IMR Press / RCM / Volume 24 / Issue 8 / DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2408221
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Final 36-Month Outcomes from the Multicenter DynamX Study Evaluating a Novel Thin-Strut Novolimus-Eluting Coronary Bioadaptor System and Supporting Preclinical Data
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1 Interventional Cardiology, ZNA Cardiovascular Center Middelheim, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
2 Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, 3600 Genk, Belgium
3 Interventional Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
4 Interventional Cardiology Unit, GVM Care & Research, Maria Cecilia Hospital, 48010 Cotignola (RA), Italy
5 Department of Cardiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, 20097 San Donato Milanese-Milan, Italy
6 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
7 Cardiovascular Center, OLV Hospital, 9300 Aalst, Belgium
8 Cardiovascular Research Center, 04012-070 São Paulo, Brazil
9 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, 20090 Pieve Emanuele-Milan, Italy
10 Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS, 20089 Rozzano-Milan, Italy
*Correspondence: stefan.verheye@gmail.com (Stefan Verheye)
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2023, 24(8), 221; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2408221
Submitted: 24 February 2023 | Revised: 4 April 2023 | Accepted: 4 May 2023 | Published: 1 August 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advances in Drug Eluting Stents)
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: The DynamX Novolimus-Eluting Coronary Bioadaptor System (DynamX® Bioadaptor) has uncaging elements that disengage after the resorption of the polymer coating, aiming to restore vessel function in the treated segment and to avoid long-term adverse outcomes associated with the permanent caging of the coronary artery seen with conventional stenting. Methods: This prospective, multicenter, single-arm first-in-human study enrolled 50 patients in Belgium and Italy who were treated with the DynamX Bioadaptor. Eligible patients had de novo lesions in coronary arteries measuring between 2.5 and 3.5 mm in diameter and 24 mm in length. Clinical follow-up was performed up to 36 months. This analysis includes the intention-to-treat population and is based on data available. The preclinical studies include optical coherence tomography (OCT) analyses of 5 DynamX Bioadaptors implanted in 3 mini Yucatan pigs (at 3, 12 and 24 months), and assessment of smooth muscle cell gene expression profile in 8 pigs of which each was implanted with the DynamX Bioadaptor and the Xience drug-eluting stent. To assess the gene expression profile by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, animals were sacrificed at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. Results: Target lesion failure at 36 months was 8.7% (4/46), consisting of one clinically-driven target lesion revascularization and 3 cardiac deaths (all site-reported to be unrelated to the device or procedure). There were no additional target vessel revascularization and no definite or probable scaffold thrombosis. Preclinical data confirmed late lumen enlargement (from 7.02 ± 1.31 mm2 at baseline to 8.46 ± 1.31 mm2 at 24 months) and identified an increased expression of contractile genes around 9 months compared to a conventional drug-eluting stent. Conclusions: The DynamX Bioadaptor demonstrated very good 36-month clinical outcomes, highlighted by the absence of target-vessel myocardial infarction and definite or probable device thrombosis, and only one target lesion revascularization up to 36 months. These data are supported by preclinical studies that showed late lumen enlargement by OCT and an increased expression of contractile genes around 9 months compared to conventional drug-eluting stents, indicating faster vessel healing. Larger clinical studies are necessary to compare outcomes against contemporary drug-eluting stents. Clinical Trial Registration: https://clinicaltrials.gov/: NCT03429894.

Keywords
coronary artery disease
bioadaptor
drug-eluting stent
novolimus
target lesion failure
vessel motion
pulsatility
vasomotion
thrombosis
Funding
Elixir Medical Corporation
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