Bard’s Lutonix Drug-Coated Balloon Shows Efficacy In Early Trial Results

Six-month data from the rigorous Levant 2 trial, presented at the TCT conference in San Francisco, show peripheral angioplasty with Bard’s Lutonix paclitaxel-coated balloon reduces restenosis compared with regular balloon angioplasty. The findings give the company an edge in the race to be the first on the U.S. market with a drug-coated peripheral angioplasty balloon.