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Table 1 The summary and baseline of all included studies

From: Drug-coated balloons versus drug-eluting stents in patients with small coronary artery disease: an updated meta-analysis

Characteristics of All included Studies

Author, year

Type of Study

Country

Patients (n) (DCB/stent)

Criteria of Small vessel

Procedural success (%) (DCB/stent)

Age (mean) (DCB/stent)

male, n (DCB/stent)

mean follow up (months)

Outcomes reported

DCB type

Stent type

Bailout stenting rate (%)

Medical Conditions, n (DCB/ stent)

History of stroke

History of MI

DM

HTN

Hyperlipidaemia

Current smoker

PAD

Latib, 2012, Naganuma, 2015 and Latib, 2015

RCT

italy

90/92

2.41/2.41

92/95

64.8/66.8

72/71

6

MLD/%DS/acute gain/MACE/MI/TLR/TVR/death/Periprocedural MI/binary stenosis/late lumen loss/net gain

IN.PACT Falcon paclitaxel DEB (Medtronic, Inc., Santa Rosa, California)

dilation and provisional BMS;

PES (Taxus Libertè,

Boston Scientific, Boston, Massachusetts)

20

NA

46/33

39/35

72/75

71/73

15/10

NA

liistro, 2013

RCT

italy

66/59

2.77/2.85

100/100

65/66

58/49

9

IDTLR/death/MI/TLR/binary stenosis/RVD/MLD/late loss/restenosis pattern

second-generation Elutax

PEB,

Xience V drug-eluting

stent

NA

NA

6/7

10/7

28/22

10/6

23/15

NA

Nishiyama, 2016

RCT

japan

30/30

2.88/2.72

100/100

67.3/70.63

20/24

8

MLD/%DS/Late lumen loss/Acute gain

paclitaxel-coated balloon

catheter (paclitaxel at a dose of 3 µg/mm2 balloon surface; SeQuent Please; B Braun

Melsungen, Germany).

everolimus-eluting stents (EES: Xience Prime/

Xpedition; Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA, USA).

N/A

N/A

N/A

12/13

23/27

24/23

17/19

NA

Shin, 2016

observational

South Korea.

44/22

2.69/2.92

100/100

60.6/58.7

34/16

12.4

Median

major adverse cardiac events including cardiac death, MI, target lesion revascula-

rization (TLR), and arterial thrombosis was recorded/MLD/FFR

(SeQuent Please paclitaxel-coated balloon catheter, B. Braun, Melsun-

gen, Germany)

DES, ei-ther zotarolimus- or everolimus-eluting stent (Resolute

IntegrityVR or Xience primeVR) and BMS (VisionVR)

0

NA

3/0

13/5

24/8

19/8

20/5

NA

Silverio, 2020

observational

Sweden

1154/13,634

N/A

98.4/98.2

68/69

809/9054

36

The primary outcomes were restenosis and definite target lesion thrombosis at 3-year follow-up. The secondary outcomes were the occurrence of all-cause death and myocardial infarction.

N/A

N/A

0

NA

365/3386

310/3243

791/8779

680/6899

143/2302

NA

Sinaga, 2016

observational

Singapore

172/163

2.22/2.44

NA

132/117

61/61.2

12

Composite MACE - Death - MI - TLR - cerebrovascular accident

SeQuent Please pacli-taxel-coated balloon, B-Braun, Melsungen, Germany)

NA

NA

NA

134/107

88/80

125/113

120/118

52/73

NA

Tan, 2021

observational

china

56/212

2.64/2.65

NA

64.96/62.39

34/139

24

No. with angiographic follow- up / MLD/Diameter stenosis/Late lumen loss/All cause MACE/Cardiovascular death/Non-fatal MI/TVR

(SeQuent® Please; B. Braun Melsungen,

Germany)

the zotarolimus-eluting stent (Endeavor Reso- lute, Metronic company) or rapamycin-eluting stent (Fire-bird-2, Microport company)

NA

5/13

56/212

18/58

21/75

NA

29/94

NA

Chae 2017

RCT

Korea

90/90

2.2 –4 mm

100/100

61.2/62.4

68/63

9

the in-segment late loss

(LL) at 9 months measured by quantitative coronary angiogra-

phy (QCA).

paclitaxel-coated balloon

zotarolimus-eluting stent

NA

4/1

3/4

28/26

25/40

15/18

27/19

NA

Cortese 2010

RCT

Italy

28/29

less than of 2.75 mm

96.4/100

68/67

22/22

6

comparing the efficacy of

the Dior PCB (Eurocor, Bonn, Germany) with Taxus

Libertè DES

paclitaxe

coated balloon

Taxus

NA

NA

5/6

13/11

21/20

17/13

NA

NA

Jeger 2018 and Jeger 2020

RCT

Switzerland and Germany

382/376

(< 3 mm in diameter)

96/98

67/68

295/262

12

non-

inferiority of DCB versus DES regarding MACE after

12 months.

paclitaxel

everolimus

NA

16/32

160/133

122/130

324/332

262/259

82/72

27/26

Tang 2018 and Tian 2019

RCT

China

116/114

> 2.25 mm and < 2.75 mm

99.1/99.1

60.1/60.5

77/88

9

DCB was non-

inferior to the DES for the primary endpoint of 9-

month angiographic in-segment %DS,

drug-eluting ammonium salt-

paclitaxel

NA

5.2/1.8

8/14

26/28

58/71

78/86

61/55

34/36

NA

Yu 2022

RCT

China

84/79

2.25 –4 mm

97.6/98.7

62.6/64

62/56

12

lumen loss (LLL) of target

lesions at the 9-month angiographic follow-up.

paclitaxel-coated

zotarolimus-eluting

2/0

NA

5/4

16/32

50/54

52/39

46/42

NA

Zurakowski 2015

RCT

Poland

100/102

2.25 mm to 3.5 mm.

NA

62.1/64

70/68

9

In-stent late lumen loss (LL) in

coronary angiography,

paclitaxel-coated balloon

CoroflexTM

NA

NA

43/35

20/25

79/90

48/60

22/17

12-Dec

Tasi 2022

Observational

Taiwan.

47/59

from 2.0 to 2.25 mm)

NA

65.1/65.1

39/48

12

system. Angiographic, procedural, and clinical outcomes

SeQuent Please Neo

sirolimus-eluting Orsiro

NA

3 / 2

5/7

23/32

44/49

40/42

21/21

6/10

Cortese 2020

RCT

Italy

118/114

2.23/2.18

98.3/98.2

64/66

83/87

12

MACE/total death /cardiac death/MI/TLR/BARC bleeds type 3 or 5/Vessel thrombosis/RVD/MLD / acute gain /Stenosis, % of lumen diameter/Binary restenosis/late loss/lesion length/net luminal gain

Elutax SV/Emperor

Xience EES

6.7/NA

NA

45/34

45/40

77/76

72/63

23/19

NA

Zheng 2020

RCT

China

58/130

A vessel with a diameter between

2.25 and 2.80 mm

98.2/85.4

70.5/NA

44/NA

12

MI/TVR/death/procedural success/LLL/MLD

paclitaxel drug-eluting balloon

everolimus-eluting stent

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Tang 2019

RCT

China

36/62

A vessel with a diameter < 2.80 mm

94.4/94.2

65.8/71

25/48

9

MI/TLR/death/binary restenosis/procedural success/LLL/NLG/MLD

paclitaxel drug-eluting balloon

paclitaxel-eluting stent

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Zhou 2020

RCT

China

50/35

A vessel with a diameter < 2.80 mm

94/95.8

61.9/67.1

37/23

12

MI/TLR/TVR/procedural success/LLL/NLG/MLD

paclitaxel drug-eluting balloon

paclitaxel-eluting stent

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

sim 2018

Observational

China

78/200

< 2.25 mm

97/96

58/61

70/154

12

target lesion and luminal stenosis

: Paclitaxel-coated balloon (SeQuent Please; B Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen, Germany)

: Second-generation everolimus-eluting Xience stent (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA);

NA

NA

NA

55/108

69/136

70/153

42/59

NA

Giannini 2017

Observational

chinsese

90/91

< 2.8 mm

NA

65/66

72/71

12

target lesion and luminal stenosis

: Paclitaxel-coated balloon (SeQuent Please; B Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen, Germany

Second-generation everolimus-eluting Xience stent (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA)

NA

NA

46/53

39/37

72/74

71/71

NA

NA