Efficacy and Safety Study of GM602 in Patients With Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Ischemic Stroke Within 18 Hours — GMAIS  

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title: A Phase 2 Double Blinded, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Dose Escalation Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and the Safety of GM602 in Patients With Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Ischemic Stroke Within an 18-hour Treatment Window

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this research study is to determine whether the investigational drug GM602, is effective and safe in the treatment of ischemic stroke (strokes caused by a blood clot blocking the flow of blood through one, or more of the blood vessels supplying the brain) when administered up to 18 hours after symptoms begin.

Clinical Trial Description

Stroke is a serious and life threatening disease. About 85% of all strokes are ischemic, caused by a blood clot or plaque that blocks a blood vessel in the brain. The thrombolytic drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is the only early treatment for acute ischemic stroke approved by the FDA. Treatment with tPA must be administered within three hours of the stroke onset. Furthermore, tPA treatment carries a recognized risk of bleeding in the brain. GM602 is an investigational drug that may act as a neuroprotectant in patients who have had a stroke. It is thought to stop cell death and reduce inflammation in the injured area of the brain. This study is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of GM602 administered intravenously to patients in three consecutive daily doses of 320 mg/dose or 480 mg/dose, the initial dose administered within 18 hours after onset of acute ischemic stroke in the Middle Cerebral artery region. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stroke

• NCT number: NCT01221246
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Genervon Biopharmaceuticals, LLC
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: March 8, 2011
• Completion date: July 7, 2016