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NCT04772300: LIMES

Trial to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Sirolimus-Coated Balloon vs. Uncoated Standard Angioplasty for the Treatment of Below-the-knee Peripheral Arterial Disease

Active, enrolled NA Last updated 26 December 2025
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) MagicTouch Sirolimus Coated PTA Balloon Catheter in Peripheral Artery Disease in 230 participants. Participants enrolled and being followed up; not accepting new ones.

Timeline
10 February 2022
Primary endpoint
17 April 2026
17 November 2028

Quick facts

Lead sponsorJena University Hospital
PhaseNA
StatusActive, enrolled
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingdouble
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment230
Start date10 February 2022
Primary completion17 April 2026
Estimated completion17 November 2028
Sites19 locations across Austria, Germany

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Jena University Hospital

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Peripheral Artery Disease. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study is a prospective, interventional, multicenter 1:1 randomized trial. The trial evaluates the safety and efficacy of the Magic Touch PTA sirolimus drug-coated balloon in comparison to the treatment with POBA (control device) in patients with advanced infrapopliteal artery disease.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Diversity in randomized clinical trials for peripheral artery disease: a systematic review.
    Long C, Williams AO, McGovern AM, Jacobsen CM, et al · · 2024 · cited 5× · PMID 38350973 · DOI 10.1186/s12939-024-02104-8
  2. Sirolimus-Coated Balloon Angioplasty of Infra-popliteal Lesions for the Treatment of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia: Study Protocol for the Randomized Controlled LIMES Study.
    Teichgräber U, Platzer S, Lehmann T, Ingwersen M, et al · · 2022 · cited 5× · PMID 35906491 · DOI 10.1007/s00270-022-03213-z

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