Three-Year Clinical Outcomes of a Polymer-Free Paclitaxel-Eluting Microporous Stent in Real-World Practice: Final Results of the Safety and Efficacy Registry of the Yinyi Stent (SERY-I)

Background: The safety and efficacy of a China-made polymer-free paclitaxel-eluting microporous stent (Yinyi) at 1-year has been previously reported. However, limited evidence exists regarding the long-term performance of this novel drug-eluting stent (DES). This study investigated the 3-year efficacy and safety of the Yinyi stent in the setting of safety and efficacy registry of the Yinyi stent (SERY-I) clinical trial. Methods: Between June 2008 and August 2009, a total of 1045 patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were implanted with 1 Yinyi stents at 27 medical centers in mainland China. Thereafter, clinical follow-up was performed for a period of 3 years after enrollment. The primary endpoint was the cumulative rate of composite major adverse cardiac events (MACE) including target lesion revascularization (TLR), the combined incidence of cardiac death, and non-fatal myocardial infarction; the second endpoint was the incidence of stent thrombosis. Results: Overall, 1376 lesions were treated successfully with 1713 Yinyi stents, and 1019 (98.7%) patients received dual antiplatelet therapy for at least 12 months. At 3 years, a total of 13 (1.33%) patients had suffered cardiac death. The incidence of non-fatal myocardial infarction and TLR was 9 (0.92%) and 58 (5.92%) among the patients. Stent thrombosis occurred in 13 (1.33%) patients, and the rate of Academic Research Consortium (ARC) definite or probable stent thrombosis was 0.82%. Conclusions: Given the limitations that SERY-I was a single arm, nonrandomized study and only telephone follow-up was performed without angiographic analysis, the safety and efficacy of Yinyi stent observed in this extended follow-up Registry needs further verification.