New dissolving stent could improve heart artery treatment
NCT ID NCT03168776
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tested a new type of stent (a small mesh tube) that slowly dissolves after being placed in a heart artery. The stent is coated with a drug to prevent the artery from narrowing again. Over 1600 patients with stable heart disease or a mild heart attack received either the new stent or a standard permanent stent. Researchers tracked heart-related deaths, heart attacks, and the need for repeat procedures for up to 5 years to see if the new stent is safer and works better.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- BuMA Supreme biodegradable drug-coated coronary stent
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a safer, more effective option for opening blocked heart arteries, potentially reducing long-term complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed trial comparing two stents, so results are known. However, the new stent may not prove superior to existing ones, and any stent carries risks like blood clots or re-narrowing.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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1,629 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2017
- Finished
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Oct 2024
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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20 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. The patient is a male or non-pregnant female ≥20 years of age. 2. The patient has symptomatic ischemic heart disease, including chronic stable angina (and/or objective evidence of myocardial ischemia on functional study or invasive fractional flow reserve \[FFR\] measurement) or acute coronary syndromes (UA or NSTEMI), that requires elective or urgent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). 3. The patient is an acceptable candidate for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents, and for emergent coronary bypass graft (CABG) surgery. 4. The patient is willing to comply with specified follow-up evaluations. 5. The patient or legally authorized representative has been informed of the nature of the study, agrees to its provisions, and has been provided written informed consent approved by the appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Ethics Committee (EC). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnant or nursing patients and those who plan pregnancy in the period up to 1 year following index procedure. Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test done within 7 days prior to index procedure per site standard test. 2. Patients with a history of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy, contraindications to anti-platelet and/or anticoagulant therapy, or who will refuse transfusion. 3. Patients who are receiving or will require chronic anticoagulation therapy for any reason. 4. Known hypersensitivity or contraindication to aspirin, heparin/bivalirudin, ADP receptor antagonists (clopidogrel, prasugrel, ticagrelor, ticlopidine), cobalt chromium, 316L stainless steel or platinum, sirolimus or its analogues, and/or contrast sensitivity that cannot be adequately pre-medicated. 5. ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) at index presentation or within 7 days prior to randomization. 6. Known LVEF \<30% or cardiogenic shock requiring pressors or mechanical circulatory assistance (e.g., intra-aortic balloon pump, left ventricular assist device, other temporary cardiac support blood pump). 7. Renal insufficiency, defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \<30 mL/min/1.73 m2 (by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation or Cockcroft-Gault formula) or dialysis at the time of screening. 8. Target vessel percutaneous coronary intervention with stent placement in the previous 3 months. 9. Planned elective surgery that would require discontinuation of DAPT within 6 months of the index procedure. 10. Past or pending heart or any other organ transplant, or on the waiting list for any organ transplant. 11. Patients who are receiving immunosuppressant therapy, or who have known immunosuppressive or severe autoimmune disease that will require chronic immunosuppressive therapy. NOTE: Corticosteroid use is permitted. 12. Known other medical illness or known history of substance abuse that may cause non-compliance with the protocol, confound data interpretation, or is associated with a life expectancy of less than 1 year. 13. Current participation in another investigational drug or device study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Amsterdam UMC
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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AnMed Health
Anderson, South Carolina, 29621, United States
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Aultman Hospital
Canton, Ohio, 44710, United States
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Berks Cardiologists, Ltd.
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, 19610, United States
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Bethesda Hospital East/Daniel Heart and Vascular Center
Boynton Beach, Florida, 33435, United States
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CHI Health Research Center
Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, United States
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CHU Charleroi
Charleroi, Belgium
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Cardiology, PC
Birmingham, Alabama, 35211, United States
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Cardiovascular Associates of Delaware Valley
Haddon Heights, New Jersey, 08035, United States
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Cardiovascular Institute of Northwest Florida
Panama City, Florida, 32401, United States
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Clearwater Cardiovascular Consultants
Clearwater, Florida, 33756, United States
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Columbia University Medical Center / New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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Dignity Health - Mercy Gilbert Medical Center / Chandler Regional Medical Center
Gilbert, Arizona, 85297, United States
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Doylestown Hospital
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 18901, United States
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Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Essential Health
Duluth, Minnesota, 55805, United States
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Florida Hospital Tampa
Tampa, Florida, 33613, United States
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Foothills Medical Centre
Calgary, Alberta, T2N-2T9, Canada
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Geisinger Clinic
Danville, Pennsylvania, 17822, United States
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Genesis Hospital
Zanesville, Ohio, 43701, United States
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Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
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Hospital Ramon y Cajal
Madrid, Spain
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Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
Barcelona, Spain
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Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro
Vigo, 36312, Spain
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Imelda
Bonheiden, 2820, Belgium
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Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern
Bern, 3010, Switzerland
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Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre
Madrid, Spain
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Iowa Heart Center
Des Moines, Iowa, 50314, United States
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Jessa Hospital
Hasselt, 3500, Belgium
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Kettering Medical Center
Kettering, Ohio, 45429, United States
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Krannert Institute of Cardiology
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States
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Lindner Research Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
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MCL
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
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Maasstad Ziekenhuis
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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MediQuest Research Group Inc.
Ocala, Florida, 34471, United States
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Medstar Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States
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Medstar Washington HWospital Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States
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Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center
Toledo, Ohio, 43608, United States
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Michigan Heart
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197, United States
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NC Heart and Vascular Research
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27607, United States
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North MS Medical Center
Tupelo, Mississippi, 38801, United States
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North Ohio Heart
Elyria, Ohio, 44035, United States
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Northern Michigan Hospital d.b.a. McLaren Northern Michigan
Petoskey, Michigan, 49770, United States
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Norton Brownsboro Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky, 40241, United States
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Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States
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Shonan Kamakura General Hospital
Kanagawa, Kamakura City, 247-8533, Japan
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Smidt Heart Institute Cedars-Sinai Maedical Center
Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States
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St Bartholomew's Hospital
London, United Kingdom
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St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, M5B-1W8, Canada
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St. Vincent's Medical Group
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46290, United States
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Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, 98122, United States
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Tyler Cardiovascular Consultants
Tyler, Texas, 75701, United States
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University Hospital Geneva HUG, Clinic for Cardiology
Geneva, 1211, Switzerland
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University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States
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William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, Michigan, 48073, United States
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Winchester Medical Center
Winchester, Virginia, 22601, United States
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Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States
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Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg Genk
Genk, 3600, Belgium
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