Two-year analysis of the Japanese cohort from the Zilver PTX randomized controlled trial supports the validity of multinational clinical trials

  • Takao Ohki
  • , Hiroyoshi Yokoi
  • , Kimihiko Kichikawa
  • , Takeshi Kimura
  • , Scott A. Snyder
  • , Anthony O. Ragheb
  • , Erin E. O'Leary
  • , Michael R. Jaff
  • , Gary M. Ansel
  • , Michael D. Dake

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Abstract

Purpose: To report a subgroup analysis comparing safety and effectiveness outcomes in Japanese and non-Japanese patients as part of a prospective, multinational, randomized controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00120406) evaluating a paclitaxel-coated drug-eluting stent (DES) compared to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for treating peripheral artery disease.

Methods: Patients were randomly assigned to primary DES or PTA. In the Japanese cohort, 27 patients (21 men; mean age 71.2±9.6 years) were randomized to PTA and 25 patients (19 men; mean age 69.8±10.2 years) to primary DES. In the non-Japanese cohort, 211 patients (131 men; mean age 67.3±10.6 years) were randomized to PTA and 211 patients (136 men; mean age 67.±69.5 years) to primary DES. Outcome measures included eventfree survival (EFS), freedom from target lesion revascularization (TLR), patency, stent fracture, and sustained clinical benefit through 2 years.

Results: Safety and effectiveness outcomes were similar in the Japanese and non-Japanese cohorts, although the outcomes in the Japanese cohort treated with primary DES were numerically better. In the DES group, the 2-year EFS was 92.0% vs. 85.0% (p=0.61), freedom from TLR was 96.0% vs. 85.5% (p=0.55), primary patency was 80.0% vs. 74.3% (p=0.61), and clinical benefit was sustained in 88.5% vs. 80.5% of patients (p=0.31) in the Japanese and non-Japanese cohorts, respectively. Stent fractures were seen in 4 of 457 stents at 12 months: 3 in the Japanese cohort and 1 in the non-Japanese cohort.

Conclusion: The subgroup analysis comparing Japanese and non-Japanese patients supports the safety and effectiveness of the paclitaxel-coated DES in Japanese patients with stenotic lesions in the femoropopliteal arteries. The lack of major differences associated with ethnicity in these 2-year outcomes supports the validity and value of multinational clinical trials.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)644-653
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Endovascular Therapy
Volume21
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Balloon angioplasty
  • Drug-eluting stent
  • Ethnicity
  • Paclitaxel-eluting stent
  • Peripheral artery disease
  • Peripheral vascular disease
  • Popliteal artery
  • Stenosis
  • Stent fracture
  • Superficial femoral artery

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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