Trial of a Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon for Femoropopliteal Artery Disease
Rosenfield K, Jaff MR, White CJ, Rocha-Singh K, Mena-Hurtado C, Metzger DC, Brodmann M, Pilger E, Zeller T, Krishnan P, Gammon R, Müller-Hülsbeck S, Nehler MR, Benenati JF, Scheinert D. Trial of a Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon for Femoropopliteal Artery Disease. New England Journal Of Medicine 2015, 373: 145-153. PMID: 26106946, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1406235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-coated balloonsPaclitaxel-coated balloonPeripheral artery diseasePercutaneous transluminal angioplastyPrimary patencyArtery diseaseTransluminal angioplastyStandard angioplastyStandard balloonSymptomatic femoropopliteal peripheral artery diseaseFemoropopliteal peripheral artery diseasePrimary efficacy end pointPrimary safety end pointEnd pointSignificant between-group differencesComposite of freedomPrimary safety eventsSymptomatic intermittent claudicationEfficacy end pointSafety end pointFemoropopliteal artery diseaseProportion of patientsSignificant atherosclerotic lesionsBetween-group differencesRate of death