Performance of Bioabsorbable Vascular Scaffolds (Absorb) Compared to Xience Stents - an Optical Coherence Tomography Study

Bioresorbable Scaffolds Clinical Trial

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The biodegradable ABSORB scaffold is characterized by a greater strut thickness, but it has a greater flexibility compared to the XIENCE stent. Due to its fragility the inflating pressure of the ABSORB scaffold is limited and suitable lesions have to be well prepared. This study assesses the incidence of malapposed stent-struts, and the frequency of stent-underexpansion and edge dissection after ABSORB implantation compared to the XIENCE stent.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Bioresorbable Scaffolds

• NCT number: NCT02001025
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Medical University of Vienna
• Contact: Daniel Dalos, MD
• Phone: +43 1 40400 4614
• Email: daniel.dalos@meduniwien.ac.at
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 2013