Safety and efficacy outcomes of first and second generation durable polymer drug eluting stents and biodegradable polymer biolimus eluting stents in clinical practice: comprehensive network meta-analysis

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Eliano P Navarese, Nicolaus Copernicus University; Kenneth Tandjung, Medical Spectrum Twente; Bimmer Claessen, University of Amsterdam; Felicita Andreotti, Catholic University; Mariusz Kowalewski, Nicolaus Copernicus University; David E Kandzari, Piedmont Heart Institute; Dean J Kereiakes, Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Center; Ron Waksman, MedStar Washington Hospital Center; Laura Mauri, Harvard University; Ian T Meredith, Monash Medical Center; Aloke Finn, Emory University; Hyo-Soo Kim, Seoul National University; Jacek Kubica, Nicolaus Copernicus University; Harry Suryapranata, Radboud University Medical Center; Toni Mustahsani Aprami, Padjadjaran University Hospital Hasan Sadikin; Giuseppe Di Pasquale, Ospedale Maggiore; Clemens von Birgelen, Medisch Spectrum Twente; Elvin Kedhi, Isala Klinieken
• Language: English
• Date: 2013-11-06
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group: BMJ
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: Copyright © Navarese et al 2013
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f6530
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: BMJ
• ISSN: 1759-2151
• Volume: 347
• Issue: nov06 2
• Start Page: f6530
• End Page: f6530
• Grant/Funding Information: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
• Keywords: DUAL ANTIPLATELET THERAPY; 5-YEAR FOLLOW-UP; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; ARTERY-DISEASE; REAL-WORLD PATIENTS; Science & Technology; BARE-METAL STENT; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; DIABETES-MELLITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL; Medicine, General & Internal; General & Internal Medicine; ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION; XIENCE V STENTS
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery

Abstract

Objectives: To investigate the safety and efficacy of durable polymer drug eluting stents (DES) and biodegradable polymer biolimus eluting stents (biolimus-ES). Design: Network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Data sources and study selection: Medline, Google Scholar, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) database search for randomised controlled trials comparing at least two of durable polymer sirolimus eluting stents (sirolimus-ES) and paclitaxel eluting stents (paclitaxel-ES), newer durable polymer everolimus eluting stents (everolimus-ES), Endeavor and Resolute zotarolimus eluting stents (zotarolimus-ES), and biodegradable polymer biolimus-ES. Primary outcomes: Safety (death, myocardial infarction, definite or probable stent thrombosis) and efficacy (target lesion and target vessel revascularisation) assessed at up to one year and beyond. Results: 60 randomised controlled trials were compared involving 63 242 patients with stable coronary artery disease or acute coronary syndrome treated with a DES. At one year, there were no differences in mortality among devices. Resolute and Endeavor zotarolimus-ES, everolimus-ES, and sirolimus-ES, but not biodegradable polymer biolimus-ES, were associated with significantly reduced odds of myocardial infarction (by 29-34%) compared with paclitaxel-ES. Compared with everolimus-ES, biodegradable polymer biolimus-ES were associated with significantly increased odds of myocardial infarction (by 29%), while Endeavor zotarolimus-ES and paclitaxel-ES were associated with significantly increased odds of stent thrombosis. All investigated DES were similar with regards to efficacy endpoints, except for Endeavor zotarolimus-ES and paclitaxel-ES, which were associated with significantly increased the odds of target lesion and target vessel revascularisations compared with other devices. Direction of results beyond one year did not diverge from the findings for up to one year follow-up. Bayesian probability curves showed a gradient in the magnitude of effect, with everolimus-ES and Resolute zotarolimus-ES offering the highest safety profiles. Conclusions: The newer durable polymer everolimus-ES and Resolute zotarolimus-ES and the biodegradable polymer biolimus-ES maintain the efficacy of sirolimus-ES; however, for safety endpoints, differences become apparent, with everolimus-ES and Resolute zotarolimus-ES emerging as the safest stents to date.