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Filter by:The goal of this clinical trial is to test the combination of hypothermia and endovascular treatment in acute stroke patients with large vessel occlusion. The main question it aims to answer is: does an additional cooling to 35°C result in a benefit on clinical outcome ? Participants receive immediate cooling using a noninvasive transnasal cooling technique (RhonoChill) and are maintained at 35°C for 6 hours after reopening of the vessel using surface cooling, and then slowly rewarmed. Researchers will compare the intervention group (hypothermia and endovascular treatment and best medical treatment including iv thrombolysis) and control group (only endovascular treatment and best medical treatment including iv thrombolysis) to see if additional hypothermia leads to a better outcome after 3 months without relevant complications.
The DOWN-SUITE study is multicenter, randomised, controlled, open-label clinical trial with blinded outcome assessment comparing collateral status in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with an in-hospital application of head down tilt -10° to -15° (HDT15) versus usual positioning (0° to +30°) before endovascular mechanical thrombectomy. This study will involve adult patients who are eligible for mechanical thrombectomy and who have acute ischemic stroke due to left or right middle cerebral artery occlusion (M1 segment). The investigators hypothesise that HDT15, applied in acute ischemic stroke patients with a large vessel occlusion, will improve collateral circulation, prolong the survival of the ischemic penumbra and improve the clinical benefit from mechanical thrombectomy compared with standard of care (usual positioning 0° to +30°).
STEP is a Randomized, Multifactorial, Adaptive Platform trial that seeks to optimize the care of patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) due to large (LVO) or medium vessel occlusions (MVO).
The clinical trial is for acute ischemic stroke patients measuring cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO2) values using pulse oximeter of near-infrared spectroscopy in the frontal lesion area and normal area of brain. The purpose of the clinical trial is to compare differences in cerebral oxygen saturation values, and the efficacy and safety are evaluated through additional exploratory clinical trials.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about efficacy and safety of dual antiplatelet therapy in ischemic stroke with intracranial artery stenosis. The main question it aims to answer are: whether aspirin combined with clopidogrel for 3 month is better than 1 months for patients with non-cardiogenic cerebral infarction with intracranial artery stenosis. Participants will get dual antiplatelet therapy (aspirin plus clopidogrel) for 1 month or 3 months within 7 days of the first stroke. Researchers will compare experimental group (3 months dual antiplatelet therapy) with comparison group (1 month dual antiplatelet therapy), to see if experimental group would reduce stroke recurrence or mortality, and increase bleeding and other adverse prognosis.
Direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) have emerged as safe and efficacious ischemic stroke prophylaxis for non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). All four DOACs - apixaban, dabigatran, edoxaban, rivaroxaban - were associated with lower risks of major bleeding compared to warfarin. Listed as core essential medicines by the World Health Organization, DOAC prescriptions have been surging worldwide. In Hong Kong, approximately 80,000 patients received DOACs from January 2009 through December 2022 according to the Hospital Authority registry. The widespread DOAC usage had created DOAC-specific clinical dilemmas that lack evidence-based treatment despite twenty years of prescribing experience. Ischemic stroke despite DOAC (IS-DOAC), in particular, may occur in up to 6% of DOAC users annually. Due to the in vivo anticoagulation effect, there had been concerns of intracerebral bleeding (ICH) with intravenous thrombolytic therapy (IVT) for acute IS-DOAC. Under the current guideline recommendations, most acute IS-DOAC are contraindicated to IVT (see Intravenous thrombolytic therapy), which resulted in only a small proportion of acute ISDOAC patients being able to receive IVT even if presented early. Nonetheless, our group found that majority of patients had a DOAC level of <50ng/mL only 24 hours after DOAC cessation (see work done by us), a level deemed clinically negligible and safe for thrombolytic therapy. Together with evolving clinical evidence discussed below, IS-DOAC patients maybe unnecessarily barred from IVT, thus compromised functional recovery. With robust pharmacokinetic and retrospective clinical evidence to support, it is hypothesized that IVT are safe in IS-DOAC patient. The investigators hereby propose a prospective multicenter study to determine the efficacy and safety of IVT in acute IS-DOAC.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of ascending doses (Part A) and selected doses (Part B) of BB-031 in acute ischemic stroke patients presenting within 24 hours of stroke onset. Participants will be randomized to receive one dose of either the investigational drug or placebo and will be followed for 90 days. A total of 156 patients are planned in this study.
This study is a multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial that aims to evaluate the efficacy of probucol on the reduction of the risk of recurrent stroke in patients with symptomatic intracranial or extracranial arterial stenosis.
The goal of this prospective observational study is to assess the effectiveness and performance of Methinks AI stroke imaging software platform in acute Code Stroke patients, and as a comparator to study sites utilizing existing AI imaging stroke platforms. The main question[s] it aims to answer is: • Performance of and outcomes associated with the use of the Methinks AI stroke imaging medical device in real-world clinical practice.
The project is a multicenter, open-label, randomized medical experiment, which was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of single-stage pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and implantation of left atrial appendage occluder (LAAO) in comparison with either isolated LAAO implantation or chronic therapy with non-vitamin K antagonists anticoagulants (NOAC) in patients with recent-onset ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation (AF). Based on former randomized controlled trials, percutaneous implantation of LAAO was shown to be non-inferior to vitamin K antagonists (VKA), but according to guidelines the use of LAAO is recommended only in patients with absolute contraindication to chronic anticoagulation therapy. PVI constitutes an acknowledged rhythm control management strategy in patients with paroxysmal and persistent AF, which leads to symptomatic relief in about 60% of treated patients, however, its beneficial effect on long-term outcome was demonstrated only in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. The feasibility and compatibility of both interventions performed as a combined single-stage procedure are warranted by common vascular access via transseptal puncture, which may lead to reduction of procedural cost and shortened overall duration of both interventions. Taking into consideration the preliminary registry data, the combined single-stage PVI and LAAO implantation are thought to be a safe procedure in patients with a high risk of recurrent ischemic stroke and cardiovascular death. The study will comprise 240 patients who were diagnosed with ischemic stroke within preceding 6-12 weeks, with confirmed paroxysmal or persistent AF and low-to-moderate psychomotor dysfunction in the course of cerebral incident, who completed early neurological rehabilitation and are characterized by high risk of ischemic stroke recurrence (CHA2DS2-VASc score ≥2 pts in men; ≥3 pts in women) and who received adequate oral anticoagulation therapy (NOAC/VKA) for ≥4 weeks. After exclusion of thrombus and potential anatomical contraindications to the procedure on transesophageal echocardiography, patients will be randomized in 1:1:1 ratio to study group treated with combined single-stage PVI + LAAO implantation during 3-day hospitalization and to control group subject to LAAO implantation or control group subject to chronic therapy with NOAC. The duration of active enrollment phase will be 18 months. Subsequent follow-up phase will include scheduled outpatient visits (at 3, 12, 48 months) and phone call interview (at 6, 18, 24, 36 months) in order to evaluate the occurrence of clinical and safety endpoints, medical symptoms and signs, quality of life reflected by structured questionnaire, the presence of AF on 7-day Holter electrocardiography. Follow-up visits will also include blood laboratory tests analysis, including biomarkers of heart failure and left atrial wall stress, as well as transthoracic echocardiography with tissue Doppler imaging and strain imaging. In addition, patients in study group and control group treated with LAAO will attend additional outpatient visit at 6 weeks in order to perform transesophageal echocardiography so as to confirm procedural success and allow for termination of chronic anticoagulation therapy. Co-primary composite endpoint will comprise cardiovascular death, ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, systemic arterial embolism and major non-procedural bleeding, including intracranial bleeding (non-inferiority). The current project was based on the preliminary results of nonrandomized studies, which delivered evidence for feasibility of combined single-stage PVI and percutaneous left atrial appendage closure and laid ground for future randomized controlled trials. It is expected that the proposed intervention will be non-inferior in terms of composite cerebrovascular events and superior in terms of major nonprocedural bleeding in comparison to chronic NOAC therapy.