Effects of Celecoxib After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Summary

Several studies including ours have reported that celecoxib improves endothelium-dependent vasodilation and reduces inflammation and neointimal hyperplasia. Our hypothesis is that celecoxib may reduce the late luminal loss after coronary stent implantation (paclitaxel-eluting stent.

Timeline

Start

2004-08

Primary completion

2008-10

Completion

2008-10

Publications

• Chung JW, Yang HM, Park KW, Lee HY, Park JS, Kang HJ, Cho YS, Youn TJ, Koo BK, Chae IH, Choi DJ, Oh BH, Park YB, Kim HS. Long-term outcome of adjunctive celecoxib treatment after paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation for the complex coronary lesions: two-year clinical follow-up of COREA-TAXUS trial. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Jun 1;3(3):243-8. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.109.889881. Epub 2010 May 18.
• Koo BK, Kim YS, Park KW, Yang HM, Kwon DA, Chung JW, Hahn JY, Lee HY, Park JS, Kang HJ, Cho YS, Youn TJ, Chung WY, Chae IH, Choi DJ, Oh BH, Park YB, Kim HS. Effect of celecoxib on restenosis after coronary angioplasty with a Taxus stent (COREA-TAXUS trial): an open-label randomised controlled study. Lancet. 2007 Aug 18;370(9587):567-74. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61295-1.

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