2012
Targeted anti-inflammatory systemic therapy for restenosis: The Biorest Liposomal Alendronate with Stenting sTudy (BLAST)—a double blind, randomized clinical trial
Banai S, Finkelstein A, Almagor Y, Assali A, Hasin Y, Rosenschein U, Apruzzese P, Lansky AJ, Kume T, Edelman ER. Targeted anti-inflammatory systemic therapy for restenosis: The Biorest Liposomal Alendronate with Stenting sTudy (BLAST)—a double blind, randomized clinical trial. American Heart Journal 2012, 165: 234-240.e1. PMID: 23351827, PMCID: PMC4637940, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.10.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionLate lossCoronary interventionDiabetes mellitusPrimary efficacy end pointBare metal stent implantationEnd pointSystemic innate immunityEfficacy end pointPlacebo-controlled trialPrimary end pointAcute coronary syndromeStent late lossMetal stent implantationSingle intravenous bolusVascular injury sitesAverage late lossBaseline monocyteLiposomal alendronateCoronary syndromePlacebo groupStudy drugCoronary narrowingOverall cohortPrespecified subgroups
2010
Everolimus-Eluting versus Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents in Coronary Artery Disease
Stone GW, Rizvi A, Newman W, Mastali K, Wang JC, Caputo R, Doostzadeh J, Cao S, Simonton CA, Sudhir K, Lansky AJ, Cutlip DE, Kereiakes DJ. Everolimus-Eluting versus Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents in Coronary Artery Disease. New England Journal Of Medicine 2010, 362: 1663-1674. PMID: 20445180, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0910496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPaclitaxel-eluting stentsTarget lesion failureEverolimus-eluting stentsMajor secondary end pointPrimary end pointSecondary end pointsEnd pointMyocardial infarctionIschemia-driven target lesion revascularizationRoutine follow-up angiographyTarget vessel myocardial infarctionComposite rateTarget lesion revascularizationClinical end pointsCoronary artery diseaseSubgroup of patientsFollow-up angiographyEverolimus-ElutingAngiographic findingsPrespecified subgroupsArtery diseaseCardiac deathStent thrombosisPatientsStents