Could a simple protein boost stroke recovery? major trial underway
NCT ID NCT07263308
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study tests whether giving the protein albumin (given as an IV drip for four days) along with standard clot-removal treatment helps people recover better after a severe stroke caused by a large blockage. About 1,200 adults aged 18-80 with anterior circulation strokes will be enrolled. The main goal is to see if more people can live independently or return to their previous level of function 90 days later.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Albumin (a protein given intravenously)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a new, widely available treatment to improve recovery after a severe stroke.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large Phase 3 trial, but albumin has not been proven effective for stroke before. There is a risk of side effects like fluid overload or allergic reactions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 1,192 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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 to 80 years
- 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 between 18 and 80 years; 2. Acute ischemic stroke with indications for endovascular treatment within 24 hours of onset; 3. Anterior circulation acute ischemic stroke, with acute occlusion of the responsible vessel located in the intracranial segment of the internal carotid artery, or the M1 or M2 segment of the middle cerebral artery; 4. National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score \>=6; 5. Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) \>=3 points; 6. Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score ≤4 before onset of the disease; 7. Written informed consent provided by the patients or their legal relatives. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Evidence of intracranial hemorrhage (intracerebral hematoma (ICH), subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), epidural hemorrhage, acute or chronic subdural hematoma (SDH)) on the baseline CT or MRI scan; 2. History of congenital or acquired bleeding disorders, coagulation factor deficiency diseases, thrombocytopenic diseases, etc; 3. Anticipated difficulty in completing endovascular treatment due to vascular tortuosity; 4. Known severe allergy (more severe than skin rash) to contrast agents uncontrolled by medications; 5. Pregnancy, breastfeeding; 6. An episode or exacerbation of congestive heart failure from any cause in the past 6 months; 7. History of heart valve disease complicated by congestive heart failure within the past 6 months; 8. Cardiac surgery with thoracotomy (eg. coronary artery bypass grafting or valve replacement surgery) within the past 6 months; 9. Acute myocardial infarction in the past 6 months; 10. Signs or symptoms of acute myocardial infarction upon admission, including electrocardiographic findings; 11. Elevated serum troponin concentration upon admission (\>0.1 μg/L) ; 12. Acute arrhythmia (including any tachycardia or bradycardia) with hemodynamic instability (systolic blood pressure \<100 mm Hg) upon admission; 13. Acute or chronic lung diseases requiring long-term or intermittent oxygen therapy; 14. Findings on physical examination of any of the following abnormalities: (1) Jugular venous distension (jugular venous pulsation \>4 cm above the sternal angle); (2) Resting tachycardia due to congestive heart failure (heart rate \> 100 per/min); (3) Third heart sound; (4) Abnormal hepatic jugular venous reflux; (5) Pitting edema of the lower extremities attributable to congestive heart failure or without apparent cause; (6) Rales in both lungs; (7) Or evidence of pulmonary edema, pleural effusion, or pulmonary vascular redistribution on chest X-ray; 15. Severe chronic anemia (hemoglobin \< 75 g/L); 16. Known recent or current serum creatinine exceeding 1.5 times the upper limit of normal, or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \< 60 mL/min; 17. Refractory hypertension that is difficult to control by medication (defined as systolic blood pressure \> 220 mmHg, or diastolic blood pressure \> 110 mmHg); 18. Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) is greater than 1.5 times the upper limit of the normal value. 19. History of albumin allergy or known allergy to albumin; 20. Patients with severe mental disorders or dementia who are unable to cooperate in completing informed consent and follow-up content; 21. The expected survival time is less than 90 days (such as comorbidity with malignant tumor or severe systemic diseases etc.); 22. Patients who have participated in other interventional clinical studies within 30 days before randomization or are currently participating in other interventional clinical studies. 23. The investigator believes that the subject has other conditions making it unsuitable for participating in this study.
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
56 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
RECRUITINGJinan, Shandong, 250011, China
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Baoding No. 1 Central Hospital
RECRUITINGBaoding, Hebei, 071000, China
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Bozhou People's Hospital
RECRUITINGBozhou, Anhui, 236800, China
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Cenxi People's Hospital
RECRUITINGCenxi, Guangxi, 543200, China
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Changde First People's Hospital
RECRUITINGChangde, Hunan, 415000, China
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Daliuta Experimental Area Hospital of Shenmu City
RECRUITINGShenmu, Shaanxi, 719315, China
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Donggang Central Hospital
RECRUITINGNanchong, Sichuan, 637300, China
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Feicheng Hospital of Shandong Yiyang Health Group
RECRUITINGFeicheng, Shandong, 271608, China
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Fujian Medical University Union Hospital
RECRUITINGFuzhou, Fujian, 350001, China
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Gansu Provincial Hospital
RECRUITINGLanzhou, Gansu, China
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Guiyang Fourth People's Hospital
RECRUITINGGuiyang, Guizhou, 550002, China
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Heyuan People's Hospital
RECRUITINGHeyuan, Guangdong, 517000, China
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Huazhou People's Hospital
RECRUITINGHuazhou, Guangdong, 525100, China
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Huiyang Sanhe Hospital
RECRUITINGHuizhou, Guangdong, 516211, China
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Huize County People's Hospital
RECRUITINGQujing, Yunnan, 654200, China
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Jiamusi University Hongda Hospital
RECRUITINGJiamusi, Heilongjiang, 154000, China
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Jixi People's Hospital
RECRUITINGJixi, Heilongjiang, China
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Kailuan General Hospital Linxi Hospital
RECRUITINGTangshan, Hebei, 063100, China
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Laizhou People's Hospital
RECRUITINGYantai, Shandong, China
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Linyi People's Hospital
RECRUITINGLinyi, Shandong, 276000, China
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Liuyang Jili Hospital
RECRUITINGGuankou, Hunan, 410300, China
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Luoding People's Hospital
RECRUITINGLuoyang, Guangdong, 527200, China
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Luoyang Central Hospital
RECRUITINGLuoyang, Henan, 471000, China
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Ma'anshan People's Hospital
RECRUITINGMa’anshan, Anhui, 243000, China
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Meishan Second People's Hospital
RECRUITINGMeishan, Sichuan, 620500, China
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Ningling County People's Hospital
RECRUITINGShangqiu, Henan, China
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PLA Joint Logistic Support Force 940th Hospital
RECRUITINGLanzhou, Gansu, 730050, China
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PLA Joint Logistic Support Force 970th Hospital
RECRUITINGYantai, Shandong, 264000, China
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People's Hospital of Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture
RECRUITINGKorla, Xinjiang, 841000, China
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People's Hospital of Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
RECRUITINGBole, Xinjiang, 833400, China
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Pingdingshan Second People's Hospital
RECRUITINGPingdingshan, Henan, 467000, China
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Rizhao Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
RECRUITINGRizhao, Shandong, China
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Sanshui Hospital of Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University
RECRUITINGFoshan, Guangdong, 528100, China
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Shanghai General Hospital Jiujuan Hospital
RECRUITINGJiuquan, Gansu, China
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Shenqiu County People's Hospital
RECRUITINGZhoukou, Henan, 466300, China
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Si County People's Hospital
RECRUITINGSuzhou, Anhui, China
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Susong County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
RECRUITINGAnqing, Anhui, 246501, China
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Taihe County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
RECRUITINGFuyang, Anhui, China
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Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine
RECRUITINGShiyan, Hubei, 442000, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGZhengzhou, Henan, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Shaoyang University
RECRUITINGShaoyang, Hunan, 422000, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University
RECRUITINGWeihui, Henan, China
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Tianmen First People's Hospital
RECRUITINGTianmen, Hubei, 431700, China
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Wuhu Second People's Hospital
RECRUITINGWuhu, Anhui, 241000, China
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Wuwei People's Hospital
RECRUITINGWuhu, Anhui, 238300, China
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Xihua County People's Hospital
RECRUITINGZhoukou, Henan, 466600, China
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Xuanwu Hospital,Capital Medical University
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100053, China
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Xuzhou Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGXuzhou, Jiangsu, 221005, China
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Yan'an University Xianyang Hospital
RECRUITINGXianyang, Shaanxi, 712000, China
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Yiyang Central Hospital
RECRUITINGYiyang, Hunan, 413000, China
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Yiyuan County People's Hospital
RECRUITINGZibo, Shandong, 256100, China
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Yuncheng Central Hospital
RECRUITINGYuncheng, Shanxi, 044000, China
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Zhangzhou Hospital
RECRUITINGZhangzhou, Fujian, 363000, China
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Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University
RECRUITINGZhengzhou, Henan, 450007, China
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Zhongmou County People's Hospital
RECRUITINGZhengzhou, Henan, China
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Zhoukou Central Hospital
RECRUITINGZhoukou, Henan, 466000, China
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