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New study aims to improve brain bypass surgery outcomes
NCT ID NCT07396025
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at how well surgical and diagnostic techniques work for people with blocked carotid arteries, a major cause of stroke. Researchers will follow 60 patients to see how bypass surgery affects blood flow, thinking skills, and recovery. The goal is to find better ways to choose who needs surgery and to improve results.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better surgical techniques and clearer guidelines for treating carotid artery occlusion, potentially improving patient recovery and reducing risks.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage observational study with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The study focuses on refining methods rather than proving a new treatment works.
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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.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 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 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 with ICA occlusion confirmed by CTA, MRA, and cerebral DSA. 2. MRI ASL-confirmed hypoperfusion in the territory of the occluded ICA (decrease of ≥30% compared with the contralateral side) 3. Language comprehension is preserved, with mild or no motor aphasia and no significant cognitive impairment. 4. Patients aged from 18 to 80 years. 5. Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score 0-2. 6. Informed consent is available from the patient or legal guardian. 7. Accessible and reliable patients for follow-up Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with large territorial infarction or marked cerebral atrophy on MRI. 2. No evidence of regional hypoperfusion on ASL MRI relative to the contralateral hemisphere. 3. Patients with a non-functioning STA-MCA bypass 4. Patients aged under 18 5. Patients with severe somatic conditions or mRS score \> 3 6. Patients with bilateral ICA occlusion, neurovascular disease (cerebral aneurysm or arteriovenous malformation) 7. Patients with Contraindications to MRI, CTA, or DSA 8. Cardiac conditions associated with a high risk of cerebral embolism, including prosthetic heart valves, infective endocarditis, intracardiac thrombus, sick sinus syndrome, cardiac myxoma, or cardiomyopathy with left ventricular ejection fraction \<25% (atrial fibrillation, patent foramen ovale, and atrial septal aneurysm are not exclusion criteria). 9. Severe systemic comorbidities, life expectancy \<2 years, or a modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score \>3. 10. Pregnancy. 11. Contraindications to MRI, CTA, DSA, iodinated contrast agents, or antiplatelet therapy required in the perioperative period. 12. Participation in another interventional or experimental trial within the previous 12 months, including studies involving ionizing radiation \-
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Locations
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National Centre for Neurosurgery
Astana, 01000, Kazakhstan
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