A Clinical Evaluation of Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stents in the Treatment of Patients With ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: EXAMINATION Study

Summary

This study is a prospective, randomized controlled, single blind, two-arm, multi center clinical evaluation. A total of 1500 patients will be enrolled in the study. Patient randomization will be to one of the two treatment arms: Everolimus arm or Non drug eluting stent arm. The objective of this study is to assess the safety and performance of the Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System versus a modified cobalt chromium balloon expandable stent in the setting of primary percutaneous coronary intervention for treatment of patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

Timeline

Start

2008-12

Primary completion

2015-05

Completion

2015-05

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

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Publications

• Costa F, Brugaletta S, Pernigotti A, Flores-Ulmanzor E, Ortega-Paz L, Cequier A, Iniguez A, Serra A, Jimenez-Quevedo P, Mainar V, Campo G, Tespili M, den Heijer P, Bethencourt A, Vazquez N, van Es GA, Backx B, Valgimigli M, Serruys P, Sabate M. Does Large Vessel Size Justify Use of Bare-Metal Stents in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention? Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Sep;12(9):e007705. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.118.007705. Epub 2019 Aug 27.
• Schur N, Brugaletta S, Cequier A, Iniguez A, Serra A, Jimenez-Quevedo P, Mainar V, Campo G, Tespili M, den Heijer P, Bethencourt A, Vazquez N, Valgimigli M, Serruys PW, Ademi Z, Schwenkglenks M, Sabate M. Cost-effectiveness of everolimus-eluting versus bare-metal stents in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: An analysis from the EXAMINATION randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2018 Aug 16;13(8):e0201985. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201985. eCollection 2018.
• Gomez-Lara J, Brugaletta S, Jacobi F, Ortega-Paz L, Nato M, Roura G, Romaguera R, Ferreiro JL, Teruel L, Gracida M, Martin-Yuste V, Freixa X, Masotti M, Gomez-Hospital JA, Sabate M, Cequier A. Five-Year Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients With ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated With Bare-Metal Versus Everolimus-Eluting Stents. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Oct;9(10):e003670. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.116.003670.
• Sabate M, Brugaletta S, Cequier A, Iniguez A, Serra A, Jimenez-Quevedo P, Mainar V, Campo G, Tespili M, den Heijer P, Bethencourt A, Vazquez N, van Es GA, Backx B, Valgimigli M, Serruys PW. Clinical outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with everolimus-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents (EXAMINATION): 5-year results of a randomised trial. Lancet. 2016 Jan 23;387(10016):357-366. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00548-6. Epub 2015 Oct 29.
• Taniwaki M, Stefanini GG, Raber L, Brugaletta S, Cequier A, Heg D, Iniguez A, Kelbaek H, Serra A, Ostoijic M, Hernandez-Antolin R, Baumbach A, Blochlinger S, Juni P, Mainar V, Sabate M, Windecker S. Predictors of adverse events among patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from a pooled analysis of the COMFORTABLE AMI and EXAMINATION trials. EuroIntervention. 2015 Aug;11(4):391-8. doi: 10.4244/EIJY14M07_12.
• Fernandez-Rodriguez D, Regueiro A, Brugaletta S, Martin-Yuste V, Masotti M, Cequier A, Iniguez A, Serra A, Hernandez-Antolin R, Mainar V, Valgimigli M, Tespili M, den Heijer P, Bethencourt A, Vazquez N, Serruys PW, Sabate M; EXAMINATION investigators. Optimization in stent implantation by manual thrombus aspiration in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction: findings from the EXAMINATION trial. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Jun;7(3):294-300. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.113.000964. Epub 2014 May 27.
• Sabate M, Brugaletta S, Cequier A, Iniguez A, Serra A, Hernadez-Antolin R, Mainar V, Valgimigli M, Tespili M, den Heijer P, Bethencourt A, Vazquez N, Backx B, Serruys PW. The EXAMINATION trial (Everolimus-Eluting Stents Versus Bare-Metal Stents in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction): 2-year results from a multicenter randomized controlled trial. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Jan;7(1):64-71. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2013.09.006. Epub 2013 Dec 11.
• Sabate M, Cequier A, Iniguez A, Serra A, Hernandez-Antolin R, Mainar V, Valgimigli M, Tespili M, den Heijer P, Bethencourt A, Vazquez N, Gomez-Hospital JA, Baz JA, Martin-Yuste V, van Geuns RJ, Alfonso F, Bordes P, Tebaldi M, Masotti M, Silvestro A, Backx B, Brugaletta S, van Es GA, Serruys PW. Everolimus-eluting stent versus bare-metal stent in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (EXAMINATION): 1 year results of a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2012 Oct 27;380(9852):1482-90. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61223-9. Epub 2012 Sep 3.
• Sabate M, Cequier A, Iniguez A, Serra A, Hernandez-Antolin R, Mainar V, Valgimigli M, Tespili M, den Heijer P, Bethencourt A, Vazquez N, Brugaletta S, Backx B, Serruys P. Rationale and design of the EXAMINATION trial: a randomised comparison between everolimus-eluting stents and cobalt-chromium bare-metal stents in ST-elevation myocardial infarction. EuroIntervention. 2011 Dec;7(8):977-84. doi: 10.4244/EIJV7I8A154.

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