Drug-Coated Balloon Treatment of Femoropopliteal Lesions Typically Excluded From Clinical Trials: 12-Month Findings From the IN.PACT Global Study:

Purpose: To report a post hoc analysis comparing outcomes between subjects who would have been included in the IN.PACT SFA randomized controlled trial vs those who would have been excluded. Methods: The 1406 subjects enrolled in the IN.PACT Global Study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT01609296) were retrospectively assigned to a standard-use group (n=281) based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria from the randomized IN.PACT SFA trial; the remaining 1125 patients were assigned to the broader-use group. Freedom from clinically-driven target lesion revascularization (CD-TLR) was evaluated at 12 months. The composite primary safety endpoint was freedom from 30-day device- and procedure-related death plus freedom from 12-month target limb major amputation and clinically-driven target vessel revascularization (CD-TVR). Functional outcomes were evaluated with dedicated questionnaires. Results: Compared with the standard-use cohort, the broader-use lesions were longer, more calcified, and had more popliteal...