Key result
Implantation of the biodegradable polymer coated Indolimus sirolimus-eluting stent in diabetic patients with complex lesions resulted in a 9-month MACE rate of 2.2%.
Why the study?
Does a biodegradable polymer coated sirolimus-eluting stent improve outcomes in diabetic patients with complex lesions?
Cohort (n=372)
Yes
Does a biodegradable polymer coated sirolimus-eluting stent improve outcomes in diabetic patients with complex lesions?
The use of a biodegradable polymer coated sirolimus-eluting stent in diabetic patients with complex lesions is associated with a low rate of major adverse cardiac events at 9 months.
Low MACE rate observed in this cohort; leaves open whether biodegradable stents improve outcomes versus alternatives in diabetics.
Objective. The main aim is to evaluate safety, efficacy, and clinical performance of the Indolimus (Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Surat, India) sirolimus-eluting stent in high-risk diabetic population with complex lesions. Methods. It was a multicentre, retrospective, non-randomized, single-arm study, which enrolled 372 diabetic patients treated with Indolimus. The primary endpoint of the study was major adverse cardiac events (MACE), which is a composite of cardiac death, target lesion revascularization (TLR), target vessel revascularization (TVR), myocardial infarction (MI), and stent thrombosis (ST). The clinical follow-ups were scheduled at 30 days, 6 months, and 9 months. Results. The mean age of the enrolled patients was 53.4 ± 10.2 years. A total of 437 lesions were intervened successfully with 483 stents (1.1 ± 0.3 per lesion). There were 256 (68.8%) male patients. Hypertension and totally occluded lesions were found in 202 (54.3%) and 45 (10.3%) patients, respectively. The incidence of MACE at 30 days, 6 months and 9 months was 0 (0%), 6 (1.6%), and 8 (2.2%), respectively. The event-free survival at 9-month follow-up by Kaplan Meier method was found to be 97.8%. Conclusion. The use of biodegradable polymer coated sirolimus-eluting stent is associated with favorable outcomes. The results demonstrated in our study depict its safety and efficacy in diabetic population.
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Polavarapu et al. (2015) conducted a cohort in Diabetes with complex lesions (n=372). Indolimus sirolimus-eluting stent was evaluated on major adverse cardiac events (MACE), which is a composite of cardiac death, target lesion revascularization (TLR), target vessel revascularization (TVR), myocardial infarction (MI), and stent thrombosis (ST). Implantation of the biodegradable polymer coated Indolimus sirolimus-eluting stent in diabetic patients with complex lesions resulted in a 9-month MACE rate of 2.2%.
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