Two-year results after coronary stenting of small vessels in Japanese population using 2.25-mm diameter sirolimus-eluting stent with bioresorbable polymer: primary and long-term outcomes of CENTURY JSV study

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in coronary artery disease (CAD) with very small vessels remains challenging. The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the 2.25-mm diameter Ultimaster sirolimus-eluting stent in the treatment of Japanese patients with CAD due to lesions in very small vessels. The CENTURY JSV study is a prospective, multicentre, single-arm study. Seventy patients with lesions deemed suitable for implantation of a 2.25-mm diameter stent were enrolled at seven hospitals in Japan. Patients underwent clinical follow-up at 1-, 9-month, 1-, and 2-year after the PCI procedure. The primary endpoint was the major adverse cardiac event (MACE), a composite of cardiac death, target vessel myocardial infarction (MI), and clinically driven target lesion revascularization (TLR) free rate at 9-month following the procedure. The MACE-free rate was 97.1%, and the lower limit of the two-sided 95% confidence interval (CI) was 90.1%, which exceeded the threshold of 80% set as the performance goal. Angiographic in-stent and in-segment late loss at 9-month were 0.22 ± 0.31 and − 0.02 ± 0.34 mm, respectively. Between 9 months and 2 years, two additional TLRs occurred. Stent thrombosis, bleeding and vascular complication did not occur throughout 2 years. The 2.25-mm diameter Ultimaster® bioresorbable-polymer sirolimus-eluting stent is safe and effective for treating lesions in very small coronary arteries throughout 2 years after stent implantation.