Peripheral Arterial Disease

Drug-eluting stent trial to treat PAD enrolls first patient at Stanford

Published in Drug Week, May 6th, 2005

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (ANP) corporate partner Cook, Inc., (Cook) announced that the first patient was treated at Stanford University Medical Center in a landmark clinical trial evaluating a drug-coated stent from Cook, Inc., for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a serious medical condition that affects more than 10 million Americans each year.

The trial is the first U.S. trial ever to test whether drug-eluting stents, which have shown clinical success in treating coronary artery disease, can have similar benefits in treating arteries outside the heart. The elderly female patient was treated by a team of doctors led by Michael D. Dake, MD, professor and...

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