SPIRIT IV trial design: A large-scale randomized comparison of everolimus-eluting stents and paclitaxel-eluting stents in patients with coronary artery disease
Nikolsky E, Lansky AJ, Sudhir K, Doostzadeh J, Cutlip DE, Piana R, Su X, White R, Simonton CA, Stone GW. SPIRIT IV trial design: A large-scale randomized comparison of everolimus-eluting stents and paclitaxel-eluting stents in patients with coronary artery disease. American Heart Journal 2009, 158: 520-526.e2. PMID: 19781409, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.07.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPaclitaxel-eluting stentsTarget lesion revascularizationCoronary artery diseaseSPIRIT IVLesion revascularizationArtery diseaseDiabetes mellitusIschemia-driven target lesion revascularizationNovo native coronary artery lesionsMajor adverse cardiac eventsNative coronary artery diseaseNative coronary artery lesionsTarget vessel myocardial infarctionEnd pointUS clinical sitesAdverse cardiac eventsPrimary end pointTarget lesion failureTarget vessel failureVessel myocardial infarctionCoronary artery lesionsReference vessel diameterClinical end pointsMulticenter clinical trialAngiographic late loss