COMPARE randomized controlled trial results
COMPARE is the World’s First Head-to-Head Prospective, RCT (1:1) directly comparing SFA DCBs – low dose Ranger DCB vs higher dose IN.PACT DCB.1
Ranger DCB demonstrated similar primary patency as IN.PACT at 2-Years¹ with half the total drug dose².

*Log-rank p-value compares the entire K-M curves from time zero to full 2-Year follow-up window.
1. COMPARE Clinical Trial 2-Year Results presented by Sabine Steiner, MD. LINC 2021.
2. Based on total drug dose for (4mmx60mm) or (averages for full size matrix) per the Ranger™ Paclitaxel-Coated PTA Balloon Catheter and IN.PACT™ Admiral Instructions for Use.
COMPARE randomized controlled trial details
- 1-year primary endpoints
- Drug dose details
- Baseline characteristics
Ranger DCB | IN.PACT | p-value | |
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Binary primary patency* | 83.0% (156/188) | 81.5% (141/173) | P non-inferiority ‹0.01 |
Freedom from major adverse events | 91.0% (182/200) | 92.6% (175/189) | P non-inferiority ‹0.01 |
*Primary Endpoint Met.
Ranger DCB (n=207) | IN.PACT (n=207) | p-value | |
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Excipient | TransPax™ citrate ester | Urea | N/A |
Paclitaxel dose density | 2.0 μg/mm2 | 3.5 μg/mm2 | N/A |
Average total paclitaxel dose per patient in trial | 6,971 μg | 13,035 μg | ‹0.0001 |
Ranger DCB (n=207) | IN.PACT (n=207) | p-value | |
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Age | 68.2 | 68.4 | 0.79 |
Female | 38.2% | 36.2% | 0.68 |
Current/Former Smoker | 77.3% | 75.3% | 0.63* |
Total Occlusions | 41% | 43% | 0.62 |
Total Occlusion Length | 131 mm | 113 mm | 0.23 |
Target Lesion Length | 124 mm | 128 mm | 0.65 |
Moderate to Severe Calcification** | 51% | 57% | *** |
Diabetics | 31% | 37% | 0.18 |
* p-value based on entire distribution Never, Former or Current Smokers.
** PACSS Grade 3/4 may be considered similar to moderate/severe calcification.
*** p-value for entire distribution of PACSS Calcium Grades 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 calcium for RANGER DCB vs IN.PACT p-value was 0.20.
- 1-year key results³
- 2-year key results¹
- 3-year key results⁴
- 5-year key results⁵
Ranger DCB (n=207) | IN.PACT (n=207) | p-value | |
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Mortality: all cause | 2.5% | 1.6% | 0.73 |
Mortality: device or procedure related | 0% | 0% | N/A |
CD-TLR | 9.0% | 7.4% | 0.59 |
Ranger DCB (n=207) | IN.PACT (n=207) | p-value | |
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Mortality: all cause | 3.6% | 2.2% | 0.6 |
Mortality: device or procedure related | 0% | 0% | N/A |
CD-TLR | 17.3% | 13.0% | 0.3 |
Ranger DCB (n=130) | IN.PACT (n=116) | p-value | |
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K-M Primary Patency | long term primary patency data will not be collected | ||
K-M Freedom from All-Cause Mortality | 92.8% | 94.5% | 0.51** |
K-M Freedom from CD-TLR | 74.4% | 80.3% | 0.18** |
Ranger DCB (n=52) | IN.PACT (n=51) | p-value | |
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K-M Freedom from All-Cause Mortality | 87.5% | 87.1% | 0.754** |
K-M Freedom from CD-TLR | 67.1% | 72.5% | 0.096** |
**Log-rank p-value
3. Sabine Steiner, et al. COMPARE: prospective, randomized, non-inferiority trial of high- vs. low-dose paclitaxel drug-coated balloons for femoropopliteal interventions, European Heart Journal, Volume 41, Issue 27, 14 July 2020, Pages 2541–2552, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa049.
4. COMPARE Clinical Trial 3-Year Results and TLR Characteristics presented by Sabine Steiner, MD. LINC 2022.
5. COMPARE Clinical Trial 5-Year Results presented by Sabine Steiner, MD. LINC 2024.
Primary safety endpoint: composite of freedom from device and procedure-related death through 30 days and freedom from major target limb amputation and CD-TLR through 1-Year post index-procedure.
Primary efficacy endpoint: primary patency at 1-Year defined as absence of clinically driven target lesion revascularization (CD-TLR) or binary restenosis determined as a peak systolic velocity ratio > 2.4 evaluated by duplex ultrasound core laboratory analysis.
CD-TLR: a reintervention performed for ≥ 50% diameter stenosis (confirmed by angiography) within ± 5 mm proximal and/or distal to the target lesion after documentation of recurrent clinical symptoms of PAD (increase of 1 Rutherford class or more) and/or drop of ABI (≥20% or >0.15 when compared to maximum early post-procedural level).