Short- and long-term functional results following drug-coated balloons versus drug- eluting stents in small coronary vessels: The RESTORE quantitative flow ratio study

• Published in: International journal of cardiology Vol. 327; pp. 45 - 51
• Main Authors: Li, Long, Guan, Changdong, Meng, Shuai, Bai, Yinxiao, Zhang, Zhihao, Zou, Kaiyuan, Ruan, Yang, Cao, Xiaojing, Jia, Ruofei, Guo, Caixia, Escaned, Javier, Jin, Zening, Xu, Bo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.03.2021
• Subjects: Drug-coated balloon; Drug-eluting stent; Percentage diameter stenosis; Quantitative flow ratio; Small vessel disease; Drug-coated balloon; Small vessel disease; Percentage diameter stenosis; Quantitative flow ratio; Drug-eluting stent
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.11.035
• ISSN: 0167-5273

Background Immediate and long-term functional outcomes after percutaneous treatment of small vessel disease (SVD) with drug-coated balloon (DCB) versus drug-eluting stent (DES) remain unknown. The study sought to investigate whether treatment of de novo SVD with DCB yields similar functional results compared with DES, as judged with angiography-based quantitative flow ratio (QFR). Methods and results QFR was measured at pre-procedural, post-procedural and 9-month angiography in all available subjects from the non-inferiority RESTORE SVD China trial, in which patients were randomized to Restore DCB (n = 116) or Resolute DES (n = 114) study arms. Primary outcome of this analysis was 9-month QFR. Pre-procedural, post-procedural and 9-month QFR was performed in 84.8% (195/230), 83.0% (191/230) and 93.8% (181/193) cases, respectively. At 9 months, the QFR of DCB showed no significant difference to DES (0.88 ± 0.23 vs. 0.92 ± 0.12, p = 0.12). Both 9-month QFR and the QFR difference between post-procedure and 9-month follow-up were correlated with angiographic percentage of diameter stenosis and late loss, and predictive of 2-year clinical outcome. Conclusions Treatment of coronary SVD with DCB resulted in similar 9-month functional results compared with DES. This study provides evidences to the value of QFR as a mean of evaluating device performance after coronary revascularization. Clinical trial registration URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; ClinicalTrial.gov: Identifier: NCT02946307. •Percutaneous revascularization in SVD with DCB resulted in a similar functional outcome with DES at 9-month follow-up.•Performing QFR in small vessels is feasible and useful as a mean of evaluating device performance.•Future studies may investigate QFR or QFR loss in combination with % diameter stenosis or late lumen loss as a surrogate endpoint.