CBSET and the DECODE Consortium
Training the next generation of PAD therapy researchers
CBSET is a proud member of the DECODE Consortium, a recipient of a European Union Horizon 2020 / Marie Curie training grant.
DECODE focuses on the training of young scientists on the use of drug-eluting devices to combat the burden of peripheral artery disease (PAD). Consortium members provide young researchers with excellent scientific, technological and complementary skills through a multidisciplinary training programme focused on all aspects of drug coated balloon therapies for PAD. In addition to co-supervising and hosting ESRs 6 and 13 for a secondment, CBSET has also provided in vivo preclinical experimental support to the program with imaging and bioanalysis data.
ESR 6 Efstathios Stratakos and ESR13 Linnea Tscheuschner on secondment at CBSET, working with CBSET scientists.
DECODE-related Publications/Presentations:
Tscheuschner L, Stratakos E, Kostakis M, Gravanis M, Katsimpoulas M, Pennati G, Sigala F, Tzafriri AR. Drug-Loss at Arterial Bends Can Dominate Off-Target Drug Delivery by Paclitaxel-Coated Balloons. Presentation at TCT, October 27-30, 2024.
Tscheuschner L, Tzafriri AR. Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Models for Atherosclerosis Treatment Development. Bioengineering 2023, 10(12), 1373; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10121373
Stratakos E, Antonini L, Poletti G, Berti F, Tzafriri AR, Petrini L, Pennati G. Investigating Balloon-Vessel Contact Pressure Patterns in Angioplasty: In Silico Insights for Drug-Coated Balloons. Ann Biomed Eng. 2023 Sep 26. doi: 10.1007/s10439-023-03359-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37751027.
DECODE News and Milestones:
TCT 2024: Drug-Loss at Arterial Bends Can Dominate Off-Target Drug Delivery by Paclitaxel-Coated Balloons
ESB2024: Modeling of drug-coated balloon inflation correlates drug transfer with vessel geometry and balloon design
DECODE Network Meeting 5: Medical Device Testing during the innovation cycle – Impressions of an ESR7
DECODE Network Meeting 5: Medical Device Testing during the innovation cycle, April 17-19, 2024
Bioengineering: Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Models for Atherosclerosis Treatment Development
1st DECODE Workshop: Recent advances on experimental analysis on DCBs, Oct 5-6, 2023
Annals of Biomedical Engineering: Investigating Balloon-Vessel Contact Pressure Patterns in Angioplasty: In Silico Insights for Drug-Coated Balloons
CBSET Welcomes Efstathios Stratakos, Sept 1, 2023
CBSET Welcomes Linnea Tscheuschner, Aug 27, 2023
CBSET Submits First Periodic Technical Report, Jan 30, 2023
1st DECODE Networking Meeting: Current state of the art in the use of DCBs in clinical practice, Jan 16-18, 2023
CBSET Animal Protocol Finalized, Oct 4, 2022
1st DECODE Summer School: Advances in Multiscale Modelling for Cardiovascular Use, July 18-21 2022
DECODE Kickoff Virtual Meeting, March 19, 2021