Stroke study pulled before it even started
NCT ID NCT06034847
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to see if removing additional small clots after the main blockage is cleared could help stroke patients recover better. It planned to compare standard care with extra mechanical or drug-based treatments. However, the trial was withdrawn and enrolled zero participants, so no conclusions can be drawn.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mechanical thrombectomy devices and intra-arterial thrombolytics
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could improve recovery for stroke patients by restoring blood flow to more areas of the brain.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was withdrawn before any patients were enrolled, so no results are available. Rescue treatments carry risks like bleeding or vessel damage.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2024
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 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: * any patient with a large vessel occlusion in the M1 or M2 segment of the MCA (Middle Cerebral Artery), supraclinoid ICA (Internal Carotid Artery), or basilar artery who is a candidate for thrombectomy * with a persistent distal occlusion in M2-M4, A1-A5, P1-P5 after successful recanalization of the proximal clot with mechanical thrombectomy and/or IV thrombolysis Exclusion Criteria: * poor 3 month prognosis from comorbidities * evidence of active bleeding on examination * recent surgery with a significant risk of bleeding * VKA (Vitamin K Antagonists) oral anticoagulation with INR (International Normalized Ratio) - \> 1.7 * curative heparin or direct oral anticoagulants in previous 48 hours * platelet count \< 100 000/mm3
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHUM - Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, H2X 0A9, Canada