Author (Year) | Trial | ? vs ? | # of Pts | Clinical Indication | Result |
Krakenberg (2007) [47] | FAST (RCT) | NS vs PTA | 244 | 3/119 CLI NS 4/114 CLI PTA 226 claudicants | NS vs PTA no difference |
Zella (2008) [94] | FACT | Long lesions, non-randomised, Single arm | 110 | Claudicants | Only 60 patients at follow up |
Laird (2012) [65] | RESILIENT (RCT) | NS vs PTA | 206 | All claudicants moderate length lesions | Claimed superiority for NS after 3 yrs but no duplex scan after 12/12. Claimed clinical improvement |
Chalmers (2012) [62] | SUPER | Smart NS vs PTA | 150 | Protocol amended during study | No benefit |
Bosiers (2013) [95] | 4EVER | Non-randomised 4Fg NS | 120 | All claudicants | Claimed equivalence to 6Fg system |
Matsummura (2013) [96] | Durability 2 | Single Arm, long stent | 287 | Claudicants = 273 | Efficacy trial of long stents |
Laird (2014) [64] | CompleteSE | Single Arm | 196 | Claudicants 193/196 CLI 3/196 | Claimed 12-month benefit |