Ongoing projects
RCPAD continues to support and coordinate international collaborative research projects focused on improving outcomes for patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD). Through our growing global network of clinicians, researchers and healthcare professionals, we are facilitating multicentre studies that address important unanswered questions in vascular care.
Our current projects involve centres across multiple countries and continue to generate valuable real-world data that will help shape future research, clinical practice and patient care.
SAVE-CFA Trial
The SAVE-CFA study aims to evaluate patency rates in CFA lesions comparing the efficacy and safety of stent-avoiding (SA) strategy and stent-preferred (SP) strategy after lesion preparation with IVL.
In addition, outcomes including improvement in terms of Rutherford category, target lesion revascularization, minor and major amputation will be systematically analyzed in all patients.
The PACCS Registry
To investigate the safety and effectiveness of the two different endovascular techniques of IVL versus atherectomy in patients who are referred to endovascular revascularization due to chronic symptomatic PAD.
Safety (perforation, dissection, distal embolization) measure as well as limb outcomes (see below) will be systematically analyzed.
Matching with be performed based on lesion complexity by lesion length and calcification (PACSS).
Other lesion preparation techniques such as specialty balloons and standard balloon angioplasty will also be registered and will deem as part of this registry for secondary measures (safety and effectiveness of POBA versus advanced lesion preparation tools, such as atherectomy, IVL and specialty ballons).
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