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. 2019 Dec 23;13(2):17–24. doi: 10.17925/HI.2019.13.2.17

Table 2: Findings of clinical studies related to Orsiro biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents.

Study name Year Study type Follow-up (months) Stent comparator type Patients (n) Outcomes Conclusion
Orsiro BP-DES Stent comparator
BIOFLOW I75 2013 First-in-man study 12 N/A 30 N/A - ST: 0%
- MI: 0%
- Cardiac death: 3.3%
- TLR: 6.7%
N/A
BIOFLOW II76 2015 Non-inferiority RCT 12 Xience EES 298 154 - Definite or probable ST: 0% versus 0%
- MI: 3.1% versus 2.6%; p=0.80
- Cardiac death: 0.7% versus 0.7%; p=0.98
- All-cause death: 1.0% versus 0.7%; p=0.71
- TLR: 3.8% versus 5.4%; p=0.46
- In-stent LLL at 9 months: 0.10 ± 0.32 mm versus 0.11 ± 0.29 mm; p=0.98
Non-inferior
BIOFLOW III77 2016 All-comers registry analysis 12 N/A 1,356 N/A - Definite ST: 0.2%
- MI: 2.7%
- Cardiac death: 1.3%
- TLR: 3.0%
N/A
SORT OUT VII56 2016 Non-inferiority RCT 12 Nobori BP-DES 1,261 1,264 - Definite ST: 0.4% versus 1.2%; p=0.03
- MI: 1.6% versus 2.4%; p=0.16
- Cardiac death: 1.3% versus 1.4% p=0.75
- All-cause death: 3.0% versus 2.2%; p=0.21
- TLR: 2.0% versus 2.9%; p=0.13
Non-inferior Definite ST lower with Orsiro BP-DES than Nobori BP-DES
ORIENT78 2017 Non-inferiority RCT 12 Resolute Integrity ZES 250 122 - Definite or probable ST: 0% versus 0%
- MI: 0% versus 0.8%; p=0.13
- Cardiac death: 1.2% versus 0.8%; p=0.74
- All-cause death: 1.6% versus 0.8%; p=0.53
- TLR: 1.2% versus 2.5%; p=0.37
- In-stent LLL at 9 months: 0.06 mm
(-0.09–0.24) versus 0.12 mm (-0.07–0.32); p=0.21
Non-inferior
PRISON IV79 2017 Non-inferiority RCT (chronic total occlusion) 12 Xience EES 165 165 - Definite or probable ST: 0.6% versus 0.6%
- MI: 0.6% versus 0.6%
- Cardiac death: 0.6% versus 1.2%
- All-cause death: 0.6% versus 1.8%
- TLR: 10.5% versus 4.0%; p=0.04
- In-stent LLL at 9 months: 0.12 ± 0.59 mm
versus 0.07 ± 0.46 mm; p=0.52
Non-inferior TLR higher with Orsiro BP-DES than Xience EES
BIOSCIENCE80 2018 Non-inferiority RCT 60 Xience EES 1,063 1,056 - Definite or probable ST: 6.3% versus 7.7%; p=0.26
- MI: 10.4% versus 12.3%; p=0.23
- Cardiac death: 8.6% versus 7.5%; p=0.57
- All-cause death 14.1% versus 10.3%; p=0.02
- TLR: 11.5% versus 10.9%; p=0.61
Non-inferior All-cause death higher with Orsiro BP-dES than Xience EES
BIO-RESORT81 2018 Non-inferiority RCT 24 Resolute Integrity ZES 1,169 1,173 - Definite or probable ST: 0.6% versus 0.8%; p=0.62
- MI: 3.1% versus 3.6%; p=0.50
- Cardiac death: 1.3% versus 1.5%; p=0.73
- All-cause death: 2.6% versus 3.3%; p=0.33
- TLR: 2.2% versus 3.0%; p=0.24
- TLR beyond 12 months: 0.6% versus 1.5%; p=0.04
Non-inferior TLR beyond 12 months lower with Orsiro BP-DES than Resolute Integity ZES
BIONYX82 2018 Non-inferiority RCT 12 Resolute Onyx ZES 1,245 1,243 - Definite or probable ST: 0.7% versus 0.1%; p=0.01
- MI: 1.6% versus 1.6%; p=0.97
- Cardiac death: 1.1% versus 0.6%; p=0.18
- All-cause death: 2.1% versus 1.6%; p=0.37
- TLR: 2.0% versus 2.5%; p=0.35
Non-inferior Definite or probable ST higher with Orsiro BP-DES than Resolute Onyx ZES
BIOFLOW V83 2018 Non-inferiority RCT 24 Xience EES 884 450 - Definite very late ST: 0.1% versus 1.0%; p=0.045
- MI: 5.3% versus 9.5%; p=0.01
- Cardiac death: 0.6% versus 0.5%; p=1.00
- All-cause death: 1.9% versus 2.2%; p=0.83
- TLR: 2.6% versus 4.9%; p=0.04
- TLF: 7.5% versus 11.9%; p=0.02
Non-inferior Definite very late ST, MI, TLR, and TLF lower with Orsiro BP-DES than Xience EES
BIOSTEMI84 2019 Superiority RCT 12 Xience EES 649 651 - Definite or probable ST: RR, 0.69; 95% CrI, 0.32–1.69
- MI: RR, 1.21; 95% CrI, 0.60–2.46
- Cardiac death: RR, 0.77; 95% CrI, 0.43–1.40
- All-cause death: RR, 0.97; 95% CrI, 0.58–1.62
- TLR: RR, 0.57; 95% CrI, 0.28–1.12
- TLF: RR, 0.59; 95% CrI, 0.37–0.94
Non-superior TLF lower with Orsiro BP-DES than Xience EES

Values are mean ± standard deviation or median (interquartile range).

BP-DES = biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents; CrI = credibility interval; EES = everolimus-eluting stents; LLL = late lumen loss; MI = myocardial infarction;N/A = not available; RCT = randomised controlled trial; RR = risk ratio; ST = stent thrombosis; TLF = target lesion failure; TLR = target lesion revascularisation; ZES = zotarolimus-eluting stents.