Orchestra BioMed Updates BACKBEAT Trial Timeline
Orchestra BioMed announced that it aims to complete enrollment for the BACKBEAT Trial by the end of Q3 2026, with data presentation expected in Q2 2027. The trial focuses on Atrioventricular Interval Modulation Therapy in patients with uncontrolled hypertension despite medical treatment. The study’s sample size has been reduced to enhance efficiency, with primary endpoints analyzed following data submissions aimed at FDA approval.
NEW HOPE, Pa., May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: OBIO) (“Orchestra BioMed” or the “Company”), a biomedical company accelerating high-impact technologies to patients through strategic partnerships with market-leading global medical device companies, today announced an update to the overall clinical and regulatory timeline for the BACKBEAT Trial evaluating Atrioventricular Interval Modulation Therapy (“AVIM Therapy”) in pacemaker-indicated patients with uncontrolled hypertension despite medications. The Company is targeting completion of enrollment by the end of the third quarter of 2026. Further, the Company and Medtronic, its strategic collaborator for the BACKBEAT Trial and the commercialization of AVIM Therapy for the treatment of uncontrolled hypertension in patients indicated for a pacemaker, plan to submit the primary endpoint data for a late-breaking clinical trial presentation at a major cardiovascular conference in the second quarter of 2027. Lastly, assuming primary safety and efficacy endpoints are met, Medtronic plans to submit a marketing application for FDA approval after primary endpoint data analyses and reports are complete, and subsequently to pursue global regulatory approvals.