Use of the helical SUPERA™ stent and Passeo-18 Lux™ drug-coated balloon to treat recurrent cephalic arch stenosis for dysfunctional brachiocephalic fistulas: 1 year results of the Arch V SUPERA-LUX study

2021 ◽  
pp. 112972982110430
Author(s):  
Tjun Yip Tang ◽  
Shereen Xue Yun Soon ◽  
Charyl Jia Qi Yap ◽  
Sze Ling Chan ◽  
Ru Yu Tan ◽  
...  

Background: Aim of Arch V SUPERA-LUX was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the combination therapy of SUPERA™ ( Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA, USA) helical stent implantation and Passeo-18 Lux™ ( Biotronik Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Singapore) drug coated balloon (DCB) elution to treat recurrent cephalic arch stenosis (CAS) in the setting of AV access dysfunction. Methods: Investigator-initiated, single-center, single-arm prospective pilot study of 20 end-stage renal failure Asian patients with a dysfunctional brachiocephalic fistula. All had symptomatic recurrent CAS within 6 months of prior intervention. The lesion was pre-dilated with a standard high-pressure balloon (Biotronik Passeo-35 HP balloon). The DCB (Passeo-18 Lux™) is subsequently inflated and the SUPERA™ stent deployed to sit 2 mm distal to the cephalic arch and covering the CAS but within the DCB zone. All patients were prescribed dual antiplatelet therapy for 3 months and followed up with Duplex ultrasound at 6- and 12-months. Results: There were 9 (45%) males and mean age was 67 ± 11.0 years. Mean time from prior procedure was 113 ± 68 days and main indication for reintervention was high venous pressure (9/20, 45%). Technical success was 100% and there were no peri-procedural complications related to either stent or DCB deployment. Target lesion primary patency at 6- and 12-months was 10/18 (55%) and 5/16 (31%), respectively. Mean time to target lesion re-intervention was 170 ± 82 days. Circuit access patency was 8/18 (44%) and 2/16 (13%) at 6- and 12-months respectively and mortality was 3/20 (15%) attributed to the patients’ underlying co-morbidities. Conclusion: Dual prong strategy of using SUPERA™ stenting and Passeo-18 Lux™ drug elution for recurrent CAS, although safe, was no more efficacious than conventional balloon angioplasty or stenting alone. Development of an intense inflammatory reaction within the stent led to reinterventions of a number of cases with suboptimal results.

2021 ◽  
pp. 112972982110670
Author(s):  
Tjun Y Tang ◽  
Shereen XY Soon ◽  
Charyl JQ Yap ◽  
Ru Yu Tan ◽  
Suh Chien Pang ◽  
...  

Background: Aim of this pilot clinical study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Selution Sustained Limus Release (SLR)™ sirolimus-eluting balloon (SEB) for improving failing arterio-venous fistulas (AVF) patency in Asian haemodialysis patients. Methods: Prospective single-centre, multi-investigator, non-consecutive, non-blinded single arm trial. Forty end-stage renal failure Asian patients with a dysfunctional AVF underwent SEB angioplasty between May and November 2020. All stenotic lesions were prepared with high pressure non-compliant balloon angioplasty prior to SEB angioplasty. Endpoints of interest included target lesion primary patency and circuit access patency and safety through 30 days. All patients received dual antiplatelet therapy for 1 month and were followed up with Duplex ultrasound at 6 months. Results: There was one subject dropout so final n = 39 patients (mean age 65.0 ± 11.9; males = 26 (66.7%)) and n = 43 target lesions treated. Main indication for intervention was dropping access flow (24/39; 61.5%) and most common target lesion was in the juxta-anastomosis (24/43; 54.5%). There was 100% technical and procedural success. There were no adverse events related to the SEB. Target lesion primary patency rates at 3 and 6 months were 39/41 (95.1%) and 28/39 (71.8%) respectively. Access circuit patency rates at 3 and 6 months were 35/37 (94.6%) and 22/35 (62.9%) respectively. There were 3 (7.7%) deaths all attributable to patients’ underlying co-morbidities. Conclusions: Fistuloplasty using the novel Selution SLR™ SEB for dysfunctional AVF circuits seems a safe and effective modality in Asian haemodialysis patients at 6 months but larger randomised controlled studies are required now to determine its true efficacy against plain balloon angioplasty.


Author(s):  
Aljoscha Rastan ◽  
Marianne Brodmann ◽  
Tanja Böhme ◽  
Roland Macharzina ◽  
Elias Noory ◽  
...  

Background: Prospective, randomized, multicenter trials show no beneficial impact of drug-coated balloon (DCB) therapy alone on the technical and clinical outcomes of infrapopliteal artery lesions in comparison to plain old balloon angioplasty. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of directional atherectomy (DA) plus DCB angioplasty versus DCB alone in treatment of long infrapopliteal artery lesions. Methods: We conducted a prospective, randomized, 2-center trial comparing the performance of DA+DCB and DCB alone in treatment of 80 patients with de novo infrapopliteal artery lesions. The primary study end point was the 6-month primary patency of the target lesion detected by angiography and duplex ultrasound. Secondary end points included clinically driven target vessel revascularization, amputation rates, and changes in Rutherford-Becker class at 1 year. A core laboratory provides independent analyses for all scheduled and unscheduled duplex ultrasound examinations and angiographies, and a research institute ensured independent data collection. Results: The mean target lesion length was 179.7±98.2 mm. Nine patients (11.3%) died during the follow-up period. At 6 months, primary patency was 49% (n=18) with DA+DCB versus 34% (n=12) with DCB alone ( P =0.241), and clinically driven target vessel revascularization was 8% (n=3) versus 14% (n=5; P =0.475), respectively. At 1 year, the TLR rates were 30% (n=10) versus 43% (n=12; P =0.308), the median in Rutherford-Becker class was 2 (0.25–5) versus 5 (0.25–5; P =0.329), and amputation rates were 22% (n=8) versus 32% (n=11; P =0.618) in the DA+DCB group and the DCB group, respectively. Conclusions: Treatment of long infrapopliteal artery lesions with DA+DCB versus DCB alone leads to comparable clinical and technical results at 6 months and 1 year. REGISTRATION: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov ; Unique identifier: NCT01763476.


2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Domenico Patanè ◽  
Giovanni Failla ◽  
Giovanni Coniglio ◽  
Giorgio Russo ◽  
Walter Morale ◽  
...  

The aim of our study is to report the results of two types (type A, type B) paclitaxel drug-coated balloon compared with standard percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in the treatment of juxta-anastomotic stenoses of mature but failing distal radiocephalic hemodialysis arteriovenous fistulas. Two groups of 26 and 44 patients treated with two different drug-coated balloon are compared with a control group of 86 treated with standard percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. A color Doppler ultrasound was performed to evaluate stenosis and for treatment planning. We assess primary patency, defined as the absence of dysfunction of the arteriovenous fistulas, patent lesion or residual stenosis < 30% and no need for further reintervention of target lesion. Primary patency and secondary patency are evaluated after 12 months with color Doppler ultrasound for the whole arteriovenous fistulas, defined as absolute (absolute primary patency, absolute secondary patency) and target lesion. Postprocedural technical and clinical success was 100%. After 12 months, absolute primary patency is 81.8% for type A, 84.1% type B, and 54.7% for standard percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; target lesion primary patency is 92% type A, 86.4% type B, and 62.8% standard percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; absolute secondary patency is 95.4% type A, 95.5% type B, and 80.7% standard percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; target lesion secondary patency is 100% type A, 97.7% type B, and 80.7% standard percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. All the patients treated with drug-coated balloon (type A + type B) have an absolute primary patency of 83.3%, a target lesion primary patency of 87.9%, an absolute secondary patency of 95.5%, and a target lesion secondary patency of 98.4%. Our study confirms that the use of drug-coated balloon, indiscriminately among different brands, improves primary patency with statistically significant difference in comparison with standard percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and decreases reintervention of target lesion in juxta-anastomotic stenoses of failing distal arteriovenous fistulas maintaining the radiocephalic fistula as long as possible.


2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 596-601
Author(s):  
Cemal Kocaaslan ◽  
Ahmet Oztekin ◽  
Mehmet Senel Bademci ◽  
Emine Seyma Denli Yalvac ◽  
Nurgul Bulut ◽  
...  

Background: Juxta-anastomotic stenosis is a common issue of arteriovenous fistulas. We aimed to evaluate the results of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with drug-coated balloon versus plain balloon for the treatment of juxta-anastomotic stenoses of mature but failing distal radiocephalic arteriovenous fistulas. Methods: A total of 80 patients with a juxta-anastomotic stenosis of distal radiocephalic arteriovenous fistula in our clinic between January 2016 and September 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into two groups according to the type of treatment as drug-coated balloon – percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (n = 44) and plain balloon – percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (n = 43). Intra- and post-procedural data were recorded. Target lesion primary patency rate was evaluated at 6 and 12 months. Of all patients, 48 were females and 39 were males with a mean age of 56.3 ± 10.4 (range, 24–75) years. Both groups had mature fistulas, and the mean age of fistula was 11.3 ± 9.1 months in the drug-coated balloon – percutaneous transluminal angioplasty group and 10.3 ± 8.8 months in the plain balloon – percutaneous transluminal angioplasty group (p = 0.24). Results: There was no significant difference in the target lesion stenosis rate and the median lesion length between the groups. Technical and clinical success were achieved in both groups. Target lesion primary patency was similar at 6 months between the two groups (93.1% vs 81.3%, respectively; p = 0.14) but significantly higher for the drug-coated balloon – percutaneous transluminal angioplasty group at 12 months (81.8% vs 51.1%, respectively; p = 0.01). Conclusion: Our study results suggest that the use of drug-coated balloon combined with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is an effective treatment for juxta-anastomotic stenoses of mature but failing distal radiocephalic arteriovenous fistulas with significantly improved target lesion primary patency rates and reduced need for juxta-anastomotic reinterventions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-657
Author(s):  
Stefanos Giannopoulos ◽  
Sheila Ghanian ◽  
Sahil A. Parikh ◽  
Eric A. Secemsky ◽  
Peter A. Schneider ◽  
...  

Purpose: To investigate the safety and efficacy of drug-coated balloons (DCB) for the treatment of femoropopliteal or infrapopliteal lesions in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI). Materials and Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane Central up to January 2020 to identify randomized trials and observational studies presenting data on the effectiveness and safety of DCBs in the treatment of femoropopliteal or infrapopliteal lesions. A meta-analysis utilizing random effects modeling was conducted to investigate primary patency and all-cause mortality at 12 months; the results are reported as the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Secondary outcomes were procedural success, bailout stenting, target lesion revascularization (TLR), reocclusion, major amputation, wound healing, and major adverse limb events. Results: Twenty-six studies, 12 retrospective and 14 prospective, comprising 2108 CLTI patients treated with DCBs for femoropopliteal (n=1315) or infrapopliteal (n=793) lesions were analyzed. The average lesion lengths were 121±44 and 135±53 mm, respectively. The overall 12-month all-cause mortality and major amputation rates were 9% (95% CI 6% to 13%) and 5% (95% CI 2% to 8%), respectively. Primary patency rates were 82% (95% CI 76% to 87%) and 64% (95% CI 58% to 70%), respectively. A sensitivity analysis of the infrapopliteal lesions demonstrated no difference between DCB and balloon angioplasty in terms of primary patency, TLR, major amputation, or mortality over 12 months. However, patients with infrapopliteal lesions undergoing DCB angioplasty did have a significantly lower risk for reocclusion (10% vs 25%; OR 0.38, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.70, p=0.002). Conclusion: DCB angioplasty of femoropopliteal and infrapopliteal lesions in patients with CLTI results in acceptable 12-month patency rates, although comparative data have not shown a patency benefit for infrapopliteal lesions. The 12-month mortality rate of DCB vs balloon angioplasty was not significantly different, but studies with longer-term outcomes are necessary to determine any association between DCB use and mortality in patients with CLTI.


Author(s):  
Chenyu Liu ◽  
Matthew Wolfers ◽  
Bint‐e Zainab Awan ◽  
Issa Ali ◽  
Adrian Michael Lorenzana ◽  
...  

Background Both drug‐coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty and conventional plain balloon angioplasty (PBA) can be implemented to treat hemodialysis dysfunction. The present study aims to compare the safety and efficacy of these 2 approaches by conducting a meta‐analysis of available randomized controlled trials. Methods and Results PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase databases were queried from establishment to January 2021. A total of 18 randomized controlled trials including 877 and 875 patients in the DCB and PBA groups, respectively, were included in the present meta‐analysis. Target lesion primary patency, circuit patency, target lesion revascularization, and mortality were pooled. Odds ratios (ORs) were reported with 95% CIs. Publication bias was analyzed with funnel plot and Egger test. Target lesion primary patency was higher among patients who underwent DCB (OR, 2.93 [95% CI, 2.13–4.03], P <0.001 at 6 months; OR, 2.47 [95% CI, 1.53–3.99], P <0.001 at 1 year). Also, the DCB group had a higher dialysis circuit patency at 6 months (OR, 2.42; 95% CI, 1.56–3.77 [ P <0.001]) and 1 year (OR, 1.91; 95% CI, 1.22–3.00 [ P =0.005]). Compared with the PBA group, the DCB group had lower odds of target lesion revascularization during follow‐up (OR, 0.43 [95% CI, 0.23–0.82], P =0.001 at 6 months; OR, 0.74 [95% CI, 0.32–1.73], P =0.490 at 1 year). The OR of mortality was comparable between 2 groups at 6 months (OR, 1.18; 95% CI, 0.42–3.33 [ P =0.760]) and 1 year (OR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.58–1.48 [ P =0.750]). Conclusions Based on evidence from 18 randomized controlled trials, DCB angioplasty is superior to PBA in maintaining target lesion primary patency and circuit patency among patients with dialysis circuit stenosis. DCB angioplasty also reduces target lesion revascularization with a similar risk of mortality compared with PBA.


Vascular ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 170853812095366
Author(s):  
Guoyi Sun ◽  
Jie Liu ◽  
Senhao Jia ◽  
Jiwei Zhang ◽  
Baixi Zhuang ◽  
...  

Objectives Femoropopliteal chronic total occlusions are challenging to treat, and evidence of the effectiveness of drug-coated balloon angioplasty for long femoropopliteal chronic total occlusion lesions is limited. We compared the midterm outcomes of drug-coated balloon angioplasty versus plain old balloon angioplasty (POBA) for femoropopliteal chronic total occlusions. Methods In total, 95 patients from the AcoArt I trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT01850056) with ≥5-cm femoropopliteal chronic total occlusion lesions were enrolled in this post-hoc subset analysis (drug-coated balloon, n = 50; POBA, n = 45). The primary endpoints were primary patency and clinically driven target lesion revascularization (CD-TLR) at 24 months. The secondary endpoints were late lumen loss at six months and binary restenosis, major adverse events (composite of death and target limb amputation), change in the Rutherford class, and the ankle-brachial index at 24 months. Results Demographic, clinical, and lesion characteristics were matched (mean lesion length, 20 cm). The six-month late-lumen loss rate was lower in the drug-coated balloon than POBA group (0.18 ± 0.81 vs. 1.34 ± 0.94 mm, respectively; P < 0.001). The 24-month primary patency rate was significantly higher in the drug-coated balloon than POBA group (53.85% vs. 17.50%, respectively; P < 0.001). The CD-TLR rate in the drug-coated balloon and POBA groups was 12.77 and 45.24%, respectively ( P = 0.002). The 24-month overall mortality rate in the drug-coated balloon and POBA groups was 12.77% and 6.98%, respectively ( P = 0.360), with no device- or procedure-related deaths. One major amputation had occurred in each group by the 24-month follow-up. Conclusion The paclitaxel drug-coated balloon shows better primary patency and freedom from target lesion revascularization than POBA at 24 months after treatment of femoropopliteal chronic total occlusions (≥5 cm) lesion.


VASA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 425-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lichtenberg ◽  
Frank Breuckmann ◽  
Veronika Kramer ◽  
Stefan Betge ◽  
Sebastian Sixt ◽  
...  

Summary. Background: Previous studies showed favorable results after treatment of femoropopliteal lesions with the Pulsar-18 self-expanding (SE) nitinol stent. The objective of this registry was to evaluate whether these results will be confirmed in a real-world setting with varying stenting strategies. Patients and methods: In this prospective, observational trial, 160 patients with 186 femoropopliteal lesions were treated with the Pulsar-18 SE nitinol stent at 9 German sites. Mean lesion length was 116 ± 103 mm, and 41.9 % of the lesions were moderately or heavily calcified. Eighty lesions were concomitantly treated with drug-coated balloon (DCB). Main effectiveness outcome was primary patency at 12 months, and main safety outcome was freedom from the composite of device or procedure related death, major target limb amputation, and clinically driven target lesion revascularization (TLR) at 30 days and 6 months. Results: Kaplan-Meier estimate of primary patency was 89.1 %, 67.3 %, and 57.1 % at 6, 12, and 24 months. Freedom from TLR was 95.5 %, 91.4 %, and 85.2 % at 6, 12, and 24 months, respectively. Lesions, which were additionally treated with DCB (plus DCB-group), were longer (150 versus 82 mm on average, p < 0.0001), and associated with lower primary patency estimates than those without DCB angioplasty (stent-only-group) (log-rank p = 0.006). However, there was no difference in freedom from TLR between groups (log-rank p = 0.542). Improvement by ≥ 1 Rutherford category was achieved in 84.8 %, 81.0 %, and 81.7 % of patients at 6, 12, and 24 months, respectively. Walking distance and patient-reported pain improved persistently through 24 months (p < 0.001). Hemodynamic improvement was achieved in 68.2 %, 73.7 %, and 70.7 % of the patients at 6, 12, and 24 months, respectively. Conclusions: The Pulsar-18 self-expanding nitinol stent with optional drug-coated balloon angioplasty can be considered an efficacious and safe therapy option for endovascular treatment of femoropopliteal artery disease.


2021 ◽  
pp. 021849232110415
Author(s):  
Santosh K Tiwari ◽  
Rajendra P Basavanthappa ◽  
Ranjith K Anandasu ◽  
Sanjay C Desai ◽  
Chandrasekhar A Ramswamy ◽  
...  

Background To maintain the patency and longevity of arteriovenous fistula, the availability of a venous segment with adequate diameter is important. In Indian population, many chronic kidney disease patients have poor caliber veins. The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of hydrostatic dilatation versus Primary balloon angioplasty of small caliber cephalic veins of (≤2.5 mm) preoperatively in terms of patency rate and maturation time of arteriovenous fistula. Methods Patients ( n = 80) with an end-stage renal disease requiring arteriovenous access surgery for hemodialysis with small caliber cephalic veins were randomized into two groups, i.e., hydrostatic dilatation and primary balloon angioplasty, each with 40 patients. All patients underwent a thorough clinical examination as well as duplex ultrasound vein mapping of both upper extremities. Patients were followed up for six months and primary patency, maturation time, and complications were noted. Results Immediate technical success with good palpable thrill was achieved in 97.5% of patients in the primary balloon angioplasty group and 87.5% in the hydrostatic dilatation group. The fistula maturation time in the primary balloon angioplasty group was 34.41 days and 46.18 days in the hydrostatic dilatation group. In the primary balloon angioplasty group, the primary patency of the fistula was 97.5% and 87.5% in the hydrostatic dilatation group, at six months. The arteriovenous fistula functioning rate was 77.5% in the hydrostatic dilatation group as compared to 92.5% in the primary balloon angioplasty group at six months. The incidence of surgical site infection was 5% in the primary balloon angioplasty group as compared to 10% in the hydrostatic dilatation group. Conclusion Primary balloon angioplasty of small caliber cephalic veins (≤2.5 mm) performed prior to arteriovenous fistula creation for hemodialysis is a beneficial procedure.


2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osamu Iida ◽  
Yoshimitsu Soga ◽  
Kazushi Urasawa ◽  
Shigeru Saito ◽  
Michael R. Jaff ◽  
...  

Purpose: To assess the safety and effectiveness of the MDT-2113 (IN.PACT Admiral) drug-coated balloon (DCB) for the treatment of de novo and native artery restenotic lesions in the superficial femoral and proximal popliteal arteries vs percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) with an uncoated balloon in a Japanese cohort. Methods: MDT-2113 SFA Japan ( ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT01947478) is an independently adjudicated, prospective, randomized, single-blinded trial that randomized (2:1) 100 patients (mean age 73.6±7.0 years; 76 men) from 11 Japanese centers to treatment with DCB (n=68) or PTA (n=32). Baseline characteristics were similar between the groups, including mean lesion length (9.15±5.85 and 8.89±6.01 cm for the DCB and PTA groups, respectively). The primary effectiveness outcome was primary patency at 12 months, defined as freedom from clinically-driven target lesion revascularization (CD-TLR) and freedom from restenosis as determined by duplex ultrasonography. The safety endpoint was a composite of 30-day device- and procedure-related death and target limb major amputation and clinically-driven target vessel revascularization within 12 months. Results: Patients treated with DCBs exhibited superior 12-month primary patency (89%) compared to patients treated with PTA (48%, p<0.001). The 12-month CD-TLR rate was 3% for DCB vs 19% for PTA (p=0.012). There were no device- or procedure-related deaths, major amputations, or thromboses in either group. Quality-of-life measures showed sustained improvement from baseline to 12 months in both groups. Conclusion: Results from the MDT-2113 SFA Japan trial showed superior treatment effect for DCB vs PTA, with excellent patency and low CD-TLR rates. These results are consistent with other IN.PACT SFA DCB trials and demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of this DCB for the treatment of femoropopliteal lesions in this Japanese cohort.


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