TC-WYRE: TAXUS Express Stent vs. Cypher Stent - What's Your Real Life Experience?

October 7, 2008 updated by: Boston Scientific Corporation
To compare the relative efficacy and safety of the TAXUS Express2 stents and the Cypher stents among a broad, unselected patient population treated in a nationwide, multi-center clinical registry representative of 'real-world,' contemporary clinical practice. A secondary objective is to examine performance of the two stents in pre-specified subgroup populations and examine regional and national patterns in outcomes.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment

2500

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • North Carolina
      • Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
        • Duke University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients treated with a TAXUS Express2 stent or a Cypher stent between April 1, 2005 and June 30, 2005.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Simultaneous treatment with both TAXUS and Cypher stents during the index revascularization. Patients who have undergone previous target vessel(s), stenting procedure within 9 months of the index procedure will be excluded.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Boston Scientific Corporation

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: William O'Neill, MD, Duke University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2006

Study Completion

June 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 23, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 23, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

June 27, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 8, 2008

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 7, 2008

Last Verified

October 1, 2008

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • S5572
  • BSC

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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