment.
Time frame: Immediately after procedure
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