Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2017, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (6): 946-951.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2017.06.022

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Homemade sirolimus-eluting stent with biodegradable coating: feasibility and price advantage

An Ya-fang
  

  1. Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Occupational Diseases Prevention and Therapeutic Hospital (Tianjin Workers’ Hospital), Tianjin 300020, China
  • Received:2016-12-12 Online:2017-02-28 Published:2017-03-16
  • About author:An Ya-fang, Attending physician, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Occupational Diseases Prevention and Therapeutic Hospital (Tianjin Workers’ Hospital), Tianjin 300020, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The homemade sirolimus-eluting stent with biodegradable coating (Tivoli stent) is cheaper than the imported zotarolimus-eluting stent (Endeavor stent) by half. Tivoli stent has been widely applied in clinic gradually, and its safety and efficacy will be recognized. 
OBJECTIVE: To explore the feasibility and price advantage of the Tivoli stent versus Endeavor stent.
METHODS: 110 patients with coronary heart disease in Tianjin Occupational Diseases Prevention and Therapeutic Hospital (Tianjin Workers’ Hospital) from January 2006 to January 2016 were selected and randomly allotted to two groups, followed by treated with Tivoli or Endeavor stents, respectively. The procedural success rate, the serum level of C-reactive protein before and 1 week after treatment, coronary angiographic results at 8 months after treatment, as well as the incidence of major adverse cardiac and stent thrombosis events during the 270-day follow-up were observed.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The successful rate of stent implantation was 100% in both groups. The serum level of C-reactive protein in the patients subjected to Tivoli stent before and 1 week after operation showed no significant difference (P > 0.05). The rate of angiographic follow-up in the Tivoli and Endeavor groups was respectively 93% (52/56) and 93 (50/54), and the rate of in-stent stenosis was 11% (8/52) and 3% (2/50) (P=0.370) at 8 weeks postoperatively. All the patients were followed up for 270 days, and there was no death, myocardial infarction or stent thrombosis; the incidence of major adverse cardiac events due to the target lesion revascularization was 11% (6/56) in the Tivoli group and 7% (4/54) in the Endeavor group( P=1.000). These results suggest that the short- and mid-term efficacy, biocompatibility and safety of Tivoli stents are similar with those of Endeavor stents, so the price advantage stands out.

Key words: Sirolimus, Stents, C-Reactive Protein, Tissue Engineering

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