According to Dr. Atul Abhyankar, Medical Director- Sahajanand Medical Technologies, “Both Paclitaxel and Sirolimus stents reduce the 9-month in-stent late loss to 0.54±0.44 mm, 0.32±0.43 mm, vs. 0.90±0.45 mm for Bare metal stent respectively, and 1-year risk of target vessel revascularization and combined major adverse cardiac event is reduced for both DES in all comparisons which proves the efficacy of Drug Eluting Stents against Bare Metal Stents.”

The PAINT TRIAL nine months angiographic results analyzed by Cardialysis (Rotterdam, Netherlands) showed that the head-to-head comparison between two novel DES (Paclitaxel & Sirolimus), both the novel DES were effective in reducing neointimal hyperplasia, late lumen loss, 1-year re-intervention and adverse cardiac event during first year compared to Bare metal stent. Sirolimus Stents had lower late loss than Paclitaxel stents (less then 0.01) but similar 1-year clinical outcomes.

“Results of PAINT trial reinforce the fact that our proprietary blend of biodegradable polymers is effective as a carrier for DES technology and also this proprietary blend of polymers seems to work very effectively in both the different kind of drugs,” said Mr. Rahul Gaywala, SMT’s Executive Director. “It has been fundamental policy of SMT to promote evidence based medicine and in the past many of the trials conducted have been presented and published in index journals. The current publication too is in keeping with the underlying fundamental principle. We are happy that we have contributed positively to the interventional community.”

The Founder and Chairman of SMT Mr. Dhirajlal Kotadia said, “Sahajanand Medical Technologies always stand in front to support this and other large clinical trials that present the medical community with important scientific data that can be used  to provide optimal treatment approach for complex patient subset.”