Absorb Bioresorbable Scaffold vs. Drug Coated Balloon for Treatment Of In-Stent-Restenosis

Absorb Bioresorbable Scaffold vs. Drug Coated Balloon for Treatment Of In-Stent-Restenosis

The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate superiority of the Absorb scaffold compared to the Sequent Please Drug Coated Balloon when treating patients with In-Stent-Restenosis (ISR).

Absorb ISR is randomized-controlled trial of Absorb scaffold vs. Sequent Please drug coated balloon in an all-comers population with in-stent-restenosis. The patients will be randomized in a 1:1 fashion and the investigators intend to include 150 patients.

Repeat coronary angiography will be performed 9 months post intervention in all subjects. Optical coherence tomography will be performed at baseline and at 9 months in both groups.

All patients presenting with ISR and requiring percutaneous coronary intervention will be eligible to be included in this study. This will include patients with stable angina and those presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.
• Male or Female, aged 18 years or above.
• Diagnosed with ISR requiring percutaneous coronary intervention: visual diameter stenosis > 70 % and/or Fractional Flow Reserve < 0.81 and/or non-invasive testing demonstrating ischemia. This real-life population with in-stent restenosis beside typical stable patients with ISR includes ACS patients with thrombus containing lesions, patients with multivessel disease, patients with ISR in non-infarct related artery, with ISR in BMS (bare metal stent), DES (drug eluting stent) or BVS, ISR in lesion previously treated by POBA (plain old balloon angioplasty), DEB or additional stent implantation.
• Double anti-platelet therapy for the duration of at least 12 months is considered possible at the time of intervention.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Difficulty with deliver and implant the Absorb scaffold (e.g. highly calcified lesions).
• Patients who have any contraindications for using DEB (SeQent Please) or BVS (Absorb).