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Not yet recruitingNCT07442500DCB_DESUpdated Mar 2, 2026

Drug Coated Balloon vs. Drug-eluting Stent in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

An observational study in Coronary Artery Disease and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), sponsored by Samsung Medical Center. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in South Korea. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-03-02.

Sponsored by Samsung Medical Center · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jun 2026, 3 months ago, but the record still lists the study as not yet recruiting.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
470,000
Sex
All
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Study summary

Studies exploring the feasibility of drug-eluting balloon (DCB) in de-novo coronary lesions are limited. There are scarce data comparing DCB with drug-eluting stent (DES) in patients with high bleeding risk (HBR), a situation in which long-term maintenance of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is a clinical dilemma. This target trial emulation aims to compare clinical outcomes between DCB angioplasty and conventional DES implantation in de-novo coronary lesions in patients with coronary artery disease.

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Conditions studied

  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)

Keywords

  • Drug coated balloon
  • Drug-eluting stent
  • High bleeding risk
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In context

Coronary Artery Disease

5,598 studies on the registry are indexed under Coronary Artery Disease; 957 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 470,000 is above the median of 336 across 1,947 observational studies indexed under Coronary Artery Disease.

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Lead sponsor

Samsung Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 980 studies on the registry; 146 are open to participants now.

Of its 7 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 1 (14%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients with de novo coronary artery disease for relatively simple lesions undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
  • Used devices number less than three (relatively simple lesion)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Hybrid strategy (DCB and DES use)
  • Failed percutaneous coronary intervention
  • Previous revascularization procedure before index percutaneous coronary intervention
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
470,000 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Drug coated balloon

    Patients receiving drug coated balloon angioplasty

    Device: Drug coated balloon

  • Drug-eluting stent

    Patients receiving drug-eluting stent implantation

    Device: Drug-eluting stent

Interventions

  • DeviceDrug coated balloon

    Patients receiving drug coated balloon angioplasty for de novo coronary artery disease

  • DeviceDrug-eluting stent

    Patients receiving drug-eluting stent implantationfor de novo coronary artery disease

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Rates of MACCE (major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events)

    all-cause death, myocardial infarction, revascularization, and stroke

    Time frame: 3 years after index procedure

Secondary outcomes

  1. Rates of Major bleeding

    major bleeding requiring transfusion

    Time frame: 3 years after index procedure

  2. Rates of NACE (net adverse clinical events)

    MACCE and any major bleeding requiring transfusion

    Time frame: 3 years after index procedure

  3. Rates of all-cause death

    death from any causes

    Time frame: 3 years after index procedure

  4. Rates of myocardial infarction

    Time frame: 3 years after index procedure

  5. Rates of revascularization

    repeat revascularization

    Time frame: 3 years after index procedure

  6. Rates of stroke

    Time frame: 3 years after index procedure

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Study locations

1 site
  • Samsung Medical Center
    Seoul, 06351, South Korea
    • Ki Hong Choi · Contact · 01088751648
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 2, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07442500
Lead sponsor
Samsung Medical Center
Responsible party
Ki Hong Choi (Associate Professor, Samsung Medical Center) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 2, 2026
Start date
Feb 28, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 2, 2026

Study contacts

Ki Hong Choi, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Samsung Medical Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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