Original Research
DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-24-00657
Polymer-free versus biodegradable-polymer drug-eluting stent in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: an assessor-blind, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial
Raffaele Piccolo1, MD, PhD; Paolo Calabrò2, MD, PhD; Greta Carrara3, Stat; Attilio Varricchio4, MD; Cesare Baldi5, MD; Giovanni Napolitano6, MD; Ciro De Simone7, MD; Ciro Mauro8, MD; Eugenio Stabile9, MD, PhD; Gianluca Caiazzo10, MD, PhD; Tullio Tesorio11, MD; Marco Boccalatte12, MD; Bernardino Tuccillo13, MD; Plinio Cirillo1, MD, PhD; Luigi Di Serafino1, MD, PhD; Fiorenzo Simonetti1, MD; Attilio Leone1, MD; Domenico Angellotti1, MD; Giuseppe Bottiglieri14, MD; Enrico Russolillo15, MD, PhD; Gennaro Galasso16, MD, PhD; Rocco Perrotta17, MD; Arturo Cesaro2, MD, PhD; Tullio Niglio4, MD; Michele Capasso18, MD; Alessandra Spinelli1, MSc; Stefano Cristiano1, MSc; Antonella Faretra1, RN; Dario Bruzzese19, MD, PhD; Alaide Chieffo20, MD, PhD; Giuseppe Tarantini21, MD, PhD; Sergio Leonardi22, MD, PhD; Simone Biscaglia23, MD, PhD; Francesco Costa24, MD, PhD; Salvatore Cassese25, MD, PhD; Eugene McFadden26, MD; Dik Heg27, PhD; Anna Franzone1, MD, PhD; Giulio G. Stefanini28, MD, PhD; Davide Capodanno29, MD, PhD; Giovanni Esposito1, MD, PhD; for the PARTHENOPE investigators
1. Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy; 2. Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy and Division of Cardiology, A.O.R.N. “Sant’Anna e San Sebastiano”, Caserta, Italy; 3. Advice Pharma Group, Milan, Italy; 4. P.O.S. Anna e SS. Madonna della Neve di Boscotrecase, Ospedali Riuniti Area Vesuviana, Naples, Italy; 5. Division of Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi, Salerno, Italy; 6. Division of Cardiology, “San Giuliano” Hospital of Giugliano in Campania, ASL Napoli2 Nord, Giugliano in Campania, Italy; 7. Division of Cardiology, Clinica Villa Dei Fiori, Acerra, Italy; 8. Division of Cardiology, Antonio Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy; 9. Division of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliera Regionale “San Carlo”, Potenza, Italy; 10. Division of Cardiology, San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Aversa, Italy; 11. Department of Invasive Cardiology, Clinica Montevergine, Mercogliano, Italy; 12. Division of Cardiology, Ospedale Santa Maria delle Grazie, Pozzuoli, Italy; 13. Department of Cardiology, Ospedale del Mare, Naples, Italy; 14. Division of Cardiology, Presidio Ospedaliero di Eboli, Eboli, Italy; 15. Division of Cardiology, Ospedale San Giovanni Bosco, Naples, Italy; 16. Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy; 17. Division of Interventional Cardiology, A.O.R.N. Sant’Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy; 18. Division of Cardiology, Ospedale di Nola, Nola, Italy; 19. Department of Public Health, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy; 20. IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; 21. Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy; 22. Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy and Division of Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; 23. Department of Cardiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; 24. Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy and A.O.U. Policlinico “G. Martino”, Messina, Italy; 25. Klinik für Herz- und Kreislauferkrankungen, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; 26. Interventional Cardiology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland; 27. CTU Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; 28. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy and Cardio Center, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy; 29. Division of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico “G. Rodolico-San Marco”, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Raffaele Piccolo1, MD, PhD; Paolo Calabrò2, MD, PhD; Greta Carrara3, Stat; Attilio Varricchio4, MD; Cesare Baldi5, MD; Giovanni Napolitano6, MD; Ciro De Simone7, MD; Ciro Mauro8, MD; Eugenio Stabile9, MD, PhD; Gianluca Caiazzo10, MD, PhD; Tullio Tesorio11, MD; Marco Boccalatte12, MD; Bernardino Tuccillo13, MD; Plinio Cirillo1, MD, PhD; Luigi Di Serafino1, MD, PhD; Fiorenzo Simonetti1, MD; Attilio Leone1, MD; Domenico Angellotti1, MD; Giuseppe Bottiglieri14, MD; Enrico Russolillo15, MD, PhD; Gennaro Galasso16, MD, PhD; Rocco Perrotta17, MD; Arturo Cesaro2, MD, PhD; Tullio Niglio4, MD; Michele Capasso18, MD; Alessandra Spinelli1, MSc; Stefano Cristiano1, MSc; Antonella Faretra1, RN; Dario Bruzzese19, MD, PhD; Alaide Chieffo20, MD, PhD; Giuseppe Tarantini21, MD, PhD; Sergio Leonardi22, MD, PhD; Simone Biscaglia23, MD, PhD; Francesco Costa24, MD, PhD; Salvatore Cassese25, MD, PhD; Eugene McFadden26, MD; Dik Heg27, PhD; Anna Franzone1, MD, PhD; Giulio G. Stefanini28, MD, PhD; Davide Capodanno29, MD, PhD; Giovanni Esposito1, MD, PhD; for the PARTHENOPE investigators
