Review Article

Drug-Coated Balloons versus Everolimus-Eluting Stents in Patients with In-Stent Restenosis: A Pair-Wise Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

Table 2

Patients and lesion characteristics of the included studies.

StudyGroupTarget vessel, %RVD, mmMLD, mmDS%, %LVEF, %UA, %SA/SI, %ISR Mehran classification, %
LADLCXRCAVBIIIIII-IV

DARE, 2018 [5]DCB41.0%0.0%37.0%0.7%2.56 ± 0.430.77 ± 0.3369.7 ± 11.8NR44%NR51%32%17%
EES39.0%0.7%35.0%1.4%2.59 ± 0.540.79 ± 0.3569.3 ± 12.5NR42%NR53%34%13%
RESTORE, 2018 [4]DCB55.8%15.1%27.9%1.2%2.85 ± 0.500.63 ± 0.4077 ± 1759.4% ± 8.4%45.30%41.80%67.20%14.90%17.90%
EES60.5%12.8%24.4%0.0%3.06 ± 0.450.63 ± 0.4279 ± 1359.9% ± 7.8%38.40%45.40%66.20%19.10%14.70%
RIBS IV, 2015 [9, 12]DCB37.0%22.0%39.0%2.0%2.64 ± 0.601.02 ± 0.4061 ± 1458% ± 13%40%60%63%34%3%
EES39.0%23.0%34.0%3.0%2.64 ± 0.600.93 ± 0.4065 ± 1359% ±1 2%45%56%64%28%8%
RIBS V, 2014 [11, 14]DCB50.0%18.0%28.0%4.0%2.58 ± 0.500.79 ± 0.4069 ± 1758% ± 12%52%48%40%47%13%
EES46.0%22.0%29.0%3.0%2.55 ± 0.500.75 ± 0.4072 ± 1559% ± 11%51%49%36%45%19%
SEDUCE, 2014 [10]DCB24.0%20.0%52.0%4.0%3.00 ± 0.480.98 ± 0.6067.7 ± 18.4NR20%76%32%52%16%
EES44.0%28.0%24.0%0.0%2.85 ± 0.440.57 ± 0.3779.4 ± 13.5NR20%76%36%40%24%
TIS, 2016 [6, 12]DCB47.3%NR29.7%1.4%2.64 ± 0.470.92 ± 0.4571.8 ± 13.949.7% ± 12.0%NR64.70%40.54%45.95%13.52%
EES54.1%NR29.7%2.7%2.66 ± 0.450.79 ± 0.4878.0 ± 13.449.6% ± 11.4%NR63.20%28.38%47.30%24.32%

Data are shown as percentage or mean ± standard deviation. DCB, drug-coated balloons; EES, everolimus-eluting stents; LAD, anterior descending branch; LCX, left circumflex artery; RCA, right coronary artery; VB, vein bypass; RVD, reference vessel diameter; MLD, minimum lumen diameter; DS, diameter stenosis; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; UA, unstable angina; SA/SI, stable angina/silent ischemia; ISR, in-stent stenosis; NR, not reported.