angioplasty versus MIDCAB | |||
AMIST (Reeves), 2004 | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) with or without stenting versus minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting (MIDCAB) | single-vessel disease (at least 50% stenosis) of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). | open Follow-up duration: 12 months England |
aspirin versus placebo | |||
SAPAT, 1992 | aspirin 75 mg daily versus placebo | patients with stable chronic angina pectoris | double blind Follow-up duration: 50 months Sweden |
Azithromycin versus placebo | |||
Gupta et al, 1997 | Azithromycin 500 mg/d for 3 d (28 received 1 course, 12 received 2 courses 3 mo apart) versus placebo | Male patients at least 6 mo from documented MI and with titers to Chlamydia pneumoniae >=1:64 | double blind Follow-up duration: 18mo |
ACADEMIC, 1999 | Azithromycin 500 mg/d for 3 d then 500 mg/wk for 3 mo versus placebo | Patients with CAD and C pneumoniae titers of >=1:16. Patients were at least 5 d from an MI | double blind Follow-up duration: 2y |
STAMINA (Azithromycin), 2002 | Azithromycin 500 mg/d for 3 d plus omeprazole 20 mg 2/d for 1 wk plus metronidazole 400 mg 2/d for 1 wk versus placebo | Patients with ACS | double blind Follow-up duration: 1y England |
AZACS, 2003 | Azithromycin 500 mg on day 1 followed by 250 mg/d for 4d versus placebo | Patients with ACS | double blind Follow-up duration: 6mo |
WIZARD, 2003 | Azithromycin 600 mg/d for 3 d then 1/wk for 11 wk versus placebo | Patients with a history of MI of more than 6 weeks before and with C pneumoniae titers of >=1:16 | double blind Follow-up duration: 14mo North America, Europe, Argentina, India |
ACES, 2005 NCT00000617 | Azithromycin 600 mg/wk for 1 y versus placebo | Patients with stable CAD | double blind Follow-up duration: 4y US |
balloon angioplasty versus CABG | |||
EAST, 1994 NCT00000465 | transluminal coronary angioplasty versus coronary-artery bypass grafting | patients with multivessels coronary artery disease | open Follow-up duration: 3 y USA |
GABI, 1994 | Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty versus coronary-artery bypass grafting | patients with symptomatic multivessel coronary disease | open Follow-up duration: 1 y Germany |
BARI, 1996 NCT00000462 | PTCA versus CABG | Patients with multivessel disease | open Follow-up duration: 5.4 y USA, Canada |
RITA, 1993 | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass surgery | patients with one, two, or three diseased coronary arteries | open Follow-up duration: 2.5 y (6.5y) UK |
ERACI, 1992 | Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass grafting | patients with multivessel disease and lesions suitable for either form of therapy | open Follow-up duration: 3.8 y Argentina |
MASS, 1995 | percutaneous transluminal coronaryangioplasty versus mammary bypass surgery | patients with stable angina,normal ventricular function and a proximal stenosis of the leftanterior descending coronary artery >80% | open Follow-up duration: 3.2 y Brazil |
Toulouse, 1992 | PTCA versus CABG | patients with multivessels coronary artery disease | open Follow-up duration: 2.8 y France |
Lausanne, 1994 | transluminal coronary angioplasty versus Coronary artery bypass grafting | patients with isolated proximal left anterior descending artery stenosis, conserved left ventricular function, and documented ischaemia | open Follow-up duration: 3.2 y Switzerland |
CABRI, 1995 | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass grafting | patients with symptomatic multivessel coronary disease | open Follow-up duration: 1 y Europe |
balloon angioplasty versus medical treatment | |||
RITA 2, 1997 | PTCA within 3 mo of the randomisation versus medical treatment | Angina leading to admission within 90days, previous Q wave MI, no previousPTCA, no left main stem disease | open Follow-up duration: 7y UK |
ACME, 1992 | PTCA within 3 days of randomization versus medical treatment (nitrates, beta-blockers, calcium blockers) | Stable angina, history of angina, MIwithin 3 months, exercise test with STdepression >3 mm, no previous PTCA; Single or serial stenosis within sameartery 70% to 99% proximal twothirds | open Follow-up duration: 5y US |
ACME 2 (Folland), 1997 | PTCA
versus medical therapy | Stable angina, history of angina, MIwithin 3 months, exercise test with STdepression >3 mm, no previous PTCA; Stenosis >70% proximal two thirds,no main artery stenosis >50%, no 3vessel disease | open Follow-up duration: 5y |
ACIP, 1997 | revascularization by angioplasty or bypass surgery versus angina-guided drug therapy or angina plus ischemia-guided drug therapy | clinically stable patients with angiographically documented coronary disease (50% stenosis in 1 major vessel or branch) suitable for revascularization | open Follow-up duration: 24 months |
INSPIRE, 2006 | coronary revascularization for suppressing scintigraphic ischemia versus intensive medical therapy strategy | Stable survivors of MI, total perfusion defect size 20%, ischemic defect size 10% (by adenosine SPECT), EF 35%t | open Follow-up duration: 60 months |
SWISSI II, 2007 NCT00387231 | Percutaneous coronary intervention aimed at full revascularization versus intensive anti-ischemic drug therapy | patients with a recent MI, silent myocardial ischemia verified by stress imaging, and 1- or 2-vessel coronary artery disease | open Follow-up duration: 10.2y Switzerland |
MASS, 1995 | PTCA versus medical treatment (aspirin, nitrates, beta-blockers and calcium channel blocking | Stable angina, no Q wave MI, no leftventricular dysfunction^¾„ | open Follow-up duration: 5y Brazil |
Sievers, 1993 | PTCA versus medical treatment | Previous nonQ wave MI, no angina indaily life, no previous Q wave MI | open Follow-up duration: 2y Germany |
bioabsorbable polymer EES versus everolimus eluting stent | |||
EVOLVE, 2012 NCT01135225 | bioabsorbable polymer everolimus-eluting stent versus polymer EES | patients with a de novo lesion ¡Ü28 mm in length, in a coronary artery of ¡Ý2.25 to ¡Ü3.5 mm diameter | single blind Follow-up duration: 30 days |
biolimus eluting stent versus sirolimus eluting stent | |||
LEADERS, 2008 NCT00389220 | BioMatrix III (biolimus-eluting stent withbiodegradable polymer) versus Cypher SELECT (sirolimus-eluting stent with durable polymer) | patients aged 18 years or older with chronic stable coronary artery disease or acute coronary syndromes | open assessor-blind Follow-up duration: 9 months Europe |
CABG versus medical treatment | |||
STICH (vs med), 2011 NCT00023595 | CABG versus medical therapy | patients with congestive heart failure and severe LV dysfunction | open Follow-up duration: 56 months 26 countries |
CASS subgroup, 1985 | CABG versus medical treatment | selected patients with chronic, stable coronary artery disease, sub group of patients ejection fractions above 0.34 but below 0.50 at base line | open Follow-up duration: 7 years |
ECSS (European), 1988 | early coronary bypass surgery versus medical therapy | men with midl or moderate angina pectoris of at least 3 months duration and an obstruction of 50% or more in at least 2 major coronary arteries in the absence of marked LV dysfunction | open Follow-up duration: 12 y Europe (6 countries) |
CASS, 1983 NCT00000489 | surgical versus nonsurgical | patients with stable ischemic heart disease | open Follow-up duration: 5y USA, Canada |
VA, 1984 | coronary-artery bypass grafting versus medical treatment | patients with stable angina | open Follow-up duration: 7 y |
Texas, 1977 | versus | ||
Oregon, 1979 | surgical treatment versus medical treatment | patients with stable, disabling angina | |
New zealand 1, 1981 | surgical versus nonsurgical | men 60 years of age or younger who had recovered from a recurrent myocardial infarction | Follow-up duration: 4.5 y |
MASS II, 2007 | coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) versus medical therapy | multivessel coronary artery disease with stable angina and preserved ventricular function. | open Follow-up duration: 5 years |
CABG or PCI versus medical treatment | |||
BARI 2D, 2009 NCT00006305 | prompt revascularization with intensive medical therapy versus intensive medical therapy alone | patients with type 2 diabetes and heart disease | open Follow-up duration: 5.3 y US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Czech Republic, Austria |
CABG+surgical ventricular reconstruction versus CABG | |||
STICH (ventricular reconstruction), 2009 NCT00023595 | CABG with surgical ventricular reconstruction versus CABG | patients with anterior-apical regional left ventricular dysfunction | open Follow-up duration: 48 months |
clarithromycin versus placebo | |||
CLARIFY, 2001 | Clarithromycin 500 mg/d for 85 d versus placebo | Patients with ACS | double blind Follow-up duration: 1y |
CLARICOR, 2006 NCT00121550 | clarithromycin 500 mg/day versus placebo | patients with adischarge diagnosis of myocardial infarction or angina pectoris | double blind Follow-up duration: 3 years Denmark |
clopidogrel versus aspirin | |||
ASCET, NCT00222261 | clopidogrel 75 mg once daily for two years versus Aspirin 160 mg once daily for two years | patients with documented coronary heart disease and treated with aspirin | open |
CoStar stent versus paclitaxel eluting stent | |||
Costar II, 2008 NCT00165035 | CoStar stent (Conor MedSystems) PES versus Taxus (Boston Scientific) PES | patient undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for a single lesion per vessel in up to three native epicardial vessels | single-blind Follow-up duration: 8 months (1 year) US, Germany, Belgium, and New Zealand |
dactinomycin eluting stent versus bare-metal stent | |||
ACTION, 2004 | Multilink Tetra stent versus uncoated Multilink Tetra stent | Patients with stable angina pectoris orsilent ischemia and a single de novo lesion in a nativecoronary artery >=3.0 mm and <=4.0 mm in diameter thatcould be covered by an 18-mm stent | single-blind Follow-up duration: 6 months worldwide |
DES versus CABG | |||
Boudriot, 2008 | DES versus CABG | open Follow-up duration: 12 months | |
dipyridamol versus control | |||
Atlanta (Sbar), 1967 | dipyridamole 150mg daily versus placebo | patients with angina pectoris | double-blind Follow-up duration: 6 months |
Wirecki, 1967 | dipyridamole 150mg daily versus placebo | patients with angina pectoris | double blind Follow-up duration: 7 months |
Becker, 1967 | dipyridamole 225mg daily versus placebo | double-blind Follow-up duration: 5 months | |
dipyridamol versus placebo | |||
Kinsella, 1962 | dipyridamole 37.5 mg and 100mg daily versus placebo | double-blind Follow-up duration: 0.5 months | |
Leiberman, 1964 | dipyridamole 100mg daily versus placebo | double blind Follow-up duration: >3 months | |
Zion, 1961 | Dipyridamole 37.5mg versus placebo | patients with angina pectoris | double-blind Follow-up duration: 0.5 months |
Dewar, 1961 | Dipyridamole 100mg daily versus placebo | patients with angina pectoris | double-blind Follow-up duration: 0.5 months |
Neumann, 1964 | dipyridamole 150mg daily versus placebo | elderly with precordial pain | double-blind Follow-up duration: 1.5 months |
Foulds, 1960 | Dipyridamole 200mg daily versus placebo | patients with angina pectoris | double-blind Follow-up duration: 1 months |
Igloe, 1970 | Dipyridamole 200mg daily versus placebo | patients with angina pectoris | double blind Follow-up duration: 2-7 months |
everolimus eluting stent versus bare-metal stent | |||
FUTURE I, 2004 | everolimus coated S-Stent versus S-Stent | de novo coronary lesions | single-blind Follow-up duration: 12 months Germany |
FUTURE II, 2006 | CHAMPION versus bare-metal stent | Patients with de novo lesions in vessels with a reference diameter of 2.75-4.0 mm and length | double-blind Follow-up duration: 6 months NA |
SPIRIT I, 2005 NCT00180453 | everolimus eluting sent, XIENCE versus bare etal stent, MULTI-LINK VISION | patients with de novo native coronary artery lesions | single-blind Follow-up duration: 6 months (5yr) |
everolimus eluting stent versus paclitaxel eluting stent | |||
COMPARE, 2009 NCT01016041 | polymer based, everolimus-eluting stent (Xience V) versus polymer-based, paclitaxel-eluting stent (Taxus Liberte) | unselected patients | open Follow-up duration: 1 y (2y) the Netherlands |
SPIRIT II, 2006 NCT00180310 | everolimus eluting stent, XIENCE V versus placitaxel eluting stent, TAXUS EXPRESS2 | De novo lesions (maximim two) | single-blind (patient) Follow-up duration: 6 months |
SPIRIT III, 2008 NCT00180479 | everolimus-eluting stent, XIENCE V versus paclitaxel-eluting stent, Taxus | lesions 28 mm or less in length and with reference vessel diameter between 2.5 and 3.75 m | single-blind Follow-up duration: 12 months US |
SPIRIT IV, 2010 NCT00307047 | XIENCE V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System versus TAXUS EXPRESS2 Paclitaxel Eluting Coronary Stent System (TAXUS). | patients with de novo native coronary artery lesions and reference vessel diameters between 2.5 mm to 4.25 mm and lesion lengths <= 28 mm | 270 days (5 years) Follow-up duration: 1 y (2y) USA |
everolimus eluting stent versus sirolimus eluting stent | |||
ISAR-TEST 4 (EES vs SES), | everolimus-eluting stent versus sirolimus-eluting stent | patients with de novo coronary artery stenosis >50% and symptoms or objective evidence of ischemia | Follow-up duration: 2 years |
SORT OUT IV, 2012 NCT00552877 | everolimus-eluting stents versus sirolimus-eluting stents | unselected patients with coronary artery disease | open Follow-up duration: 9 months (3 years) Denmark |
FFR-guided PCI versus no PCI | |||
FAME II, 2012 NCT01132495 | fractional-flow-reserve (FFR)-guided stenting versus optimal medical therapy alone | patients patients with stable CAD found on FFR to have hemodynamically relevant disease | Europe, US, and Canada |
FAME, 2008 NCT00267774 | FFR-guided PCI (PCI with implantation of drug-eluting stents guided by FFR measurements in addition to angiography versus angiography-PCI (PCI with implantation of drug-eluting stents guided by angiography alone) | patients with multivessel coronary artery disease | open Follow-up duration: 1 year USA, Europe |
DEFER, 2001 | PCI versus deferral (no PCI) | patients for whom PTCA was planned and who did not have documented ischemia and with fractional flow reserve >0.75 | open Follow-up duration: 24 months |
Gatifloxacin versus placebo | |||
PROVE-IT, 2005 | Gatifloxacin 400 mg/d for 10 d/mo for 2y versus placebo | Patients hospitalized with ACS in the preceding 10 d | double blind Follow-up duration: 24mo |
ivabradine versus amlodipine | |||
CL3-023 (15mg), 0 | ivabradine 7.5mg twice daily
versus amlodipine | double-blind Follow-up duration: 3 months | |
CL3-023 (20mg), 0 | ivabradine 10mg twice daily
versus amlodipine | double-blind Follow-up duration: 3 months | |
ivabradine 10mg versus placebo | |||
Borer (CL2-009) 10mg, 2003 | Ivabradine 5 mg twice daily (10mg/d)
versus placebo | double blind Follow-up duration: 2 weeks | |
ivabradine 10mg versus placebo on top of amlodipine | |||
CL3-018 10mg, 3000 | ivabradine 5mg twice daily (10mg/d) versus placebo | Follow-up duration: 12 weeks | |
ivabradine 15mg versus amlodipine | |||
Ruzyllo (CL3-023) 15mg, 2007 | ivabradine 7.5mg twice daily versus amlodipine 10mg once daily | Patients with a >/=3-month history of chronic, stable effort-induced angina | double-blind Follow-up duration: 3 months |
ivabradine 15mg versus atenolol | |||
INITIATIVE (CL3-017, Tardif) 15mg, 2005 | ivabradine 5 mg bid for 4 weeks and then either 7.5 or 10 mg bid for 12 weeks
versus atenolol 50 mg od for 4 weeks and then 100 mg od for 12 weeks | patients with stable angina | double-blind Follow-up duration: 16 weeks |
ivabradine 15mg versus placebo | |||
BEAUTIFUL, 2008 NCT00143507 | ivabradine target dose of 7·5 mg twice a day
versus placebo | patients with coronary artery disease and left-ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVEF <=40%) | double blind Follow-up duration: 19 months (range 16-24) 33 countries |
ivabradine 15mg versus placebo (on top standard treatment) | |||
BEAUTIFUL (angina subgroup), | ivabradine target dose of 7·5 mg twice a day
versus placebo | patients with stable coronary artery disease and left ventricular systolic dysfunction with limiting angina | double blind Follow-up duration: 19 months (range 16-24) 33 countries |
ivabradine 15mg versus placebo on top of amlodipine | |||
CL3-018 15mg, 3000 | ivabradine 7.5mg twice daily (15mg/d) versus placebo | ||
ivabradine 15mg versus placebo on top of atenolol | |||
ASSOCIATE (Tardif), 2009 NCT00202566 | ivabradine 5 mg b.i.d. for 2 months, increased to 7.5 mg b.i.d. for a further 2 months (on top atenolol 50 mg/day )
versus placebo on top atenolol 50 mg/day | patients with stable angina receiving atenolol 50 mg/day or another beta-blocker at equivalent doses for at least 3 months | double blind Follow-up duration: 4 months 20 countries |
ivabradine 20mg versus amlodipine | |||
Ruzyllo (CL3-023) 20mg, 2007 | ivabradine 10mg twice daily versus amlodipine 10mg once daily | Patients with a >/=3-month history of chronic, stable effort-induced angina | double-blind Follow-up duration: 3 months |
ivabradine 20mg versus atenolol | |||
INITIATIVE (CL3-017, Tardif) 20mg, 2005 | ivabradine 5 mg bid for 4 weeks and then 10 mg bid for 12 weeks
versus atenolol 50 mg od for 4 weeks and then 100 mg od for 12 weeks | patients with stable angina | double-blind Follow-up duration: 16 weeks |
ivabradine 20mg versus placebo | |||
SIGNIFY, 2014 ISRCTN61576291 | ivabradine, at a dose of up to 10 mg twice daily, with the dose adjusted to achieve a target heart rate of 55 to 60 beats per minute. versus placebo | patients who had both stable coronary artery disease without clinical heart failure and a heart rate of 70 beats per minute or more | double-blind Follow-up duration: 27.8 mo (median) |
Borer (CL2-009) 20mg, 2003 | ivabradine 10mg twice daily (20mg/d)
versus placebo | double blind Follow-up duration: 2 weeks | |
ivabradine 5mg versus placebo | |||
Borer (CL2-009) 5mg, 2003 | versus | double blind Follow-up duration: 2 weeks | |
paclitaxel eluting stent versus bare-metal stent | |||
SCORE, 2004 | QuaDDS stents (paclitaxel) versus uncoated control stents | patients with focal, de novo coronary lesions | open Follow-up duration: 12 months Worldwide |
TAXUS I, 2003 | TAXUS NIR versus NIR stent | Stable or unstable AP, silent ischaemia; single de novo or restenotic coronary lesions | double-blind Follow-up duration: 12 months Germany |
TAXUS II, 2003 NCT00299026 | TAXUS versus NIR stent | Stable or unstable AP, silent ischaemia; single de novo target lesion with estimatedstenosis >50% and <99%, | double-blind Follow-up duration: 12 months Global |
TAXUS IV, 2004 NCT00292474 | TAXUS versus EXPRESS | Stable or unstable AP, provokable ischaemia with a single, previously untreated coronary-artery stenosis (vessel diameter, 2.5 to 3.75 mm; lesion length, 10 to 28 mm) | double-blind Follow-up duration: 9 months United States |
TAXUS V (all patients), 2005 NCT00301522 | TAXUS versus bare metal EXPRESS-2 | Stable or unstable AP, silent ischaemia with single coronary artery stenosis including complex or previously unstudied lesions (requiring 2.25-mm, 4.0-mm, and/or multiple stents) | double-blind Follow-up duration: 9 months United States |
TAXUS VI, 2005 NCT00297804 | TAXUS versus Express2 stent | Stable or unstable AP, silent ischaemia with long, complex coronary artery lesions | double-blind Follow-up duration: 9 months (2y) Europe |
paclitaxel eluting stent versus CABG | |||
SYNTAX, 2009 NCT00114972 | paclitaxel (taxus Express SR) versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (on- or off-pump bypass) | patients with previously untreated three-vessel or left main coronary artery disease (or both) (complex lesions) | open Follow-up duration: 1 year |
paclitaxel, non-polymeric eluting stent versus bare-metal stent | |||
ASPECT, 2003 NCT00196079 | coated Supra-G stent versus Supra-G stent | patientswith discrete coronary lesions (<15 mm in length, 2.25 to 3.5 mm in diameter) | double-blind Follow-up duration: 6 months NA |
DELIVER, 2004 | non-polymer-based paclitaxel-coated ACHIEVE stent versus stainless steel Multi-Link (ML) PENTA stent | patients with focal de novo coronary lesions, <25 mm in length, in 2.5- to 4.0-mm vessels | single-blind Follow-up duration: 9 months US |
ELUTES, 2004 | coated V-Flex Plus versus V-Flex Plus | single de novo type A or type B1 lesions 15 mm length in a nativecoronary artery | open Follow-up duration: 12 months Europe |
PATENCY, 2002 | Logic PTX paclitaxel Eluting CoronaryStents versus uncoated control stents | Patients with de novo lesions of 2.7- to 4.0-mm diameter and 25-mm length received 3.0, 3.5, or 4.0 mm 10- or 15-mm | double blind Follow-up duration: 9 months |
PCI versus CABG | |||
AWESOME, 2001 | percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass graft | high-risk patients with medically refractory ischemia | open Follow-up duration: 5 years US (Veterans Affairs Medical Centers) |
PCI with drug-eluting stents versus CABG | |||
SYNTAX (diabetic), 2010 NCT00114972 | paclitaxel-eluting stents versus surgical revascularization | sub group of diabetic patients with left main and/or 3-vessel disease | Follow-up duration: 1 year |
FREEDOM, 2012 NCT00086450 | percutaneous coronary stenting versus CABG | patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease | open Follow-up duration: 3.8 yrs (median) international |
PCI with or without stent versus medical treatment | |||
TIME, 2001 | coronary angiography and revascularisation versus optimised medical therapy | patients aged 75 years or older with chronic angina of at least Canadian Cardiac Society class II despite at least two antianginal drugs | open |
AVERT, 1995 | angioplasty versus atorvastatin at 80 mg per day | Angina or asymptomatic, MI orunstable angina but not within 14 days,no triple vessel disease | open Follow-up duration: 1.5y |
Dakik, 1998 | PTCA versus intensive medical therapy | stable survivors of AMI | open Follow-up duration: 1y |
MASS II, 2007 | PCI versus medical therapy | patients with multivessel coronary artery disease with stable angina and preserved ventricular function | open Follow-up duration: 5y |
COURAGE, 2007 NCT00007657 | PCI coupled with optimal medical therapy versus optimal medical therapy aloneitm | patients with stable coronary artery disease | open Follow-up duration: median 4.6 y Canada, US |
ALKK, 2003 | angioplasty versus medical therapy | patients with single vessel disease of the infarct vessel and no or minor angina pectoris in the subacute phase (1 to 6 weeks) after an acute myocardial infarction | open Follow-up duration: 4.7y Germany |
Hambrecht, 2004 | PCI versus 12 months of exercise training (20 minutes of bicycle ergometry per day) | male patients aged 70 years | open Follow-up duration: 1y |
Bech, 2001 | PTCA versus deferral of PTCA | patients with planned PTCA and no documented ischemia and with coronary pressure–derived fractional flow reserve >0.75 | open Follow-up duration: 2y |
PCI withdrug-eluting stents versus CABG | |||
Hong, 2005 | drug-eluting stents versus invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) surgery | proximal left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery stenosis | open Follow-up duration: 9 months |
PCI withsirolimus ES versus MIDCAB | |||
Thiele, 2009 NCT00299429 | sirolimus-eluting stent versus MIDCAB surgery | isolated LAD disease | open Follow-up duration: 12 months Germany |
ranolazine 1000mg versus placebo | |||
MARIZA, 2004 | ranolazine 500 mg twice daily (sustained-release ranolazine 500, 1,000, or 1,500 mg) versus placebo | Patients with angina-limited exercise | double blind Follow-up duration: 1 week US, Czech Republic, Poland, Canada |
RAN080, 2005 | ranolazine IR 400mg TID versus placebo | patients who had symptom-limited exercise | double blind Follow-up duration: 1 week Europe, canada |
ranolazine 1000mg versus placebo (on top standard treatment) | |||
CARISA 1000mg, 2004 | ranozaline 1000mg (in combination with beta-blockers or calcium antagonists) versus placebo | patients with severe chronic angina who have symptoms of chronic angina and who experience angina and ischemia at low workloads despite taking standard doses of atenolol, amlodipine, or diltiazem | double blind Follow-up duration: 12 weeks |
ranolazine 1000mg + amlodipine versus placebo + amlodipine | |||
ERICA, 2006 NCT00091429 | ranolazine 1000 mg twice a day for 6 weeks + amlodipine (10 mg/d) versus placebo + amlodipine (10 mg/d) | patients with stable chronic angina already treated with the maximal dose of amlodipine (10mg/d) | double blind Follow-up duration: 6 weeks Europe, USA, Canada |
roxifiban versus placebo | |||
Murphy, 2003 | roxifiban 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, or 2.5 mg/day for up to 30 days versus placebo | patients with stable coronary artery disease | double blind Follow-up duration: 30 days |
Roxithromycin versus placebo | |||
ROXIS, 1999 | Roxithromycin 150 mg 2/d for 30 d versus placebo | Patients with documented history of CAD and ACS | double blind Follow-up duration: 6mo |
Leowattana et al, 2001 | Roxithromycin 150 mg/d for 30 d versus placebo | Patients with ACS | Follow-up duration: 3mo |
ANTIBIO, 2003 | Roxithromycin 300 mg/d for 6 wk versus placebo | Patients with unstable angina or MI | double blind Follow-up duration: 1y |
sirolimus biodegradable polymer versus sirolimus eluting stent | |||
ISAR-TEST-4 (biodegradable polymer), 2009 NCT00598676). | biodegradable polymer rapamycin-eluting stent versus permanent polymer-based rapamycin-eluting or everolimus-eluting | patients with stable coronary disease or acute coronary syndromes with de novo native-vessel stent implantation | open Follow-up duration: 12 mo Germany |
sirolimus eluting stent versus bare-metal stent | |||
C-SIRIUS, 2004 NCT00381420 | coated Bx-VELOCITY versus Bx-VELOCITY | Stable or unstable AP, silent ischaemia | double-blind Follow-up duration: 9 months Canada |
DECODE, 2005 NCT00489164 | CYPHER (Up to 3 stents per patient were allowed) versus Bx VELOCITY (Up to 3 stents per patient were allowed) | Stable or unstable angina in diabetic patients with with up to 2 de novo lesions in up to 2 native coronary vessels | open Follow-up duration: 1 year US, Asia/Pacific |
DESSERT, 2008 | Cypher andCypher Select versus Sonic (Cordis) | de novo lesions of diabetic patients treated with insulin and/or oral antidiabetics for >3 months | single-blind Follow-up duration: 12 months Italy |
DIABETES, 2005 | Cypher versus Bx Velocity/Sonic | de novo lesions in native coronary arteriesin 1, 2, or 3 native vessels with symptoms or objective evidence of ischemia; vessel size smaller than 4.0 mm | open Follow-up duration: 9 months Spanish |
E-SIRIUS, 2003 NCT00235144 | coated Bx Velocity versus Bx Velocity | Stable or unstable AP, silent ischaemia; single-vessel or multivessel coronary disease but with only one new lesion with an estimated stenosis of more than 50% but less than 100% in a major native coronary artery requiring treatment | open Follow-up duration: 9 months Europe |
GISSOC II, 2010 NCT00220558 | Sirolimus Eluting Stent versus Bare Metal Stent | patients with Chronic Total Occlusion older than 1 month, and successful recanalization | open Follow-up duration: 8 months Italy |
Kochiadakis, 2007 | sirolimus-eluting stents versus bare metal stent | one-vesseldisease (>70% narrowing of the lumen of one major epicardialcoronary artery); stable coronary artery disease, age <70 years, and vessel referencediameter >=2.5 mm | open Follow-up duration: 4.8 months (mean) Greece |
Ortolani et al, 2007 | Cypher versus Vision | symptomatic coronary artery disease and target vessel diameter appropriate for implantation a 3-mm stent | single-blind Follow-up duration: 9 months |
Pache et al, 2005 | Cypher versus BeStent 2 | with symptomatic coronary artery disease and significant angiographic stenosis in native coronary vessels | open Follow-up duration: 12 months Germany |
Pasceri, 2003 | Cypher versus | Follow-up duration: 12 months | |
PRISON II, 2006 NCT00258596 | Cypher versus BxVelocity | Chronic total occlusion, positive exercise stress test | single-blind Follow-up duration: 6 months Belgium |
RAVEL, 2002 NCT00233805 | coated Bx Velocity versus Bx Velocity | Stable or unstable AP, silent ischaemia; single primary target lesion in a native coronary artery | double-blind Follow-up duration: 12 months Global |
SCANDSTENT, 2006 NCT00151658 | Cypher versus Sonic | Stable or unstable AP, recent AMI (non ST-elevation); with one or more de novo complex lesions in native coronary vessels (occluded, bifurcational, ostial or angulated) | open Follow-up duration: 7 months Denmark |
SCORPIUS, 2007 NCT00495898 | Cypher versus Bx-Velocity | patients with diabetes and de novo coronary artery lesions | open Follow-up duration: 12 months Germany |
SES-SMART, 2004 | Cypher versus Bx Sonic | Stable AP, ACS, silent myocardial ischaemia as shown by exercise stress test | single-blind Follow-up duration: 8 months Italian |
SIRIUS, 2003 NCT00232765 | SES versus Bx Velocity | Stable or unstable AP, signs of myocardial ischaemia | double-blind Follow-up duration: 9 months United States |
sirolimus eluting stent versus paclitaxel eluting stent | |||
BASKET (vs paclitaxel), 2005 | Cypher versus Taxus | Unselected patients; de-novo lesions | open Follow-up duration: 6 months Switzerland, |
Cervinka, 2006 | sirolimus-eluting stent versus paclitaxel-eluting stent | Complex lesionsand patients. Signs and/or symptoms myocardial ischaemia, including AMI | open Follow-up duration: 6 months |
CORPAL, 2005 | sirolimus versus paclitaxel | Documented myocardial ischaemia, no AMI | open Spain |
Di Lorenzo et al., 2005 | sirolimus versus paclitaxel | ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction | open NA |
Han, 2006 | Cypher versus Taxus | Multivessel disease. Stable or unstable AP, no AMI | open Follow-up duration: 19.5 months (mean) China |
ISAR-DESIRE (SES vs PES), 2005 | Cypher versus Taxus | In-stent restenosis. AP and/or positive test, previously stented, no AMI | open Follow-up duration: 1y germany |
ISAR-DIABETES, 2005 | Taxus versus Cypher | Diabetic patients. AP or positive stress, no AMI with clinically significant angiographic stenosis in a native coronary vessel | open Follow-up duration: 9 months Germany |
ISAR-LEFT-MAIN, 2009 NCT00133237 | Paclitaxel-eluting stent versus Sirolimus-eluting stent | Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease | open Follow-up duration: 1 year |
ISAR-SMART 3, 2006 NCT00146575 | Taxus versus Cypher | Small vessels, de novo lesions in native coronary vessels with a diameter of <2.80 mm nondiabetic patients. AP or positive stress, no AMI | NA Germany |
ISAR-TEST-1, 2006 NCT00140530 | rapamycin-eluting stent Yukon versus Taxus | stable or unstable anginaor a positive stress test, stable or unstable anginaor a positive stress test | open Follow-up duration: 9 months Germany |
Kim, 2008 | Cypher versus Taxus | Korean diabetic patients with high-grade de novo coronary lesions (stenosis of>70 percent of the luminal diameter) requiring <3 stents | open Follow-up duration: 6 months Korea |
LONG DES II, 2006 | SES versus PES | Long lesions. AP or positive stress, no AMI | single-blind Follow-up duration: 9 months Korea |
Petronio et al, 2007 | Cypher versus Taxus | Complex lesions. Stable AP or documented ischaemia, no AMI | open Follow-up duration: 9 months Italy |
REALITY, 2006 NCT00235092 | Cypher versus Taxus | Relatively unselected patients. Stable or unstable documented silent ischaemia, no AMI with 1 or 2 de novo lesions (2.25-3.00 mm in diameter) in native coronary arteries | open Follow-up duration: 12 months Europe, Latin America, and Asiam |
SIRTAX (Windecker), 2005 | sirolimus-eluting stents (Cypher) versus paclitaxel-eluting stents (Taxus) | Unselected patients. Stable AP, ACS, including AMI. at least one lesion with stenosis of at least 50 percent in a vessel with a reference diameter between 2.25 and 4.00 mm that was suitable for stent implantation | single-blind Follow-up duration: 9 mo (5y) Switzerland |
TAXi, 2005 | Cypher versus Taxus | Unselected patients | open Follow-up duration: 6 months Switzerland. |
Tomai, 2008 | sirolimus-eluting stent versus paclitaxel-eluting stent | diabetic patient with multiple de novo coronary artery lesions | NA Follow-up duration: 8 months Italy |
Zhang (SES vs PES), 2006 | Cypher versus Taxus | Unselected patients. Stable or unstable AP, ACS with de novo coronary lesions | open Follow-up duration: 1y China |
spinal cord stimulation versus coronary artery bypass grafting | |||
ESBY, 1998 | Spinal cord stimulation versus coronary artery bypass grafting | patients with severe angina pectoris | open Follow-up duration: 6 mo (2y) |
spinal cord stimulation versus no spinal cord stimulation | |||
de Jongste , 1994 | spinal cord stimulation versus control | patients with intractable angina pectoris | open Follow-up duration: 8 weeks |
Lanza, 2005 | spinal cord stimulation versus no spinal cord stimulation | patients with cardiac syndrome X | open Follow-up duration: 8 mo (median) |
spinal cord stimulation versus percutaneous myocardial laser revascularization | |||
SPIRIT, 2006 | spinal cord stimulation versus percutaneous myocardial laser revascularization | Subjects with Canadian Cardiovascular Society class 3/4 angina and reversible perfusion defects | open Follow-up duration: 12 mo |
spinal cord stimulation versus placebo | |||
Eddicks, 2007 | Spinal cord stimulation versus placebo | patients with refractory angina | double blind Follow-up duration: 4 weeks |
stent versus balloon angioplasty | |||
Lincoff (EPISTENT), 1999 NCT00271401 | stent followed by aspirin 325 mg, abciximab versus balloon angioplasty followed by aspirin 325 mg, abciximab | patients with ischaemic heart disease and suitable coronary-artery lesions | open Follow-up duration: 6 months USA, Canada |
Hoher, 1999 | Wiktor versus PTCA alone | patients with a thrombolysis in myocardial infarction grade 0 chronic coronary occlusion | open Follow-up duration: 6 months |
Serruys Benestent, 1994 | Palmaz-Schatz versus balloon angioplasty, aspirin 250-500 mg + dipyridamole 75 mgx3 | Stable angina | Open Follow-up duration: 7 months Europe |
Fischman STRESS, 1994 | Palmaz-Schatz versus ballon angioplasty aspirin, dipyridamol | Stable angina | Open Follow-up duration: 6 months USA |
Eeckout, 1996 | Wiktor stent implantation versus conventional balloon angioplasty | Stable angina | open Follow-up duration: 6 months |
Sirnes, 1996 | Palmaz-Schatz versus PTCA alone | patients with a satisfactory result after successful recanalization by PTCA of a chronic coronary occlusion | open Follow-up duration: 6 months |
Versaci , 1997 | Palmaz-Schatz versus standard coronary angioplasty, aspirin and diltiazem indefinitely | patients with isolated stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery | open Follow-up duration: 12 months Italy |
Savage, 1998 | Palmaz-Schatz stent versus standard balloon angioplasty | patients with new lesions in aortocoronary-venous bypass grafts | open Follow-up duration: 6 months |
Erbel, 1998 | Palmaz-Schatz versus standard balloon angioplasty | patients with clinical and angiographic evidence of restenosis after at least one balloon angioplasty | open Follow-up duration: 6 months |
Rubartelli, 1998 | Palmaz-Schatz stent implantation versus PTCA alone | patients with recanalized total occlusion | open Follow-up duration: 9 months |
Hancock, 1998 | Palmaz-Schatz versus angioplasty alone | patients with a total coronary occlusion successfully treated by PTCA | open Follow-up duration: 6 months |
Serruys Benestent 2, 1998 | Heparin-coated Palmaz-Schatz versus ballon angioplastyaspirin >=100mg 6 month | Stable and unstable angina | Open Follow-up duration: 12 months Europe |
Rodriguez, 1998 | stent versus optimal PTCA | patients obtaining a good immediate angiographic result after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty | open Follow-up duration: 6 months |
Sievert, 1999 | stent implantation versus angioplasty alone | Stable angina | open Follow-up duration: 4 months |
Betriu, 1999 | Palmaz-Schatz versus standard balloon angioplasty | Stable and unstable angina | open Follow-up duration: 6 months (4y) |
Buller, 1999 | Heparin-coated Palmaz-Schatz versus PTCA | patients with nonacute native coronary occlusions | open Follow-up duration: 6 months |
Serruys, 2000 | primary stenting versus balloon angioplasty | patients scheduled for single-vessel angioplasty | open Follow-up duration: 12 months |
Di Marlo, 2000 | elective stent implantation versus guided PTCA | Stable and unstable angina; no AMI inprevious 24 h | open Follow-up duration: 12 months |
Kastrati, 2000 | Multilink versus PTCA | Patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease with lesions situated in native coronary vessels between 2 and 2.8 mm in size | open Follow-up duration: 7 months |
Witkowski, 2000 | Palmaz-Schatz stent versus angioplasty | Symptomatic CAD; no AMI in previous 14 d | open Follow-up duration: 6 months |
Lafont, 2000 | systematic stenting versus provisional stenting (group 1, in which stenting was performed if postangioplasty coronary velocity reserve was <2.2 and/or residual stenosis > or =35% or as bail-out) | patients undergoing elective coronary angioplasty | open Follow-up duration: 6 months |
Fluck, 2000 | Wiktor stent versus balloon angioplasty | Symptomatic CAD; no AMI in previous 7 d | open Follow-up duration: 12 months |
Dangas, 2000 | elective stenting (Palmaz-Schatz stent) versus PTCA with prolonged perfusion balloon inflation | patients with discrete, de novo lesions in native coronary arteries > or =3 mm in diameter | open Follow-up duration: 8 months |
Weaver, 2000 | routine stent implantation (Palmaz-Schatz) versus balloon angioplasty and provisional stenting | patients undergoing single-vessel coronary angioplasty | open Follow-up duration: 6 months |
Lotan, 2000 | stent implantation (AVE Micro Stent) versus no further treatment | with total coronary artery occlusions who had an optimal PTCA result | open Follow-up duration: 6 months |
Park, 2000 | elective stent placement (7-cell NIR stent) versus balloon angioplasty | patients with lesions in small coronary arteries (de novo, non-ostial lesion and reference diameter <3 mm) | open Follow-up duration: 6 months (16 m) |
Koning, 2001 | stent implantation (beStent Small) versus standard balloon angioplasty | symptomatic patients with de novo focal lesion located on a small coronary segment vessel (<3 mm) | open Follow-up duration: 6 months |
Doucet, 2001 | stent implantation (beStent-Artist) versus angioplasty alone | symptomatic patients needing dilatation of 1 native coronary vessel between 2.3 and 2.9 mm in size | open Follow-up duration: 6 months |
Moer, 2001 | elective stenting treatment with the heparin (Hepamed)-coated beStent versus PTCA | patients with stable or unstable angina | open Follow-up duration: 6 months |
stent versus CABG | |||
ARTS, 2001 | Palmaz-Schatz Crown/Cross flex (Cordis) versus Conventional CABG | Multi vessel disease with 2 or more de novo lesion in different major arteries Total occlusion < 1month | open Follow-up duration: 1 year International |
CARDia (PCI), 2008 ISRCTN19872154 | PCI plus stenting (and routine abciximab) versus CABG | Patients with diabetes and symptomatic multivessel coronary artery disease or complex single-vessel disease. | open Follow-up duration: 1 y UK, Ireland |
ERACI II, 2003 | Gianturco Robin II (Cook) Primary device versus Conventional CABG | multi vessel disease Angina CSS III-IV; no angina but large area of heart at risk; unstable =1 vessel to be treated Lesion>3.0mm | open Follow-up duration: 30d, 1year Argentinad |
LEMANS, 2002 NCT00375063 | unprotected left main stenting versus coronary artery bypass grafting | patients with unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis | open Follow-up duration: 1y Poland |
MASS II, 2007 | PCI (73% stent) versus CABG | patients with multivessel coronary artery disease with stable angina and preserved ventricular function | open Follow-up duration: 5y (1y) South America |
Myoprotect, 2004 | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty/stent versus CABG | patients with symptomatic main-stem and main-stem-equivalent lesions with substantially increased risk for bypass surgery | open Follow-up duration: 1 year Europe |
SOS, 2002 NCT00475449 | Stent versus CABG | multiple vessel disease Symptomatic 1 or more vessel suitable for stenting | open Follow-up duration: 3 years Canada, United Kingdom, Europe |
stent versus E-ACAB | |||
Cisowski, 0 | Tristar, Tera, Penta (Guidant) (Cordis) versus endoscopic atraumatic coronary artery bypass grafting | single vessel disease ACC/AHA A or B lesion in proximal LAD Angina CCS II or higher Lesion diameter 3 mm orgreater/length 20mm or greater | open Follow-up duration: 2 years Poland |
stent versus MIDCAB | |||
Diegeler, 2002 | Various stents versus minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (off-pump proceedure) | single vessel disease Lesion =75% stenosis in proximal LAD or between origin of left circumflex and 1st septal branch | open Follow-up duration: 5 years Germany |
Drenth, 2002 | Stent type not reported versus minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (off-pump proceedure | single vessel disease Angina II Lesion (Grade B2 or C) of proximal LAD Suitable for CABG or stenting | open Follow-up duration: 6 months, 3 years Netherlands |
Grip, 2001 | Stent type not reported versus minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (off-pump proceedure) | single vessel disease engaging LAD Stable or unstable angina | open Sweden |
Kim, 2005 | Stent versus MIDCAB using ministernotomy | patients with isolated proximal left anterior descending artery disease | open Follow-up duration: 2 years Korea |
SIMA, 2000 | Any CE marked, but Palmaz-Schatz recommended versus Conventional CABG or minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (off-pump proceedure) (10% of surgical procedures | single vessel disease Symptomatic or silent ischaemia 1 LAD lesion Ejection fraction >45% Vessel >3.0mm | open Follow-up duration: 2.4 years Europe |
stent versus OPCAB | |||
OCTOSTENT, 2003 NCT00975858 | Stent type not reported versus off-pump coronary artery bypass | multi or single vessel disease Moderate LV function CABG or stenting to be considered feasible | open Follow-up duration: 1 year Europe |
ticlopidine versus placebo | |||
Berglund, 1985 | ticlopidine 500 mg daily versus placebo | middle-aged men with stable incapacitating angina pectoris | double blind Follow-up duration: 2m |
TMR versus medical treatment | |||
Aaberge, 2000 | transmyocardial revascularization with CO2-laser versus continued optimal medical treatment | patients with refractory angina not eligible for conventional revascularization | open Follow-up duration: 12 months Norway |
Allen, 1999 | transmyocardial revascularization versus medical therapy alone | patients with medically refractory class IV angina and coronary disease that could not be treated with percutaneous or surgical revascularization | open Follow-up duration: 1 y US |
ATLANTIC (Burkhoff), 1999 | Transmyocardial revascularisation versus medical treatment alone | patients with Canadian Cardiovascular Society Angina (CCSA) score III or IV, reversible ischaemia, and incomplete response to other therapies | open Follow-up duration: 1 y US |
Frazier, 1999 | transmyocardial revascularization versus continued medical treatment | patients with end-stage coronary artery disease | open Follow-up duration: 12 months (4y) US |
Gray, 2003 | percutaneous myocardial laser revascularization versus medical therapy alone | with stable angina pectoris (class III or IV) who were unsuitable for conventional revascularization and had evidence of reversible ischemia by thallium-201 scintigraphy, ejection fraction of > or =25%, and myocardial wall thickness > or =8 mm | open Follow-up duration: 12 months |
Huikeshoven, 2003 | XeCl excimer transmyocardial laser revascularization versus optimal cardiac medication | open Follow-up duration: 1y | |
March, 1999 | Transmyocardial laser revascularization versus continued medical management | patients with symptomatic end-stage coronary artery disease | open Follow-up duration: 12 months |
PACIFIC, 2000 | Percutaneous transmyocardial laser revascularisation versus medical treatment only | patients with reversible ischaemia of Canadian Cardiovascular Society angina class III or IV and incomplete response to other therapies | open Follow-up duration: 12 months US, UK |
Salem, 2004 | percutaneous myocardial laser revascularization versus optimal medical therapy | patients with stable angina pectoris (class III or IV) not amenable to conventional revascularization and with evidence of reversible ischemia, ejection fraction >/=25%, and myocardial wall thickness >/=8 mm | double blind Follow-up duration: 12 months Norway |
Schofield, 1999 | Transmyocardial laser revascularisation versus medical management alone | patients with refractory angina | open Follow-up duration: 1 y |
Stone, 2002 | percutaneous transmyocardial revascularization versus maximal medical therapy | patients with class III or IV angina caused by one or more chronically occluded native coronary arteries in which a percutaneous coronary intervention had failed | single blind (patient) Follow-up duration: 6 months US |
van der Sloot, 2004 | XeCl excimer transmyocardial laser revascularization versus maximal medication | patients with refractory angina | open Follow-up duration: 12 months the Netherlands |
TMR versus placebo | |||
Leon (high dose), 2005 | high-dose myocardial laser channels versus placebo (sham procedure) | patients with severe angina | double blind Follow-up duration: 6 months US |
TMR versus thoracic sympathectomy | |||
Galiñanes, 2004 | Transmyocardial laser revascularization by holmium: yttrium aluminum garnet laser versus thoracic sympathectomy | patients with nonrevascularizable coronary arteries and intractable angina | open Follow-up duration: 42 months |
TMR+CABG versus CABG | |||
Allen, 2000 | coronary bypass of suitable vessels plus transmyocardial revascularization to areas not graftable versus coronary bypass alone with nongraftable areas left unrevascularized | patients whose standard of care was coronary artery bypass grafting and who had one or more ischemic areas not amenable to bypass grafting | single blind |
Loubani, 2003 | coronary artery bypass grafting plus transmyocardial laser revascularization with a holmium:YAG (yttrium-aluminum-garnet) laser to nongraftable areas versus coronary artery bypass grafting | Patients who had elective coronary artery bypass with one or more nongraftable coronary arteries | open Follow-up duration: 36 months UK |
Zhao, 2006 | transmyocardial laser revascularization (holmium: YAG) combined with off-pump coronary artery bypass versus off-pump coronary artery bypass | patients with diffusely diseased target vessels | open Follow-up duration: 3.4y China |
zotarolimus eluting stent versus bare-metal stent | |||
ENDEAVOR II, 2006 | AVE Zotarolimus-Eluting Driver versus Driver | single de novo native coronary artery stenosis | double-blind Follow-up duration: 12 months worldwide |
zotarolimus eluting stent versus everolimus eluting stent | |||
RESOLUTE All comers, 2010 NCT00617084.) | zotarolimus-eluting stent versus everolimus-eluting stent (Xience) | adult patients with chronic, stable coronary artery disease or acute coronary syndromes, including myocardial infarction with or without ST-segment elevation | open Follow-up duration: 12 months (5y) |
zotarolimus eluting stent versus paclitaxel eluting stent | |||
ENDEAVOR IV, 2009 NCT00217269 | zotarolimus-eluting stent (Endeavor) versus paclitaxel-eluting stent (Taxus) | single de novo lesions in native coronary arteries with a reference vessel diameter of 2.5-3.5 mm | open Follow-up duration: mean 36 mo US |
zotarolimus eluting stent versus sirolimus eluting stent | |||
ENDEAVOR III, 2006 NCT00217256 | ABT-578 coated Endeavor versus Cypher | single de novo lesions in native coronary arteries 2.5-3.5 mm in diameter | open Follow-up duration: 12 months (and 24 months) US |
PROTECT, 2012 NCT00476957 | Medtronic Endeavor Zotarolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System versus Cordis Cypher Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent | unselected patients (patients 18 years or older who were undergoing stenting for elective, unplanned, or emergency procedures in native coronary arteries) | open-label |
ZEST (vs SES), 2009 NCT00418067 | zotarolimus-eluting stents versus sirolimus-eluting stents | Patients with coronary artery disease | Open Follow-up duration: 1 year Korea |