Clinical end points in coronary stent trials: a case for standardized definitions

Cutlip, D.E.; Windecker, S; Mehran, R; Boam, A; Cohen, DJ; van Es, GA; Steg, PG; Morel, MA; Mauri, L; Vranckx, P; McFadden, E; Lansky, A; Hamon, M; Krucoff, MW; Serruys, PW; Academic, Research Consortium (2007). Clinical end points in coronary stent trials: a case for standardized definitions. Circulation, 115(17), pp. 2344-51. Baltimore, Md.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.685313

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BACKGROUND: Although most clinical trials of coronary stents have measured nominally identical safety and effectiveness end points, differences in definitions and timing of assessment have created confusion in interpretation. METHODS AND RESULTS: The Academic Research Consortium is an informal collaboration between academic research organizations in the United States and Europe. Two meetings, in Washington, DC, in January 2006 and in Dublin, Ireland, in June 2006, sponsored by the Academic Research Consortium and including representatives of the US Food and Drug Administration and all device manufacturers who were working with the Food and Drug Administration on drug-eluting stent clinical trial programs, were focused on consensus end point definitions for drug-eluting stent evaluations. The effort was pursued with the objective to establish consistency among end point definitions and provide consensus recommendations. On the basis of considerations from historical legacy to key pathophysiological mechanisms and relevance to clinical interpretability, criteria for assessment of death, myocardial infarction, repeat revascularization, and stent thrombosis were developed. The broadly based consensus end point definitions in this document may be usefully applied or recognized for regulatory and clinical trial purposes. CONCLUSION: Although consensus criteria will inevitably include certain arbitrary features, consensus criteria for clinical end points provide consistency across studies that can facilitate the evaluation of safety and effectiveness of these devices.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Cardiology
UniBE Contributor:	Windecker, Stephan
ISSN:	0009-7322
ISBN:	17470709
Publisher:	Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 15:00
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:18
Publisher DOI:	10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.685313
PubMed ID:	17470709
Web of Science ID:	000246122600014
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/26153 (FactScience: 65978)