AGENT DCB STANCE: Safety and Effectiveness Study of AGENT Drug-Coated Balloon Compared to Standard of Care Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Treatment for de Novo Coronary Lesions

Last updated: May 6, 2026
Sponsor: Boston Scientific Corporation
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

N/A

Treatment

Drug eluting stent

Drug Eluting Balloon

Plain old balloon angioplasty

Clinical Study ID

NCT06959524
S2530
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

AGENT DCB STANCE is a prospective, multicenter, open-label, 1:1 randomized controlled study designed to assess the safety and effectiveness of a treatment strategy with the AGENT Drug-Coated Balloon compared to standard of care percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) treatment with drug eluting stent (DES) and/or balloon angioplasty in patients with de novo coronary lesions.

Subjects must have a de novo target lesion located in a native coronary artery.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Clinical Inclusion Criteria:

  • Subject must be at least 18 years of age.

  • Subject (or legal guardian) understands the trial requirements and the treatmentprocedures and provides written informed consent before any trial-specific tests orprocedures are performed.

  • Subject is eligible for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

  • Subject is willing to comply with all protocol-required follow-up evaluation.

  • Women of child-bearing potential must agree to use a reliable method ofcontraception from the time of screening through 12 months after the indexprocedure.

Angiographic Inclusion Criteria:

  • Target lesion is a de novo lesion located in a native coronary artery

  • Target lesion must have visually estimated stenosis > 50% and < 100% in symptomaticsubjects (>70% and <100% in asymptomatic subjects) prior to lesion pre-dilation.

  • Target lesion must be successfully pre-dilated.

  • If a non-target lesion is treated, it must be treated first and must be deemed asuccess.

Exclusion

Clinical Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subject has other serious medical illness (e.g. cancer, congestive heart failure)that may reduce life expectancy to less than 12 months.

  • Subject has current problems with substance abuse (e.g. alcohol, cocaine, heroin,etc.).

  • Subject has planned procedure that may cause non-compliance with the protocol orconfound data interpretation.

  • Subject is participating in another investigational drug or device clinical studythat has not reached its primary endpoint.

  • Subject intends to participate in another investigational drug or device clinicalstudy within 12 months after the index procedure.

  • Subject is a woman who is pregnant or nursing. A pregnancy test must be performedwithin 7 days prior to the index procedure, except for women who definitely do nothave child-bearing potential.

  • Subject has left ventricular ejection fraction known to be < 30%.

  • Subject had PCI or other coronary interventions within the last 30 days.

  • Subject has planned PCI or CABG after the index procedure.

  • Subject had STEMI or QWMI <72h prior to the index procedure.

  • Subject presents with NSTEMI and rising biomarkers, or ongoing chest pain or ishemodynamically unstable.

  • Subject has cardiogenic shock (SBP < 80 mmHg requiring inotropes, IABP or fluidsupport).

  • Subject has history (within 6 months prior to the index procedure) of New York HeartAssociation (NYHA) class III or IV heart failure.

  • Subject is considered not able to tolerate at least 30 seconds of coronary occlusionof the target lesion.

  • Subject has known allergy to paclitaxel or other components of the used medicaldevices.

  • Subject has known hypersensitivity or contraindication to contrast dye that in theopinion of the investigator cannot be adequately pre-medicated.

  • Subject has intolerance to antiplatelet drugs, anticoagulants required forprocedure.

  • Subject has platelet count < 100k/mm3 (risk of bleeding) or > 700k/mm3.

  • Subject with renal insufficiency (creatinine ≥2.0 mg/dl) or failure (dialysisdependent).

Angiographic Exclusion Criteria:

  • In-stent restenosis.

  • Target lesion is located within a saphenous vein or arterial graft.

  • Target lesion is a total occlusion or has evidence of thrombus present in the targetvessel.

  • Target lesion is severely calcified by angiography or has > 270° calcium arc onintravascular imaging or requires atherectomy.

  • Subject has unprotected left main coronary artery disease (>50% diameter stenosis)or three-vessel coronary disease requiring revascularization of all 3 vessels.

  • Subject with planned treatment of lesion involving aortic ostial location.

Study Design

Total Participants: 1616
Treatment Group(s): 3
Primary Treatment: Drug eluting stent
Phase:
Study Start date:
August 21, 2025
Estimated Completion Date:
March 31, 2032

Study Description

The study will also contain a PK sub study and an IVUS sub study.

Connect with a study center

  • The Prince Charles Hospital

    Chermside, Queensland 4032
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • The Prince Charles Hospital

    Chermside 6943582, Queensland 2152274 4032
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • Victorian Heart Hospital

    Clayton, Victoria 3168
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • Victorian Heart Hospital

    Clayton 2171400, Victoria 2145234 3168
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • Fuwai Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

    Beijin, Beijin 100000
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • Beijing Anzhen Hospital of the Capital University of Medical Sciences

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality 100000
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

    Guangzhou, Guangzhou 510080
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital

    Wuhan, Hubei 430022
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cellitinnen Krankenhaus St. Vinzenz

    Cologne, 50733
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • Mater Private Hospital

    Dublin, D07 RD8P
    Ireland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Mater Private Hospital

    Dublin 2964574, D07 RD8P
    Ireland

    Site Not Available

  • Auckland City Hospital

    Auckland, 1010
    New Zealand

    Site Not Available

  • Auckland City Hospital

    Auckland 2193733, 1010
    New Zealand

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitario de La Princesa

    Madrid, 28006
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe

    Valencia, 46026
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • Clínico de Valladolid

    Valladolid, 47012
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • Clínico de Valladolid

    Valladolid 3106672, 47012
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Scripps Memorial Hospital

    La Jolla, California 92037
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cedars - Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California 90048
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • USC Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California 90033
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of California San Francisco

    San Francisco, California 94143
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Stanford University Medical Center

    Stanford, California 94305
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • USC Medical Center

    Los Angeles 5368361, California 5332921 90033
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Stanford University Medical Center

    Stanford 5398563, California 5332921 94305
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • South Denver Cardiology Associates, PC

    Littleton, Colorado 80120
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • South Denver Cardiology Associates, PC

    Littleton 5429032, Colorado 5417618 80120
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The Cardiac and Vascular Institute Research Foundation

    Gainesville, Florida 32605
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • The Cardiac and Vascular Institute Research Foundation

    Gainesville 4156404, Florida 4155751 32605
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Emory University Hospital

    Atlanta, Georgia 30322
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Piedmont Hospital

    Atlanta, Georgia 30309
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Wellstar Kennestone Hospital

    Marietta, Georgia 30060
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Emory University Hospital

    Atlanta 4180439, Georgia 4197000 30322
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Piedmont Hospital

    Atlanta 4180439, Georgia 4197000 30309
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Wellstar Kennestone Hospital

    Marietta 4207783, Georgia 4197000 30060
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Endeavor Health

    Glenview, Illinois 60026
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Endeavor Health

    Glenview 4893886, Illinois 4896861 60026
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts 02215
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts 02115
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts 02114
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston 4930956, Massachusetts 6254926 02215
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston 4930956, Massachusetts 6254926 02115
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Michigan Hospitals

    Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Henry Ford Hospital

    Detroit, Michigan 48202
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Corewell Health

    Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Henry Ford Hospital

    Detroit 4990729, Michigan 5001836 48202
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Corewell Health

    Grand Rapids 4994358, Michigan 5001836 49503
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Mercy Hospital

    Coon Rapids, Minnesota 55433
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Mercy Hospital

    Coon Rapids 5022025, Minnesota 5037779 55433
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City

    Kansas City, Missouri 64111
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City

    Kansas City 4393217, Missouri 4398678 64111
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Columbia University Medical Center

    New York, New York 10032
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Mount Sinai Medical Center

    New York, New York 10029
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • St. Francis Hospital

    Roslyn, New York 11576
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Montefiore Medical Center

    The Bronx, New York 10467
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Columbia University Medical Center

    New York 5128581, New York 5128638 10032
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Mount Sinai Medical Center

    New York 5128581, New York 5128638 10029
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • St. Francis Hospital

    Roslyn 5134415, New York 5128638 11576
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Montefiore Medical Center

    The Bronx 5110266, New York 5128638 10467
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Carolinas Medical Center

    Charlotte, North Carolina 28204
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Carolinas Medical Center

    Charlotte 4460243, North Carolina 4482348 28204
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Lindner Center for Research and Education at Christ Hospital

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45219
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland, Ohio 44195
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Ohio Health Riverside Methodist Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio 43214
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Lindner Center for Research and Education at Christ Hospital

    Cincinnati 4508722, Ohio 5165418 45219
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland 5150529, Ohio 5165418 44195
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Providence St. Vincent Medical Center

    Portland, Oregon 97225
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UPMC Pinnacle

    Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17050
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UPMC Pinnacle

    Mechanicsburg 5200657, Pennsylvania 6254927 17050
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Rhode Island Hospital

    Providence, Rhode Island 02903
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rhode Island Hospital

    Providence 5224151, Rhode Island 5224323 02903
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Prisma Health Richland Hospital

    Columbia, South Carolina 29203
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Heart Hospital of Austin

    Austin, Texas 78705
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Baylor Heart & Vascular Hospital

    Dallas, Texas 75226
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

    Houston, Texas 77030
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano

    Plano, Texas 75093
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio dba Methodist Hospital

    San Antonio, Texas 78229
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Heart Hospital of Austin

    Austin 4671654, Texas 4736286 78705
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Baylor Heart & Vascular Hospital

    Dallas 4684888, Texas 4736286 75226
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

    Houston 4699066, Texas 4736286 77030
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano

    Plano 4719457, Texas 4736286 75093
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio dba Methodist Hospital

    San Antonio 4726206, Texas 4736286 78229
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Virginia Medical Center

    Charlottesville, Virginia 22908
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Virginia Medical Center

    Charlottesville 4752031, Virginia 6254928 22908
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Charleston Area Medical Center

    Charleston, West Virginia 25304
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Charleston Area Medical Center

    Charleston 4801859, West Virginia 4826850 25304
    United States

    Site Not Available

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