First-in-man randomised comparison of the BuMA Supreme biodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stent versus a durable polymer zotarolimus-eluting coronary stent: the PIONEER trial

• Published in: EuroIntervention Vol. 13; no. 17; pp. 2026 - 2035
• Main Authors: von Birgelen, Clemens, Asano, Taku, Amoroso, Giovanni, Aminian, Adel, Brugaletta, Salvatore, Vrolix, Mathias, Hernandez-Antolín, Rosana, van de Harst, Pim, Iñiguez, Andres, Janssens, Luc, Smits, Pieter C, Wykrzykowska, Joanna J, Ribeiro, Vasco Gama, Pereira, Hélder, da Silva, Pedro Canas, Piek, Jan J, Onuma, Yoshinobu, Serruys, Patrick W, Sabaté, Manel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: France 01.04.2018

A second iteration of a sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) that has a biodegradable PLGA polymer coating with an electrografting base layer on a thin-strut (80 µm) cobalt-chromium platform (BuMA Supreme; SINOMED, Tianjin, China) has been developed. This first-in-man trial aimed to assess the efficacy and...