Xuan Sun, Ming Yang, Dapeng Sun, Guangge Peng, Yiming Deng, Xingquan Zhao, Liping Liu, Ning Ma, Feng Gao, Dapeng Mo, Wengui Yu, Yongjun Wang, Yilong Wang, Zhongrong Miao
BACKGROUND: The superiority of balloon angioplasty plus aggressive medical management (AMM) to AMM alone for symptomatic intracranial artery stenosis (sICAS) on efficacy and safety profiles still lacks evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs). AIM: To demonstrate the design of an RCT on balloon angioplasty plus AMM for sICAS. DESIGN: Balloon Angioplasty for Symptomatic Intracranial Artery Stenosis (BASIS) trial is a multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded end-point trial to investigate whether balloon angioplasty plus AMM could improve clinical outcome compared with AMM alone in patients with sICAS...
May 18, 2023: Stroke and Vascular Neurology