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Trial reportVascular medicine (London, England)2022

The RANGER II superficial femoral artery trial: 1-year results of the long lesion cohort.

Herman Schroë, Ravish Sachar, Koen Keirse, Yoshimitsu Soga, Marianne Brodmann, Vikram Rao, Martin Werner, Andrew Holden, Louis Lopez, Prakash Krishnan and 1 more

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Trial report in Vascular medicine (London, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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11 authors.

Herman SchroëDepartment of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4568-2458
Ravish SacharNorth Carolina Heart and Vascular, UNC-REX Health Care, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Koen KeirseDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Regionaal Ziekenhuis Heilig Hart Tienen, Tienen, Belgium.
Yoshimitsu SogaDepartment of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Fukuoka-ken, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Marianne BrodmannDivision of Angiology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
Vikram RaoLakeWest Hospital, Willoughby, OH, USA.
Martin WernerDepartment of Internal Medicine and Angiology, Hanusch-Krankenhaus, Vienna, Austria.
Andrew HoldenRadiology, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
Louis LopezSt Joseph Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN, USA.
Prakash KrishnanDepartment of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, NY, USA.
Juan Diaz-CartellePeripheral Interventions Division, Boston Scientific Corporation, Marlborough, MA, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe objective of the RANGER II SFA long lesion cohort analysis was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Ranger drug-coated balloon (DCB) in patients with lesion lengths greater than 100 mm.

methodsPatients from the RANGER II SFA randomized controlled trial and long balloon sub-study were included in the long lesion cohort if their baseline lesion measurement was > 100 mm and if they had been treated with a RANGER DCB. Patients had symptomatic lower limb peripheral artery disease and Rutherford classification 2-4 symptomatology. The endpoints of interest included the 12-month target lesion primary patency and freedom from major adverse events (MAEs).Additional patient outcomes including changes in Rutherford classification were also evaluated.

resultsA total of 129 patients met the inclusion criteria and were included in the long lesion cohort. Mean lesion length was 144.5 ± 31.7 mm. Seventy-five lesions had Peripheral Arterial Calcium Scoring System (PACSS) grades 3 (33.3%, 43/129) and 4 (24.8%, 32/129). The Kaplan-Meier estimate of the primary patency rate at 12 months was 88.0%. The rate of freedom from MAEs at 12 months was 95.1% (117/123; 95% CI: 89.7%, 98.2%); all MAEs were clinically driven target lesion revascularization (4.9%, 6/123). The 12-month mortality rate was 2.4% (3/125).

conclusionsPatients with lesions > 100 mm treated with Ranger DCBs demonstrated excellent 1-year safety and efficacy results, comparable to those of the overall RANGER II SFA randomized clinical trial. This suggests that the Ranger DCB can provide consistent results regardless of lesion length.

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Angioplasty, BalloonPeripheral Arterial DiseaseCalciumCoated Materials, BiocompatibleCohort StudiesFemoral ArteryHumansPaclitaxelPopliteal ArteryTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeVascular PatencyCalciumCoated Materials, BiocompatiblePaclitaxeldrug-coated balloon (DCB)endovascular therapyfemoropopliteal arterial segmentlong lesionspaclitaxel

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PMCPMC9551318

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