<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW178751955 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW178751955 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraid="164246050" paraeid="{09010b31-a9e2-41b7-8172-17e274923071}{179}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">Researchers in<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">Berlin</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><span> </span>enrolled the first patient in the<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW178751955 BCX0">BASKET BALL</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><span> </span>randomized clinical trial on Wednesday.</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW178751955 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW178751955 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW178751955 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraid="62189518" paraeid="{5154fb14-dcfe-415a-afcf-0e095c6eb04c}{41}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW178751955 BCX0" href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07363161?tab=study" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW178751955 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">BASKET BALL</span></a><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><span> </span>—<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">Drug-coated balloon (DCB) vs drug-eluting stent (DES)</span><span> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">strategy in high-risk patients with coronary artery disease (CAD)<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">—</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><span> </span>is a multicenter, international, open-label clinical trial</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">.</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW178751955 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW178751955 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW178751955 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraid="582861698" paraeid="{93a1de18-71c6-4aa6-9a87-7595a7a1fd5e}{33}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">Patients enrolled in the trial are<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">high-risk and<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for complex CAD.<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">Participants<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">will b</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">e randomized to receive</span><span> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">the sirolimus DCB strategy<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">with<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">the<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW178751955 BCX0">SeQuent</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">® sirolimus-coated balloon (SCB)</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><span> </span>(B. Braun Medical)</span><span> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">or</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><span> </span>the DES strategy</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><span> </span>with new-generation DES devices</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">.</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW178751955 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW178751955 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW178751955 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraid="1697811888" paraeid="{0cd07cba-b329-4da0-9b9e-d1ec3a638b35}{171}"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">The study is sponsored by B. Braun Medical Inc., headquartered in Melsungen, Germany.</span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW178751955 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW178751955 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW178751955 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraid="2053484891" paraeid="{4d5809e6-e41b-464d-ae53-1441da75ed56}{79}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">The primary outcome is a composite of target vessel failure (TVF) and bleeding according to the Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) types 3-5 at 1-year post-intervention, and the same a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">t<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">36 months</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><span> </span>follow-up.</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW178751955 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW178751955 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW178751955 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraid="19079370" paraeid="{81f89512-1f2a-46b3-8958-1234b756df1b}{121}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">“This landmark trial is designed to generate robust evidence on the use of drug-coated balloons in complex coronary interventions,” Professor Bruno Scheller, of the Saarland University Hospital, Hamburg,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">and<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">one of the<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">principal investigators in the trial</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">, said during a B. Braun media release on Wednesday</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><span> </span>in Berlin</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">.</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW178751955 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW178751955 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW178751955 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraid="740707929" paraeid="{b51cec9b-264e-473c-94b0-890a2684f9bd}{148}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">“</span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW178751955 BCX0">BASKET BALL</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"> is a strategy trial comparing a DCB-only approach including cross-over to stenting in case of unsuccessful lesion preparation compared to a 100% full-metal jacket DES strategy. Its findings may help shape the future of interventional cardiology.”</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW178751955 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW178751955 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW178751955 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraid="1374065555" paraeid="{4c6ada7f-d5f7-4e67-a40c-563c49645aea}{69}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">Prof. Scheller is co-PI with Professor Raban Jeger of the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">and<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">said<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">during the media release that<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">this trial will provide valuable evidence for the role of S</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">CBs in high-risk PCI patients</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0">.</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW178751955 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW178751955 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW178751955 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraid="594431334" paraeid="{0cd07cba-b329-4da0-9b9e-d1ec3a638b35}{200}"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0"><strong>Image Credit: B. Braun Medical –</strong><span> </span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW178751955 BCX0" href="https://www.bbraun.com/en/products-and-solutions/therapies/interventional-vascular-therapy/coronary-drug-coated-balloon.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178751955 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">https://www.bbraun.com/en/products-and-solutions/therapies/interventional-vascular-therapy/coronary-drug-coated-balloon.html</span></a><span> </span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW178751955 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div>