Stent showdown: which heart device heals faster?
NCT ID NCT02253108
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study compares two types of drug-coated stents (SYNERGY and BioMatrix NeoFlex) in 160 patients with coronary artery disease. Researchers use a special camera to check how well the stents heal inside the artery at 1 and 3 months after placement. The goal is to see which stent leads to better vessel healing.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- drug-eluting stent (device)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show which stent helps blood vessels heal faster after heart procedures, potentially improving long-term outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study (160 participants) looking at healing markers, not long-term health benefits. Results may not apply to all patients.
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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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About 160 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2014
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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18 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: * Patients \>18 years to be treated with one or more drug-eluting stents in a coronary artery at Aarhus University Hospital or Odense University Hospital Exclusion Criteria: * Age \<18 years * Do not wish to participate * Unable to provide written informed consent * Domicile outside Denmark * Do not speak Danish * Inclusion in the SORT-OUT VIII study * Inclusion in other stent studies * Expected survival \<1 year * Allergy to aspirin, clopidogrel, prasugrel or ticagrelor * Hypersensitivity to everolimus or biolimus * The operator wishes to use other DES * Reduced renal function; creatinine\> 120 mmol / L * Only bare metal stent (BMS) implantation * Only plain old balloon angioplasty (POBA)
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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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Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby
Aarhus, 8200, Denmark
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Odense University Hospital
Odense, 5000, Denmark
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