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The COMBO™ dual therapy stent REDUCE (Short-term Dual Anti Platelet Therapy in Patients with ACS Treated with the COMBO Dual-therapy Stent), a physician-initiated, prospective, multi-centre, randomised study, was conducted in 36 hospitals in Europe and Asia, enrolling a total of 1,496 ACS patients. The study was designed to demonstrate non-inferiority of a strategy of short-term (three months) dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) compared to standard 12-month DAPT in patients with ACS treated with a dual-therapy stent. The stent used in the study COMBO™ (OrbusNeich) is a sirolimus-eluting stent with an abluminal biodegradable polymer matrix,