2022
Randomized Trial of Chocolate Touch Compared With Lutonix Drug-Coated Balloon in Femoropopliteal Lesions (Chocolate Touch Study)
Shishehbor MH, Zeller T, Werner M, Brodmann M, Parise H, Holden A, Lichtenberg M, Parikh SA, Kashyap VS, Pietras C, Tirziu D, Ardakani S, Beschorner U, Krishnan P, Niazi KA, Wali AU, Lansky AJ. Randomized Trial of Chocolate Touch Compared With Lutonix Drug-Coated Balloon in Femoropopliteal Lesions (Chocolate Touch Study). Circulation 2022, 145: 1645-1654. PMID: 35377157, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.122.059646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLutonix drug-coated balloonDrug-coated balloonsEnd pointPrimary efficacy end pointPrimary safety end pointIndependent clinical events committeeIschemic rest painPrimary efficacy rateEfficacy end pointPrimary end pointSafety end pointClinical events committeeMajor adverse eventsRate of restenosisDrug-Coated BalloonNoninferiority end pointSafety event rateAverage lesion lengthMajor amputationPopliteal diseaseRest painBailout stentingEfficacy ratePrimary patencyAdverse events
2019
First-in-Human Study of Paclitaxel Drug-Coated Chocolate Coronary Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty Balloon Catheter in De Novo Coronary Artery Lesions
Garcia-Lithgow C, Tirziu D, Zhou S, Bouras G, Shah T, Grubman D, Javier JJ, Mustapha JA, Abizaid A, Lansky AJ. First-in-Human Study of Paclitaxel Drug-Coated Chocolate Coronary Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty Balloon Catheter in De Novo Coronary Artery Lesions. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2019, 12: 2568-2570. PMID: 31857033, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.08.044.Peer-Reviewed Original Research