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This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of this system.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This was a prospective, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority study that enrolled MCAO patients at 15 sites in China. Patients were assigned to the ABC group and the ERBOKRYOCA Cryosurgical (EC) system group in a 1:1 ratio. Airway tumour debulking with multimodality was permitted before cryoablation. The primary outcome was the airway patency rate after 6 weeks of intervention with a non-inferiority margin of \u221210%. Secondary outcomes included modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) Dyspnoea Scale and Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) assessment, and the duration of cryoablation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>198 patients were randomised. After 6 weeks of intervention, the airway patency rate was 78.49% in the ABC group and 60.92% in the EC group, showing that the difference was over the non-inferiority margin of \u221210% at 17.58% (95% CI 4.35% to 30.80%), p&lt;0.001. The mMRC and KPS scores were significantly improved after 3 and 6 weeks in both groups, with no difference. The duration of cryoablation was shortened remarkably in the ABC group (378.29\u00b1399.54\u2009s vs 624.93\u00b1443.72\u2009s, p&lt;0.001). The prevalence of bleeding was similar in the two groups, without life-threatening events.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The ABC system provided non-inferior and subsequent superior effect in airway patency rate compared with traditional carbon dioxide-driven cryoprobe in MCAO. 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