FORWARD Study of GORE VIABAHN Balloon-Expandable Endoprostheses and Bare Metal Stents in the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand When Placed to Treat Complex Iliac Occlusive Disease: Protocol for a Randomized Superiority Trial

Melissa L Kirkwood   ¹ , MD ;   Ehrin J Armstrong   ² , MD ;   Mohammad M Ansari   ³ , MD ;   Andrew Holden   ⁴ , MD ;   Michel M P J Reijnen   ^{5, 6} , MD ;   Markus Steinbauer   ⁷ , MD ;   Zachary Crannell   ⁸ , PhD ;   Hector Novoa   ⁸ , BS ;   Austin Phillips   ⁸ , MBA, MPH ;   Darren B Schneider   ⁹ , MD

¹ Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States

² Advanced Heart and Vein Center, Denver, CO, United States

³ Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX, United States

⁴ Vascular Intervention Research Unit, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

⁵ Department of Surgery, Rijnstate, Arnhem, Netherlands

⁶ Multi-Modality Medical Imaging Group, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

⁷ Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

⁸ W L Gore & Associates, Inc, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

⁹ Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States