Comparison of Angioplasty/Drug Coated Balloon/Laser + Drug Coated Balloon for Femoropopliteal Artery In-stent Restenosis

Last updated: June 8, 2026
Sponsor: University Hospital, Bordeaux
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

3

Condition

N/A

Treatment

Excimer Laser

Drug-coated balloons

Clinical Study ID

NCT02599389
CHUBX 2014/40
2015-A00924-45
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The aim of this multicenter triple-arm randomized study is to compare two innovative techniques with the gold standard currently used and providing unsatisfactory results for the In-Stent Restenosis (ISR) treatment in femoro-popliteal arteries. This protocol compares the use of drug-coated balloons (paclitaxel - antimitotic) used alone or in association with the Excimer Laser to recalibrate the vessel lumen into the stent by destroying the whole fibrous material to the standard angioplasty using plain balloons. INTACT study main objective is to assess cost-effectiveness ratio of the treatment of femoropopliteal artery in-stent restenosis by comparing these two innovative strategies and the standard one in terms of cost per Qaly (Quality adjusted life-years) gained at 18 months from a collective perspective.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient of age > 18 years

  • Patient with previously peripheral implanted stent(s) located in or extending to thepopliteal artery

  • Patient who received this stent between 3-36 months before inclusion

  • Patient with one or more in-stent restenosis lesion(s) > 70% in the same arterialsegment in association with clinical symptoms of claudication or an critical limbischemia with Rutherford classification of 2, 3, 4 or 5

  • Reference vessel diameter between 4 and 7 mm

  • Patient affiliated to a social security regimen

  • EC-approved consent form signed by the participant and the investigator (must besigned prior initiation of any study related intervention)

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Life expectancy >18 months

  • Patient already included in this study (recruitment of the contralateral leg is notallowed)

  • Patient contraindicated for the use of antiplatelet therapy

  • Pregnant or breast-feeding women

  • Patient with a target limb infection being treated

  • Patient with a procoagulant blood disease

  • Patient with history of contrast agents allergies

  • Patient with intolerance to paclitaxel

  • Patient with severe renal impairment (GFR <30 ml / min / 1.73 m²) or patient with acreatinine clearance <15 ml / min

  • External compression of previously implanted stent

  • Patient participating in any clinical trial using another investigational drug orproduct which could interfere with the interpretation of the trial results.

  • Patient under trusteeship or guardianship

Angiographic exclusion criteria :

  • Inflow (above) severe lesion >70% or occlusion untreated satisfactorily (residuallesion> 50%) before the management of the target lesion

  • Perforation, dissection or lesions on the arterial network access requiring anassumption prior to randomization

  • Stent fracture grade 4 or 5 at the target lesion

Study Design

Total Participants: 222
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Excimer Laser
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
December 01, 2015
Estimated Completion Date:
May 31, 2020

Study Description

The publication show that there is probably an effectiveness gradient (expressed as a proportion of patients with in-stent restenosis a 18 months after the intervention of the first stenosis reduction): standard balloons would be less effective than active balloons themselves less effective than in combination with the excimer laser. Reducing the risk of In-Stent Restenosis has major implications for the treatment of patients because it reduces the use of arterial bypass or amputation, if unable to perform revascularization.

Based on these promising results of efficiency, we can hypothesize that the active balloons in combination with the Excimer laser would improve the quality of life of patients while reducing the cost of their treatment, this compared to only assets balloons. This same improvement in quality of life with reduced costs of care would be observed for only assets compared to standard balloons. In health economic terms, it is therefore likely that the strategy combining assets balloons and Excimer laser is dominant over assets balloons themselves dominant over standard balloons.

Connect with a study center

  • Clinique Rhône Durance

    Avignon, 84000
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon

    Besançon, 25030
    France

    Site Not Available

  • University Hospital of Bordeaux - Hospital Pellegrin

    Bordeaux, 33000
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand

    Clermont-Ferrand, 63000
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon

    Dijon, 21079
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Hospices Civils de Lyon

    Lyon, 69000
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes

    Nantes, 44093
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Polyclinique Les Fleurs

    Ollioules, 83190
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou - AP-HP de Paris

    Paris, 75015
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Clinique de L'Europe

    Rouen, 76100
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de St Etienne

    Saint-Etienne, 42055
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Strasbourg

    Strasbourg, 67091
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Clinique Pasteur

    Toulouse, 31076
    France

    Site Not Available

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