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The Pipeline Embolization Device for the Intracranial Treatment of Aneurysms Trial

P.K. Nelson, P. Lylyk, I. Szikora, S.G. Wetzel, I. Wanke and D. Fiorella
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2011, 32 (1) 34-40; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2421
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Endoluminal reconstruction with flow diverting devices represents a novel constructive technique for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms. We present the results of the first prospective multicenter trial of a flow-diverting construct for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients with unruptured aneurysms that were wide-necked (>4 mm), had unfavorable dome/neck ratios (<1.5), or had failed previous therapy were enrolled in the PITA trial between January and May 2007 at 4 (3 European and 1 South American) centers. Aneurysms were treated with the PED with or without adjunctive coil embolization. All patients underwent clinical evaluation at 30 and 180 days and conventional angiography 180 days after treatment. Angiographic results were adjudicated by an experienced neuroradiologist at a nonparticipating site.

RESULTS: Thirty-one patients with 31 intracranial aneurysms (6 men; 42–76 years of age; average age, 54.6 years) were treated during the study period. Twenty-eight aneurysms arose from the ICA (5 cavernous, 15 parophthalmic, 4 superior hypophyseal, and 4 posterior communicating segments), 1 from the MCA, 1 from the vertebral artery, and 1 from the vertebrobasilar junction. Mean aneurysm size was 11.5 mm, and mean neck size was 5.8 mm. Twelve (38.7%) aneurysms had failed (or recurred after) a previous endovascular treatment. PED placement was technically successful in 30 of 31 patients (96.8%). Most aneurysms were treated with either 1 (n = 18) or 2 (n = 11) PEDs. Fifteen aneurysms (48.4%) were treated with a PED alone, while 16 were treated with both PED and embolization coils. Two patients experienced major periprocedural stroke. Follow-up angiography demonstrated complete aneurysm occlusion in 28 (93.3%) of the 30 patients who underwent angiographic follow-up. No significant in-construct stenosis (≥50%) was identified at follow-up angiography.

CONCLUSIONS: Intracranial aneurysm treatment with the PED is technically feasible and can be achieved with a safety profile analogous to that reported for stent-supported coil embolization. PED treatment elicited a very high rate (93%) of complete angiographic occlusion at 6 months in a population of the most challenging anatomic subtypes of cerebral aneurysms.

Abbreviations

IA
intracranial aneurysm
ICA
internal carotid artery
ID
internal diameter
LICA
left ICA
MCA
middle cerebral artery
PED
Pipeline Embolization Device
PICA
posterior inferior cerebellar artery
PITA
Pipeline for the Intracranial Treatment of Aneurysms
SES
self-expanding stent
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P.K. Nelson, P. Lylyk, I. Szikora, S.G. Wetzel, I. Wanke, D. Fiorella
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2011, 32 (1) 34-40; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2421

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P.K. Nelson, P. Lylyk, I. Szikora, S.G. Wetzel, I. Wanke, D. Fiorella
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