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Trial reportCardiovascular and interventional radiology2023

Five-Year Outcomes after Paclitaxel Drug-Coated Balloon Treatment of Femoropopliteal Lesions in Diabetic and Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia Cohorts: IN.PACT Global Study Post Hoc Analysis.

Michel M P J Reijnen, Iris van Wijck, Marianne Brodmann, Antonio Micari, Giovanni Torsello, Seung-Woon Rha, Jeremiah Menk, Thomas Zeller, IN.PACT Global Study Investigators

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Trial report in Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Nationwide Study of the Outcome of Treatment of Lower Extremity Atherosclerotic Lesions With Endovascular Surgery With or Without Drug Eluting Methods in Patients With Diabetes.Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists · 2025
    Observational
  4. Paclitaxel-Coated Balloons for Femoropopliteal Artery Disease Treatment in French Patients: A Longitudinal Observational Study.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 6 countries.

Michel M P J Reijnen *Department of Vascular Surgery, Rijnstate, Arnhem, The Netherlands. MReijnen@rijnstate.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5021-1768
Iris van Wijck *Department of Vascular Surgery, Rijnstate, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Marianne BrodmannDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Angiology, Medical University, Graz, Austria.
Antonio MicariCardiology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Giovanni TorselloInstitute for Vascular Research, St Franziskus-Hospital, Münster, Germany.
Seung-Woon RhaCardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Jeremiah Menk, Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Thomas ZellerUniversitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany.
IN.PACT Global Study Investigators
Rijnstate Hospital · NLKorea University Medical Center · KRMedical University of Graz · ATMedtronic (United States) · USSt. Franziskus Hospital · DEUniversitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg-Bad Krozingen · DEUniversity of Messina · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo summarize the 5-year outcomes of drug-coated balloon (DCB) for the treatment of femoropopliteal lesions in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) or chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) compared to non-DM and intermittent claudication (IC).

methodsThe IN.PACT Global study was a real-world prospective, multicenter, international, single-arm study that enrolled 1535 participants. Post hoc analyses were conducted for participants with DM (n = 560) versus non-DM (n = 842) and CLTI (n = 156) versus IC (n = 1246). Assessments included freedom from clinically driven target lesion revascularization (CD-TLR) through 60 months, a composite safety outcome (freedom from device- and procedure-related death through 30 days, and freedom from major target limb amputation and freedom from CD-target vessel revascularization within 60 months), and major adverse events (MAEs).

resultsKaplan-Meier estimates of 60-month freedom from CD-TLR were 67.7% and 70.5% (p = 0.25) in the DM and non-DM cohorts; and 60.7% and 70.5% (p = 0.006) in the CLTI and IC cohorts. The Kaplan-Meier 60-month composite safety outcomes were 65.1% DM versus 68.9% non-DM (p = 0.12); 53.2% CLTI versus 69.1% IC (p < 0.001). Between DM and non-DM, MAE rates were not significantly different through 60 months except for all-cause mortality which was higher in DM (23.8% versus 16.6%; p < 0.001). Participants with CLTI had a higher cumulative incidence of major target limb amputation (6.8% versus 1.1%; p < 0.001) and all-cause mortality (37.4% versus 17.4%; p < 0.001) through 60 months compared to IC.

conclusionsIn this real-world study, 5-year reintervention rates following DCB angioplasty were similar between DM and non-DM, but mortality rates were expectedly higher in patients with DM. Reintervention, mortality, and amputation rates were all higher in CLTI patients compared to IC, which is consistent with the known frailty of this patient population. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 3, Non-randomized controlled cohort/follow-up study.

Indexed as

Angioplasty, BalloonChronic Limb-Threatening IschemiaFemoral ArteryIschemiaPaclitaxelPeripheral Arterial DiseasePopliteal ArteryAgedAmputation, SurgicalChronic DiseaseCoated Materials, BiocompatibleFemaleHumansIntermittent ClaudicationMaleMiddle AgedCoated Materials, BiocompatiblePaclitaxelChronic limb-threatening ischemiaClinically driven target lesion revascularizationDiabetes mellitusDrug-coated balloon

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PMID37526706
PMCPMC10547845
OpenAlexW4385441845

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