Dubai, UAE; May 22, 2023 – Elixir Medical, a developer of breakthrough cardiovascular technologies with a strong presence in the Middle East market, today announced that the large international randomized BIOADAPTOR RCT trial of the company’s DynamX® Coronary Drug-Eluting Bioadaptor compared to Resolute OnyxTM Drug-Eluting Stent met its primary endpoint of Target Lesion Failure (TLF) non-inferiority at 12 months. DynamX Bioadaptor is a new type of coronary implant designed to unlock the scaffold, uncage the vessel, to return normal vessel motion and function after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), with continued dynamic support of the atherosclerotic vessel to reduce long-term adverse events.
Cardiovascular diseases (CDA) are on the rise in the region and are responsible for 34% of all deaths in the Middle East population. DynamX is designed to improve the treatment of one of the most prevalent cardiovascular conditions, coronary artery disease.
As per the findings of the study, presented during the EuroPCR 2023 conference in Paris, the novel bioadaptor scaffold achieved a very low 1.8% TLF rate compared to 2.8% for Resolute Onyx DES (p<0.001), as well as similar acute performance, acute lumen gain, and percent diameter stenosis at baseline. And, for the first time seen in a coronary revascularization implant, the bioadaptor scaffold demonstrated normal pulsatility in the device treated segment, confirming restoration of vessel function at 12 months. In the study, the bioadaptor demonstrated superior effectiveness of its unique mechanism of action across secondary intravascular imaging endpoints, achieving restoration of the vessel motion and function compared to persistent constraint with DES.
“It is widely believed that caging the vessel by stents has limited the field from overcoming the suboptimal efficacy and safety events,” said Shigeru Saito, M.D., principal investigator of the study and director of the Division of Cardiology and Catheterization Laboratory at Shonan Kamakura General Hospital in Kamakura, Japan. “The DynamX Bioadaptor exceeded our expectations against a good DES in clinical outcomes, and for the first time ever demonstrated restoration of vessel pulsatility, motion and function by uncaging the vessel. These findings establish that the bioadaptor addresses the shortcomings of DES and bioresorbable scaffolds, and collectively point to a technology effectiveness standard not seen before. The finding of plaque changes is very exciting, pointing to a new effect and potential benefit of restoring vessel function.”
Clinical Safety and Efficacy Results:
- The study’s primary endpoint was met. The DynamX Bioadaptor was non-inferior to Resolute Onyx DES in target lesion failure (TLF) at 12 months (1.8% vs. 2.8%, p <0.001), a 35% difference.
- Across components of TLF, there were no cardiac deaths in the DynamX arm, and very low rates of target vessel myocardial infarction, and target lesion revascularization in both arms.
Device Effectiveness and Vessel Function Results:
- Restored vessel pulsatility – Lumen area changes during cardiac cycle were measured with stationary intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) at multiple sections along the length of the devices and adjacent non-treated vessel segments. At 12 months, the DynamX in-device lumen area showed ability to significantly increase compared to post-implant and expand by 7.5% between systole and diastole cardiac cycles, at a rate similar to non-treated segments of the vessel, while DES continued to be constrained due to caging.
- DynamX Bioadaptor was significantly more effective at maintaining an open lumen at 12 months compared to DES with percent diameter stenosis (%DS) at 12.7% vs. 17.3% (p=0.05) and late lumen loss (LLL) being significantly lower at 0.09mm vs. 0.25mm for DynamX and Resolute Onyx, respectively (p=.038). These measures were also lower across key vessel and lesion subsets of LAD, long lesions (≥23mm) and small vessels (≤2.75mm). Similar trend in low LLL was observed across vessel and lesion subsets in patients with diabetes.
Novel Finding of Plaque Stabilization and Regression:
- In a post-hoc analysis of the 100-patient IVUS cohort, the DynamX arm showed only a 3% change in in-device plaque volume (original lesion plaque treated by PCI) while the DES arm showed a significantly higher 12% increase (p=0.032). Over 90% of the patients in both study arms were on lipid lowering medication for secondary prevention. When lesions were analyzed for plaque composition, those that had higher content of lipids showed a regression of -9% in plaque volume with DynamX compared to an increase of +10% with DES (p=.0008), pointing to a hypothesis of a synergistic effect between restoration of vessel motion and function with DynamX and systemic use of lipid-lowering medications.
“For many years, Elixir persevered to develop breakthrough technologies to elevate PCI treatment effectiveness for patients worldwide. Development of the DynamX Bioadaptor—the first coronary scaffold technology designed to unlock, uncage the vessel, and restore and sustain normal vessel motion and function—has been a multi-year journey, and today we are humbled to report results that elevate PCI treatment effectiveness,” said Motasim Sirhan, CEO of Elixir Medical. “Elixir is committed to continue building clinical evidence and develop breakthrough technologies to advance PCI outcomes, and to enable treatment of vulnerable plaque, and chronic angina patients.”
