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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) With Drug-Eluting Stents (DES) Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) for Patients With Significant Left Main Stenosis

PCI With DES Versus CABG for Patients With Significant Left Main Stenosis

Status
Unknown
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
200 (estimated)
Sponsor
University of Leipzig · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Recent technical advances in percutaneous coronary interventions have made it possible to approach patients with coronary lesions formerly considered to be classical candidates for bypass surgery, e.g. patients with left main coronary stenosis. However, it is still unclear whether the good long-term results achieved with the surgical therapy can be reproduced by an interventional strategy using drug-eluting stents (DES). The aim of the current trial is, therefore, to compare the clinical and angiographic results of PCI and CABG in patients with left main coronary stenosis.

Detailed description

Recent technical advances in percutaneous coronary interventions have made it possible to approach patients with coronary lesions formerly considered to be classical candidates for bypass surgery, e.g. patients with left main coronary stenosis. However, it is still unclear whether the good long-term results achieved with the surgical therapy can be reproduced by an interventional strategy using drug-eluting stents (DES). The aim of the current trial is, therefore, to compare the clinical and angiographic results of PCI and CABG in patients with left main coronary stenosis. The study was planned as a "non-inferiority" trial based on the hypothesis that PCI may be able to reach similar long-term results as compared to CABG.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREPercutaneous coronary intervention (left main)

Timeline

Start date
2003-08-01
First posted
2005-09-15
Last updated
2007-09-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00176397. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.