Ancient herbs take on stroke: new trial tests dengzhan xixin and shengmai
NCT ID NCT07591883
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests two traditional Chinese medicines, Dengzhan Xixin and Dengzhan Shengmai, in 358 adults who recently had an ischemic stroke. The goal is to see if these treatments improve recovery and reduce disability at 3 months. Researchers will also study how the medicines work using advanced testing.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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About 358 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age ≥ 18 years 2. Meeting the diagnostic criteria for acute ischemic stroke in accordance with the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke in China 2023 3. Within 48 hours after the first onset 4. National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score ranging from 4 to 25 points 5. Voluntarily signed informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pre-stroke modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score ≥ 2 2. Patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA), complicated with cerebral hemorrhage or subarachnoid hemorrhage 3. patients with brain tumor, Alzheimer's disease, psychosis, or a confirmed diagnosis of dementia 4. Patients undergoing endovascular thrombectomy 5. Patients with severe cardiac diseases such as valvular heart disease, infective endocarditis, myocardial infarction, heart failure, severe hepatic or renal insufficiency, respiratory failure, malignant tumor, or massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage 6. Patients who have used any preparations containing the same ingredients as the study drug (e.g., Erigeron breviscapus, ginseng, dwarf lilyturf tuber, schisandra chinensis, etc.) within the past 2 weeks 7. Patients with a history of allergy to the study drug or preparations containing the same ingredients 8. Pregnant or lactating women 9. Patients judged by the investigators as unsuitable for participation in this trial.
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Conditions
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