Stroke recovery breakthrough? new study tests simple blood flow trick
NCT ID NCT06940128
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests if briefly stopping and restarting blood flow in the neck after a stroke procedure can help the brain heal better. About 120 adults who had a major stroke and received emergency treatment to reopen a blocked artery will be randomly assigned to get this extra therapy or standard care. The goal is to see if this simple technique can reduce brain damage and improve patients' ability to function independently after 90 days.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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. Over 18 years old; 2. The time from onset to randomization is less than 24 hours; 3. Patients with acute anterior artery occlusion and receiving successful recanalization (mTICI 2b-3) after endovascular treatment and with residual stenosis ≤ 50%; 4. Cerebral circulation time after successful recanalization: affected side ≤ healthy side; 5. PH2 hemorrhage was excluded by immediate postoperative CT examination; 6. Re-onset patients with first onset or past onset without sequelae such as limb paralysis should not affect the score of this NIHSS, and mRS Score of patients with past onset should be less than 2 points; 7. Signed informed consent by patient or their legally authorized representative. Exclusion Criteria: \- 1. Spherical enlargement of the lesion site twice or more; 2. Proximal residual stenosis \>50% for patients with tandem lesions; 3. Intracranial hemorrhagic diseases: cerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, etc. 4\. Chronic liver disease, liver and kidney insufficiency, elevated ALT or AST (greater than 2 times the upper limit of normal), elevated serum creatinine (greater than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal) or dependent on kidney dialysis; 5. Women who are pregnant, have a pregnancy plan or are breastfeeding; 6. Combined with serious other diseases, life expectancy \< 6 months; 7. Other conditions deemed inappropriate for participation in this study.
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Locations
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General Hospital of Northern Theater Command
RECRUITINGShengyang, Liaoning, 110016, China
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