Five-Year Follow-Up After Intracoronary Gamma Radiation Therapy for In-Stent Restenosis

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Background— The Washington Radiation for In-Stent Restenosis Trial is a double-blinded randomized study evaluating the effects of intracoronary radiation therapy (IRT) in patients with in-stent restenosis (ISR). Methods and Results— One hundred thirty patients with ISR (100 native coronary and 30 vein grafts) underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, laser ablation, rotational atherectomy, or additional stenting (36% of lesions). Patients were randomized to either 192-Iridium IRT or placebo, with a prescribed dose of 15 Gy to a 2-mm radial distance from the center of the source. Angiographic restenosis (27% versus 56%, P =0.002) and target vessel revascularization (26% versus 68%, P P =0.04) and target vessel revascularization (IRT, 21.5% versus placebo, 6.1%; P =0.03). At 5 years, the major adverse cardiac event rate was significantly reduced with IRT (46.2% versus 69.2%, P =0.008). Conclusions— In the Washington Radiation for In-Stent Restenosis Trial, patients with ISR treated with IRT using 192-Iridium had a reduction in the need for repeat target lesion and vessel revascularization at 6 months and 5 years.