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BRAVE trial

BioMimics thRee-dimensional stent with cilostAzol Versus drug-Eluting stent in the femoropopliteal lesions (BRAVE trial)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCTs032220289
Enrollment
236
Registered
2022-09-01
Start date
2022-09-28
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Symptomatic arteriosclerosis obliterans LEAD, SFA, BMS, DES

Interventions

Use of antiplatelet drugs BioMimics 3D BMS treatment group: 1)Cilostazol It is administered for 24 months after stent implantation. Cilostazol is started at a small dose (daily dose: 50 mg x 2 doses)

Sponsors

Nakamura Masato
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients aged 20 years or older (2) Patients with target lesions in the symptomatic superficial femoral artery (SFA) or proximal popliteal artery (PA) requiring endovascular treatment (any new lesion, any restenotic lesion) * (3) Patients with target lesion lengths =4 mm and =<6 mm (visualized by angiography) (6) Patients in whom patent inflow artery was confirmed (stenosis rate < 50% visually) (7) Patients with at least one patent vessel below the knee on initial angiography (8) Patients for whom written informed consent is obtained from the person (9) Patients willing to cooperate with all follow-up assessments specified in the study protocol *lower limb extremity lesion: Iliac artery is not included and popliteal artery territory is up to P1.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients considered to have a life expectancy of less than 2 years (2) Female patients who are pregnant or are planning to become pregnant (3) Patients who have had or have had a hemorrhagic stroke within 3 months before the procedure (4) Patients treated with thrombolysis within 30 days before the procedure (5) Patients who underwent surgery (surgery, endovascular treatment, etc.) that may affect the evaluation of this clinical study within 15 days before the procedure or who were scheduled within 30 days after this clinical study procedure (6) Patients with drug allergy or contraindications to antiplatelet drugs and cilostazol (or similar drugs) required in this clinical study. (7) Patients with bleeding diathesis (hemophilia, capillary fragility, intracranial hemorrhage, gastroint estinal hemorrhage, urinary tract hemorrhage, hemoptysis, vitreous hemorrhage, etc.) (8) Patients with congestive heart failure * (9) Patients with contrast allergy (10)Patients currently participating in or scheduled to participate in other clinical trials (11)Patients with a lesion in which appropriate stenting cannot be performed or the stent cannot be fully expanded with a balloon (12)Patients with lesions in the aneurysm or proximal or distal to the aneurysm (13)Patients require a radial or brachial approach for stenting (14)Patients with obvious hypersensitivity to nitinol or its constituents (nickel, titanium) or tantalum (15) Patients diagnosed with hypersensitivity to paclitaxel or its related substances (16) Patients are in cancer treatment with paclitaxel (17) Patients diagnosed with hypersensitivity to acrylic polymers, fluoropolymers, or their individual constituents (18) Patients taking direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOAC). (19) Patients with prior stent treatment in the lower extremities with target lesions (20) Patients treated with DCB of the target lesion within 30 days (21) Patients who are deemed ineligible for this clinical study at the discretion of a physician *Heart failure in this study is defined as NYHA2 or more or ejection fraction (EFs) 35% or less.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Primary patency rates of target lesions at 12 months after the procedure.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
(1) Safety (2) Bleeding event according to BARC criteria (BARC 3,5 and 2,3,5) (3) Cumulative event free rate of composite end points (MAEs) and each component of MAEs at 30 days, 12 months, and 24 months after the procedure - Death - Lower limb amputation - Surgical transition - Revascularization (CD-TLR) (4) Incidence of stent thrombosis at 30 days, 12 months, and 24 months after the procedure (5) Primary patency of target lesions at 24 months after the procedure (6) Changes in resting ABI (7) Change in Rutherford classification

Contacts

Public ContactYutaro Kawagoe

EPS Corporation

prj-brave_trial@eps.co.jp+81-3-5804-5045

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026