Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions (CCI) Journal Publishes Sahajanand Medical Technologies PAINT trial 1 year results

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(Free-Press-Release.com) October 30, 2009 --

Surat, India —October 30, 2009 – Sahajanand Medical Technologies, a leading developer and manufacturer of Drug Eluting Stents, announced that the Journal of the WILEY inter science - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions (CCI) has published 1 year results from the PAINT trial (ClinicalTrails.gov ID: NCT00752362). The article entitled “Randomized evaluation of two drug-eluting stents with identical metallic platform and biodegradable polymer but different agents (Paclitaxel or Sirolimus) compared against Bare stents: 1-year results of the PAINT trial” are published in the November 74th issue of CCI journal and is available online at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122445261/PDFSTART. The CCI Journal is published by WILEY inter science to focused on material that will be of immediate practical value to physicians providing patient care in the clinical laboratory setting.

The article, authored by Dr. Pedro A. Lemos, MD, PhD at Dr. Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar, Sao Paulo Brazil, describes the positive results from the 1-year follow-up of a multicenter, 274 patients (Sirolimus=106, Paclitaxel=111, Bare Metal Stent=57), Phase IV study headed by Dr. Pedro A. Lemos himself. The Sirolimus drug-eluting Stents, Paclitaxel drug eluting Stents and Bare metal Stents were successfully implanted in a (2:2:1) randomization.

According to Dr. Atul Abhyankar, Medical Director- Sahajanand Medical Technologies, “Both Paclitaxel and Sirolimus stents reduce the 9-month in-stent late loss to 0.54±0.44 mm, 0.32±0.43 mm, vs. 0.90±0.45 mm for Bare metal stent respectively, and 1-year risk of target vessel revascularization and combined major adverse cardiac event is reduced for both DES in all comparisons which proves the efficacy of Drug Eluting Stents against Bare Metal Stents.”

The PAINT TRAIL one year angiographic results analyzed by Cardialysis (Rotterdam, Netherlands) showed that the head-to-head comparison between two novel DES (Paclitaxel & Sirolimus), both the novel DES were effective in reducing neointimal hyperplasia, late lumen loss, 1-year re-intervention and adverse cardiac event during first year compared to Bare metal stent. Sirolimus Stents had lower late loss than Paclitaxel stents (p<0.01) but similar 1-year clinical outcomes.

“Results of PAINT trial reinforce the fact that our proprietary blend of biodegradable polymers is effective as a carrier for DES technology and also this proprietary blend of polymers seems to work very effectively in both the different kind of drugs,” said Mr. Rahul Gaywala, SMT’s Executive Director. “It has been fundamental policy of SMT to promote evidence based medicine and in the past many of the trials conducted have been presented and published in index journals. The current publication too is in keeping with the underlying fundamental principle. We are happy that we have contributed positively to the interventional community.”

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