Amsterdam Investigator-initiateD Absorb Strategy All-comers Trial (AIDA)

This is an interventional treatment trial for Coronary Artery Disease Read More

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subject is an acceptable candidate for treatment with a drug-eluting stent in accordance with the applicable guidelines on percutaneous coronary interventions and the Instructions for Use of the ABSORB BVS strategy and XIENCE family.
• Subject is able to verbally confirm understanding of risks, benefits and treatment alternatives of receiving the ABSORB BVS strategy and he/she or his/her legally authorized representative provides written informed consent prior to any Clinical Investigation related procedure, as approved by the appropriate Ethics Committee.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subject is younger than 18 years of age
• Subject has a true bifurcation lesion where a priori two scaffold/stent strategy is planned.
• Unsuccessful predilation of one or more of the planned lesion to be treated.
• Planned treatment of in-stent restenosis of a previously placed metallic stent.
• Subject has one or more lesion planned to be treated with a scaffold/stent diameter size smaller than 2.5 mm or greater than 4.0 mm.
• Subject has one or more lesion planned to be treated with a stent/scaffold length greater than 70 mm and/or overlapping of four or more scaffolds/stents.
• Subject has known hypersensitivity or contraindication to aspirin, both heparin and bivalirudin, antiplatelet medication specified for use in the study (clopidogrel, prasugrel and ticagrelor, inclusive), everolimus, poly (L-lactide), poly (DL-lactide), cobalt, chromium, nickel, tungsten, acrylic and fluoro polymers or contrast sensitivity that cannot be adequately pre-medicated.
• Subjects pregnant or nursing subjects and those who plan pregnancy in the period up to 2 years following index procedure. (Female subjects of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test done within 28 days prior to the index procedure and contraception must be used during participation in this trial)
• Subjects with a limited life expectancy less than one year.
• Subjects with factors that impede clinical follow-up (e.g. no fixed abode).
• Subject is already participating in another clinical investigation that has not yet reached its primary endpoint.
• Subject is belonging to a vulnerable population (per investigator's judgment, e.g., subordinate hospital staff or sponsor staff) or subject unable to read or write.