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Background: Accelerated endothelial healing after targeted antiproliferative drug delivery may limit the long-term inflammatory response of drug eluting stents (DES). The novel SupremeTM DES (Supreme) is designed to synchronize early drug delivery within 4-6 weeks of implantation, leaving behind a pro-healing permanent base layer. Whether the Supreme DES is safe and effective in the short term and can improve long term clinical outcomes is not known. Methods:In an international 2:1 randomized single-blind trial, we compared treatment with Supreme DES to durable polymer everolimus-eluting stents (DP-DES) in patients with acute and chronic coronary syndromes. The primary endpoint was target lesion failure (TLF) - a composite of cardiac death, target vessel myocardial infarction, or clinically-driven target lesion revascularisation (TLR). The trial was designed to demonstrate non-inferiority (margin of 3.58%) of the Supreme DES at 12 months compared to DP-DES (clinicaltrials.gov-NCT03168776). Results: From October 2017 to July 2019, a total of 1629 patients were randomly assigned (2:1) to the Supreme DES (N=1086) or DP-DES (N=543). At 12 months, TLF occurred in 57 of 1057 patients (5.4%) in the Supreme DES group and in 27 of 532 patients (5.1%) in the DP-DES group (Absolute Risk Difference 0.32%, 95%CI [-1.87%, 2.5%]; pnon-inferiority=0.002]. There were no significant differences in rates of device success, clinically driven TLR or stent thrombosis at 12 months, and the safety composite of CV Death and TV MI was 3.5% vs 4.6%; HR [95.0% CI] 0.76 [0.46, 1.25] with Supreme DES compared to DP-DES, though rates of combined clinical and non-clinical driven TLR at 12 months were higher with Supreme DES. Conclusions: Among patients with acute and chronic coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, the Supreme DES proved to be non-inferior to the standard DP-DES. Clinical Trial Registration: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov Unique Identifier: NCT03168776.