Polymer-free Sirolimus Eluting Stent: Real-world Investigation of Safety and Outcomes (POLARIS)

June 5, 2026 updated by: Dorian Garin

POLARIS : POLymer-free Sirolimus Eluting Stent: Real-world Investigation of Safety and Outcomes

POLARIS is a prospective, single-centre, single-arm observational pilot registry evaluating the real-world safety and efficacy of the Focus np (Abluminus np, Concept Medical, Tampa, FL, USA) polymer-free sirolimus-eluting stent in consecutive adult patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The primary endpoint is target lesion failure (TLF) at 12 months, defined per Academic Research Consortium-2 (ARC-2) criteria as the device-oriented composite of cardiac death, target vessel myocardial infarction, and clinically indicated target lesion revascularisation. Patients treated since January 2021 will be retrospectively identified and prospectively consented, with follow-up through 5 years. The registry will provide the first Western clinical evidence on this CE-marked device and serve as a template for a future national Swiss multicentre registry.

Study Overview

Status

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Not yet recruiting

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

BACKGROUND. Newer-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) remain associated with late stent-related adverse events at approximately 2% per year, driven by neoatherosclerosis, delayed endothelial healing, and chronic inflammation attributable to permanent polymer coatings. Polymer-free DES were developed to remove this substrate. The polymer-free sirolimus-based submicron carrier-eluting stent Focus np (Abluminus np, Concept Medical, Tampa, FL, USA) (after: study device) is a novel polymer-free sirolimus-eluting stent built on a thin-strut (73 micrometres) cobalt-chromium platform, with drug delivery via biodegradable phospholipid submicron carriers (200-300 nm) confined to the abluminal surface, and a proprietary fusion coating extending sirolimus up to 5 mm beyond the stent edges. The device received CE marking on 24 January 2020. Only limited non-randomized Indian clinical data exist; no Western clinical data have been published.

OBJECTIVES. Primary: to evaluate device-oriented safety and efficacy (TLF at 12 months) of the stent in an all-comer population undergoing PCI at Geneva University Hospitals. Secondary: TLF at 2 and 5 years; individual components of TLF (cardiac death, target vessel MI, clinically indicated target lesion revascularisation) at 30 days, 12 months, 2 years, and 5 years; patient-oriented composite endpoint (all-cause death, any MI, any revascularisation); stent thrombosis (definite / probable, ARC-2, with temporal classification); target vessel failure; major bleeding (BARC 3 or 5); all-cause mortality; and late lumen loss when angiographic follow-up is available.

DESIGN. Prospective, single-centre, single-arm observational registry (Category A research with human subjects per the Swiss Human Research Act). Hybrid enrolment: retrospective identification from January 2021, prospective consent, and prospective follow-up at 30 days, 12 months, 2 years, and 5 years via medical records and telephone interview.

POPULATION. All consecutive adult patients (>= 18 years) treated with at least one study device stent at Geneva University Hospitals since January 2021, with an indication for PCI according to current European or American guidelines, able to provide written informed consent, and with sufficient knowledge of French, German, English, or Italian.

STATISTICS. Exploratory, descriptive analysis. Binary endpoints with Clopper-Pearson 95% confidence intervals; time-to-event analysis by Kaplan-Meier with Greenwood 95% CIs. Pre-specified exploratory subgroup analyses (sex, clinical presentation, diabetes, age, lesion complexity, stent length) presented as forest plots without between-group p-values. Sensitivity analyses include per-protocol, complete-case, landmark (30 days to 12 months), Fine-Gray competing-risk, and tipping point analyses. Analyses in Python (lifelines, pandas, scipy, statsmodels). Reporting follows STROBE.

Study Type

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Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

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300

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • Switzerland
      • Geneva, Switzerland, 1211
        • Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) - Service of Cardiology
        • Contact:
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Juan F Iglesias, MD, FESC, FACC
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Dorian Garin, MD

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Consecutive adult patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention with implantation of at least one ABLUMINUS NP sirolimus-eluting stent at Geneva University Hospitals between January 2021 and December 2025.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age >= 18 years at the time of the index procedure.
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention performed at Geneva University Hospitals between January 2021 and December 2025.
  • Implantation of at least one study device
  • Indication for PCI according to current European or American guidelines.
  • Able and willing to provide written informed consent.
  • Sufficient knowledge of French, German, English, or Italian to understand the patient information document.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Documented refusal to participate in research through opt-out from general consent.
  • Inability to provide informed consent (cognitive impairment or other).
  • Inability to be contacted for informed consent (no valid contact information, or unreachable after three contact attempts).
  • Life expectancy less than 12 months due to non-cardiac comorbidities at the time of consent.
  • Participation in another clinical trial that would interfere with the endpoints of this registry.

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Group / Cohort

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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POLARIS cohort
Consecutive adult patients who received at least one polymer-free sirolimus-eluting stent during PCI at Geneva University Hospitals between January 2021 and December 2025. No study-mandated procedures; clinical care follows standard institutional practice.
Device: Polymer-free sirolimus-based submicron carrier-eluting stent Focus np (Abluminus np, Concept Medical, Tampa, FL, USA)
Thin-strut (73 micrometres) cobalt-chromium coronary stent with polymer-free submicron phospholipid carriers (200-300 nm) delivering sirolimus exclusively to the abluminal surface, and fusion coating extending sirolimus deposition up to 5 mm beyond the stent edges. CE-marked 24 January 2020. Available diameters 2.25-4.0 mm and lengths 8-40 mm. Manufactured by Concept Medical, Tampa, FL, USA. Implantation and peri-procedural care follow operator discretion and institutional standard of care.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Target Lesion Failure (TLF)
Time Frame: 12 months
Device-oriented composite of cardiac death, target vessel myocardial infarction, and clinically indicated target lesion revascularisation, defined per Academic Research Consortium-2 (ARC-2) criteria. Binary categorical variable analysed by time-to-first-event method.
12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Target Lesion Failure (TLF) at 2 and 5 years
Time Frame: 2 years; 5 years
Same ARC-2 composite definition as primary endpoint, assessed at 2 and 5 years.
2 years; 5 years
Cardiac death
Time Frame: 30 days; 12 months; 2 years; 5 years
30 days; 12 months; 2 years; 5 years
Target vessel myocardial infarction
Time Frame: 30 days; 12 months; 2 years; 5 years
Myocardial infarction attributable to the target vessel, defined per ARC-2 and the 4th Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction.
30 days; 12 months; 2 years; 5 years
Clinically indicated target lesion revascularisation
Time Frame: 30 days; 12 months; 2 years; 5 years
30 days; 12 months; 2 years; 5 years
Patient-oriented composite endpoint (POCE)
Time Frame: 12 months; 2 years; 5 years
Composite of all-cause death, any myocardial infarction, and any revascularisation.
12 months; 2 years; 5 years
Definite or probable stent thrombosis (ARC-2)
Time Frame: Acute (0-24h), subacute (1-30d), late (30d-1y), very late (>1y), up to 5 years
Acute (0-24h), subacute (1-30d), late (30d-1y), very late (>1y), up to 5 years
Target vessel failure (TVF)
Time Frame: 12 months; 2 years; 5 years
Composite of cardiac death, target vessel myocardial infarction, and clinically indicated target vessel revascularisation.
12 months; 2 years; 5 years
Major bleeding (BARC type 3 or 5)
Time Frame: 12 months; 2 years; 5 years
12 months; 2 years; 5 years
All-cause mortality
Time Frame: 12 months; 2 years; 5 years
12 months; 2 years; 5 years
Late lumen loss (mm)
Time Frame: At clinically indicated follow-up angiography, up to 5 years
In-stent late lumen loss by quantitative coronary angiography, assessed only in patients undergoing clinically indicated follow-up angiography.
At clinically indicated follow-up angiography, up to 5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Dorian Garin

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Juan F Iglesias, MD, FESC, FACC, Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), Interventional Cardiology Unit
  • Study Director: Dorian Garin, MD, Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), Department of Cardiology

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

Study Start

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June 1, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

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June 1, 2028

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

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June 1, 2036

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First Submitted

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April 24, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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April 24, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

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May 1, 2026

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Last Update Posted

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June 9, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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June 5, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

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June 1, 2026

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Other Study ID Numbers

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  • POLARIS (Alias Study Number)
  • POLARIS v1 04.03.2026 (Other Identifier: Sponsor-Investigator protocol version)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

Anonymised individual participant data may be made available to other researchers upon reasonable written request addressed to the sponsor-investigator after publication of the primary 12-month results, subject to a data sharing agreement and approval by the competent ethics committee.

IPD Sharing Time Frame

Starting 6 months after publication of the primary 12-month results, without predefined end date.

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

Reasonable written request to the sponsor-investigator; institutionally approved research protocol; signed data sharing agreement; approval of the competent cantonal ethics committee.

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAP
  • ANALYTIC_CODE

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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