Could a statin right after a stroke stop a second one?
NCT ID NCT06358313
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether adding a statin (atorvastatin or rosuvastatin) within 24 hours of a first small vessel stroke, alongside standard blood thinners (clopidogrel and aspirin), can reduce the risk of having another stroke within 90 days. About 600 adults aged 18-75 who had a first moderate or small vessel stroke and cannot receive clot-busting drugs will be enrolled. The main goal is to see if the combination lowers the rate of new strokes.
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Study facts
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- 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 600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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May 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 75 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: * males and females aged 18-75 * first-ever moderate and small vessel Stroke * Patients are not eligible for rt-PA treatment Exclusion Criteria: * The investigators excluded patients who had rapidly resolving symptoms before imaging results, and patients with a known history of persistent or recurrent CNS pathology (e.g., epilepsy, meningioma, multiple sclerosis, history of head trauma with a residual neurological deficit). * the investigators excluded patients who had clinical seizures at the onset of their stroke, as well as those who had symptoms of any major organ failure, active malignancies, or an acute myocardial infarction within the previous six weeks, and those who were on warfarin, regular ticagrelor during the week before admission, or chemotherapy within the previous year. * The investigators excluded patients with active peptic ulcers, GIT surgery, bleeding history within the last year, and those with a history of major surgery within the last three months. * The investigators ruled out of our trial patients who had a known allergy to the study drugs and those with INR \> 1.4 or P.T. \>18 or blood glucose level \< 50 or \> 400 mg/DL or blood pressure \< 90/60 or \> 185/110 mmHg on admission or Platelets \< 100,000. * The investigators excluded pregnant and lactating patients and those with stroke due to venous thrombosis and stroke following cardiac arrest or profuse hypotension ineligible for our trial. * The investigators excluded patients who were regular users of drugs that affect clopidogrel metabolism, such as ketoconazole, dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers, and rifampin.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Kafr Elsheikh University Hospital
RECRUITINGKafr ash Shaykh, 33511, Egypt
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