WHAT: A series of Featured Clinical Trials will be presented at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), in addition to late-breaking clinical trials. These featured clinical trials represent groundbreaking research and will yield data and insight that will further the field of interventional cardiology.
WHEN: The TCT Featured Clinical Trials will be presented on September 24, 2009 from 2:00 - 6:00 pm.
Session I. Drug-Eluting Stents
- ZEST: Final Angiographic and IVUS Results From a Large-Scale Randomized Trial of Zotarolimus-Eluting, Sirolimus-Eluting and Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents
Cheol Whan Lee, MD - CEREA-DES: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Corticosteroids in Patients Undergoing Stent Implantation
Flavio L Ribichini, MD - STATINS PRE-PCI: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Statins Prior to Stent Implantation in Patients with Stable Angina
Josef Veselka, MD, PhD - NEVO RES-ELUTION I QOL: Formal Quality-of-Life Assessment from a Prospective Randomized Trial of a Novel Sirolimus-Eluting Stent and a Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent
John A. Spertus, MD - CILOTAX: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Stent Eluting Cilostazol and Paclitaxel
Cheol Whan Lee, MD - BIOFREEDOM: A Prospective Randomized Trial of a Polymer-Free Biolimus A9-Eluting Stent
Eberhard Grube, MD
Session II. ACS Therapies and Novel Imaging Approaches
- MISTRAL: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Ambulance-Initiated vs. Cath Lab-Initiated Intravenous Abciximab in Patients with STEMI
Patrick Ohlmann, MD, PhD - COCKTAIL: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Intracoronary Abciximab Infusion in Patients with Thrombotic Lesions Assessed by OCT Francesco Prati, MD
- NO REFLOW: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Intracoronary vs. Guide Catheter Infusion of Nitrates vs. Calcium Channel Blockers in Patients with No Reflow After Primary PCI in STEMI
Junbo Ge, MD - OCTAMI: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Zotarolimus-Eluting and Bare-Metal Stents in STEMI Assessed by OCT
Giulio Guagliumi, MD
Session III. End-Stage, Structural Heart and Endovascular Intervention