Can blood thinners be safer for stroke patients with hidden brain bleeds?
NCT ID NCT05032053
First seen Jul 30, 2026 · Last updated Jul 31, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study follows 3,000 ischemic stroke patients who also have cerebral microbleeds — tiny spots of old blood in the brain. Researchers are tracking how different antithrombotic drugs (blood thinners) affect the number of microbleeds and the risk of future strokes or brain bleeds over one year. The goal is to find which medications are safest and to identify blood markers that could predict outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- antithrombotic drugs (blood thinners)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors choose safer blood-thinning medications for stroke patients who have tiny brain bleeds, reducing the risk of future strokes or bleeding.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a controlled experiment, so it cannot prove cause and effect. Results may not apply to all patients, and individual risks vary.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 3,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2022
- 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.
Who is studied
The population we observed are hospitalized patients with new cerebral infarction and met the inclusion criteria(without exclusion criteria). The method of consecutive participant sampling is used to collect the included population.
- Ages
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40 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. Patients diagnosed clinically as ischemic stroke; 2. Age ≥ 40 years; 3. Onset time ≤ 3 months; 4. Informed consent was signed. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage; 2. bleeding lesion \> 10 mm was found on SWI; 3. Vascular malformations, tumors, abscesses or other major non ischemic brain diseases were present; 4. There are contraindications for antithrombotic drugs use; 5. Serious systemic diseases; 6. Refusal to sign informed consent or poor compliance.
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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
16 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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3201 Hospital
RECRUITINGHanzhong, Shaanxi, China
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986 Hospital
RECRUITINGXi'an, China
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Ankang Central Hospital
RECRUITINGAnkang, Shaanxi, 725000, China
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Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University
RECRUITINGXi'an, Shaanxi, 710032, China
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Gaoling District Hospital
RECRUITINGXi'an, China
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Gem Flower Xi'an Changqing Staff Hospital
RECRUITINGXi'an, China
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Hanzhong People's Hospital
RECRUITINGHanzhong, China
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No.215 Hospital of Shaanxi nuclear industry
RECRUITINGXianyang, China
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Tangdu Hospital
RECRUITINGXi'an, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University
RECRUITINGXi'an, China
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The First People's Hospital of Xianyang
RECRUITINGXianyang, China
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Xi'AN GAOXIN Hospital
RECRUITINGXi'an, Shannxi, 710032, China
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Xian Yang Central Hospital
RECRUITINGXianyang, China
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Yan'an People's Hospital
RECRUITINGYan’an, China
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Yan'an University Affiliated Hospital
RECRUITINGYa'an, Shaanxi, China
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Yulin No.2 Hospital
RECRUITINGYunlin, Shaanxi, 719000, China
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