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news.The data from the patients who cannot be treated with drug eluting stents (DES) and the accompanying requirement of long-term dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) showed positive safety and short- and long-term clinical outcomes following treatment with OrbusNeich's Genous Stent, according to a study published online in EuroIntervention.
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In the study, the major adverse cardiac events (MACE) free survival rate in patients treated with the Genous Stent was 80.6% after one year.
The single-center study investigated 61 high-risk patients with a clear contraindication to prolonged DAPT.
The study’s primary outcome measures were the occurrences of death, MI, target vessel revascularization (TVR), target lesion revascularization (TLR) and MACE, defined as a non-hierarchical composite of all cause death, nonfatal MI or repeat revascularization.
OrbusNeich research and development vice president Stephen Rowland said that this study adds to the growing body of knowledge published in peer-reviewed biomedical publications that supports the use of Genous for the treatment of challenging coronary indications.
"We see in this case that high-risk patients with confounding co-morbidities precluding the use of DES still have an option that is safe and effective in the long-term," Rowland said.