2023
Chocolate Touch Versus Lutonix Drug-Coated Balloon for Femoropopliteal Lesions in Diabetes: The Chocolate Touch Study.
Böhme T, Zeller T, Shishehbor M, Werner M, Brodmann M, Parise H, Holden A, Lichtenberg M, Parikh S, Kashyap V, Pietras C, Tirziu D, Beschorner U, Krishnan P, Niazi K, Wali A, Lansky A. Chocolate Touch Versus Lutonix Drug-Coated Balloon for Femoropopliteal Lesions in Diabetes: The Chocolate Touch Study. Journal Of Endovascular Therapy 2023, 15266028231179589. PMID: 37314243, DOI: 10.1177/15266028231179589.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLutonix drug-coated balloonDrug-coated balloonsPrimary safety endpointDM statusFemoropopliteal diseaseDiabetes mellitusSafety endpointFemoropopliteal lesionsSimilar safetyHigh-risk patient populationFemoropopliteal artery lesionsIschemic rest painNon-DM patientsSymptomatic femoropopliteal lesionsPrimary efficacy endpointMajor adverse eventsTherapy of choiceDrug-Coated BalloonMajor amputationRest painEfficacy endpointPrimary patencyAdverse eventsArtery lesionsDiabetes status
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