2005
Angiographic and clinical outcomes at 8 months of cutting balloon angioplasty and β‐brachytherapy for native vessel in‐stent restenosis (BETACUT): Results from a stopped randomized controlled trial
Schlüter M, Tübler T, Lansky AJ, Kähler S, Berger J, Mathey DG, Schofer J. Angiographic and clinical outcomes at 8 months of cutting balloon angioplasty and β‐brachytherapy for native vessel in‐stent restenosis (BETACUT): Results from a stopped randomized controlled trial. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2005, 66: 320-326. PMID: 16216024, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandard balloonClinical outcomesCB angioplastyBalloon angioplastyStent restenosisInterim analysisMajor adverse cardiac eventsNative vesselsAdverse cardiac eventsOverall patient populationImmediate angiographic outcomeTreatment of choiceQuantitative coronary angiographyΒ-brachytherapyAngiographic restenosisBeta-radiation treatmentLesion revascularizationAngiographic outcomesCardiac eventsConsecutive patientsCoronary angiographyStudy armsIntracoronary brachytherapyPatient populationTreatment modalities
2002
Use of localised intracoronary β radiation in treatment of in-stent restenosis: the INHIBIT randomised controlled trial
Waksman R, Raizner AE, Yeung AC, Lansky AJ, Vandertie L, investigators I. Use of localised intracoronary β radiation in treatment of in-stent restenosis: the INHIBIT randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 2002, 359: 551-557. PMID: 11867107, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)07741-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBinary angiographic restenosis ratePrimary safety endpointAngiographic restenosis rateTarget lesion revascularisationStent restenosisPlacebo groupSafety endpointRestenosis rateRadiated groupMyocardial infarctionMajor adverse cardiac eventsIntracoronary beta radiationIntracoronary β-radiationSuccessful coronary interventionAdverse cardiac eventsPrimary efficacy endpointRecurrence of restenosisBeta-radiation treatmentEfficacy endpointAngiographic outcomesCardiac eventsCoronary interventionIntracoronary stentingProcedural successVascular brachytherapy