Clinical Trial: OCT Evaluation of Healing of COMBO Stent

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Evaluation of Neointimal Healing of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Capturing Sirolimus-Eluting (COMBO) Stent by Optical Coherence Tomography: the EGO-COMBO Pilot Study

Brief Summary: All subjects requiring percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and stenting are eligible to participate in the study. Restudy coronary angiogram with Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) would be performed between 1 to 5 months at the time of a staged PCI procedure (for remaining coronary disease) or as clinically indicated, and then at 9 months. At the time of the 9-month restudy (a proper time window for drug eluting stent to develop into restenosis should it occur), any new disease detected or restenosis will be treated. The reported incidence of drug eluting stent restenosis is around 10% in simple lesions and is expected to be higher in diabetic patients, long lesions and multi-vessel diseases; a restudy at 9 months actually confers better protection to the patients with advanced disease and any restenosis can be treated timely. All data on clinical events and progress will be monitored and regular follow-ups will be carried out.