Aortic & peripheral vascular disease

Intravascular ultrasound-guided drug-coated balloon angioplasty for femoropopliteal artery disease: a clinical trial

Eur Heart JPublished Randomised controlled trial

Primary result · Primary patencyResult — go to the resultCumulative difference 19.6 % 95% CI 6.8–32.3

Authors' conclusion

Intravascular ultrasound guidance significantly improved the outcomes of DCBs for FPA disease in terms of primary patency, freedom from clinically driven target lesion revascularization, and sustained clinical and haemodynamic improvement at 12 months.

Study context

Population
Patients with femoropopliteal artery disease treated with drug-coated balloons204 (86.0%) completed
Participants
237 patients
Comparison
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided vs angiography-guided DCB angioplasty
  • IVUSn = 119
  • Angiographyn = 118reference
Primary endpoint
Primary patency
Follow-up
12 months
Methodological detailsprospective, multicentre, 7 centres in South Korea, Enrolment May 2016 to August 2022; median follow-up 363 days
  • Prospective
  • Multicentre
  • 7 centres in South Korea
  • Enrolment May 2016 to August 2022; median follow-up 363 days

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

Cumulative difference

19.6 %

95% CI 6.8–32.3

P = 0.01

By group

IVUSvs Angiography
cumulative difference 19.6 % (95% CI 6.8–32.3); P = 0.01

Further findings

OutcomeIVUSAngiographyDifference (%) (95% CI)P value
Freedom from clinically driven target lesion revascularization · 12 months92.4%83.0%11.6 (3.1–20.1)P = 0.02

Sustained clinical improvement · 12 months

P = 0.01

Haemodynamic improvement · 12 months

P = 0.01

Post-procedural minimum lumen diameter

P = 0.03

Original publication

Intravascular ultrasound-guided drug-coated balloon angioplasty for femoropopliteal artery disease: a clinical trial. Eur Heart J. Published 5 July 2024. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehae372

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