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Trial name or title	Paclitaxel Eluting Stent in Long Superficial Femoral Artery Obstruction: a Prospective, Randomized Comparison With Bypass Surgery Using PTFE Graft in a Finnish Multicenter Study
Methods	Allocation: randomised Endpoint classification: safety/efficacy study Intervention model: parallel assignment Masking: open label Primary purpose: treatment
Participants	Individuals suffering from severe lifestyle limiting IC indicating revascularisation as well as individuals suffering from CLI and having de novo SFA obstruction with a total length ranging from 7 to 20 cm
Interventions	Femoro‐popliteal artery bypass operation by using synthetic PTFE graft versus placement of paclitaxel‐eluting stent in long SFA obstruction
Outcomes	Primary patency, amputation‐free survival
Starting date	October 2011
Contact information	Hannu Manninen hannu.manninen@kuh.fi, Marja‐Liisa Sutinen marja‐liisa.sutinen@kuh.fi
Notes	NCT0145722 Sponsors and Collaborators: Kuopio University Hospital; Helsinki University Central Hospital; Turku University Hospital; Tampere University Hospital; Oulu University Hospital; Finnish Society of Interventional Radiology; North Karelia Central Hospital; Paijat‐Hame Hospital District