Smart wire could reveal clot secrets during stroke treatment
NCT ID NCT04993079
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This first-in-human study tested a new smart guidewire (Clotild®) in 45 stroke patients undergoing emergency clot removal. The wire helps guide the removal tool and also measures the clot's electrical properties to determine its composition. The main goal was to check safety, such as whether the wire causes blood vessel damage, and to see if it can accurately tell what the clot is made of.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Clotild® Smart Guidewire System (a device used to guide clot removal tools and measure clot characteristics)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this device could help doctors better understand clot composition during stroke treatment, potentially improving future clot removal procedures.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small study focused on safety and feasibility. The device may not provide useful measurements or could cause vessel injury. Results may not apply to all stroke patients.
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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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45 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2021
- Finished
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Apr 2024
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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. Clinical signs and symptoms consistent with the diagnosis of an acute ischemic stroke eligible for EVT 2. M1 and/or MCA bifurcation arterial occlusion on Computed tomography angiography (CTA) or MRA (Magnetic resonance angiography) of an intracranial vessel amenable to EVT 3. Informed Consent by subject, subject's Legally Authorized Representative (LAR) or anyone approved by the Ethics Committee (EC) and/or regulatory agencies to provide consent on behalf of the subject. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patient having an intracranial occlusion other than M1 and/or MCA bifurcation, especially tandem occlusion and ICA (internal carotid artery) occlusion. 2. Current participation in another investigational device or drug study that has not completed the primary endpoint or that clinically interferes with the current study endpoints 3. Candidates not eligible for EVT based on neurointerventionist and/or neurologist investigators' opinion 4. Pregnancy or lactating subjects
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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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CHU Limoges
Limoges, 87000, France
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Gold Coast University Hospital
Southport, Queensland, QL 5215, Australia
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Liverpool Hospital
Liverpool, New South Wales, NSW 2170, Australia
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