Background-A polymer-free peripheral paclitaxel-eluting stent (PES, Zilver PTX, Cook, IN) has shown to improve vessel patency after superficial femoral angioplasty. A new-generation fluoropolymer-based PES (FP-PES; Eluvia, Boston Scientific, MA) displaying more controlled and sustained paclitaxel delivery promise to improve the clinical outcomes of first-generation PES. We sought to compare the biological effect of paclitaxel delivered by 2 different stent-coating technologies (fluoropolymer-based versus polymer-free) on neointimal proliferation and healing response in the familial hypercholesterolemic swine model of femoral restenosis. Methods and Results-The biological efficacy of clinically available FP-PES (n=12) and PES (n=12) Histological evaluation showed larger lumen areas and evidence of higher biological activity (smooth muscle cell loss and fibrin deposition) in the FP-PES compared with PES and bare metal stent. Conclusions-In the familial hypercholesterolemic swine model of femoral restenosis, the implantation of an FP-PES resulted in lower levels of neointimal proliferation and sustained biological effect ≤90 days compared with a polymerfree stent-based approach. (Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2017;10:e004450.