Wouter J. Schonewille and Francisco Mont'Alverne interview - BAO and BASICS trials

Dr. Wouter J. Schonewille (St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands) and Dr. Francisco Mont'Alverne (São Mateus Hospital, Fortaleza, Brazil) answer Rodrigo Rivera's questions (Editor-in-chief of LINNC online) about the Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study (BASICS) results and their latest publication "Endovascular therapy for stroke due to basilar-artery occlusion".

Learn more about:

- Medical community feedback and experience after the BASICS trial results publication 

- Specific situation in Brazil

- Is equipoise an important factor that affected the trial? 

- ...and much more to discover in this interview!

For additional information, also consult: 

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2030297?query=TOC

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01717755