Could early aspirin boost stroke recovery? new trial investigates
NCT ID NCT06548971
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether giving aspirin within 3 hours of clot-busting treatment for stroke can improve recovery without causing dangerous bleeding. About 1,184 adults who had an ischemic stroke will receive either aspirin or a placebo. The goal is to see if early aspirin leads to better function after 90 days.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Aspirin
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could change guidelines to allow earlier aspirin after stroke treatment, potentially preventing further damage and improving recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase 3 trial, but early aspirin may increase the risk of bleeding in the brain. The 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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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 1,184 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2026
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. Age ≥18 years old; 2. Acute ischemic stroke treated with intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase or tenecteplase within 4.5 hours of onset or time last known well, and can receive the study drug treatment within 3 hours of initiating intravenous thrombolysis. 3. Residual NIHSS score \> 5 points assessed 1 hour after initiation of intravenous thrombolysis and prior to randomization. 4. Informed consent obtained from patients or an authorized representative. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Stroke caused by definite large vessel occlusion (including A1/A2 segments of the anterior cerebral artery, M1/M2 segments of the middle cerebral artery, P1/P2 segments of the posterior cerebral artery, intracranial/extracranial segments of the internal carotid artery, basilar artery, and bilateral vertebral artery occlusion) confirmed by vessel imaging (including computed tomography angiography \[CTA\] or magnetic resonance angiography \[MRA\]), or scheduled for endovascular treatment (including mechanical thrombectomy, intra-arterial thrombolysis, and angioplasty). 2. Intracranial hemorrhage confirmed by imaging post-thrombolysis. 3. Definite or suspected cardioembolic stroke. 4. Stroke caused by other determined causes, including nonatherosclerotic vasculopathies (moyamoya disease, artery dissection, arteritis), hypercoagulable states, or hematological disorders. 5. Use of antiplatelet therapy within one week prior to stroke onset, novel anticoagulant drugs within 48 hours prior to stroke onset, or treatment with warfarin with an international normalized ratio (INR)\>1.7. 6. Prior history of moderate or severe ischemic stroke events with residual neurological disability. 7. Pre-stroke mRS score \> 1. 8. Severe consciousness disturbance with NIHSS item 1a (level of consciousness) ≥ 2 points. 9. Post-thrombolysis imaging indicates an infarct area larger than 1/2 responsible artery supply area. 10. Known contraindications for antiplatelet therapy, such as coagulation disorders, or systemic bleeding 11. History of aspirin allergy. 12. Anticipated indications for anticoagulant therapy during the study period (e.g., atrial fibrillation, mechanical heart valve, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, antiphospholipid syndrome, hypercoagulable state) 13. Presence of malignant tumors, chronic hemodialysis, severe renal insufficiency (GFR \< 30 mL/min or serum creatinine \> 220 μmol/L \[2.5 mg/dL\]), severe hepatic insufficiency (serum alanine aminotransferase \[ALT\] \>2 times the upper limit of normal, or serum aspartate aminotransferase \[AST\] \>2 times the upper limit of normal), severe heart failure (New York Heart Association \[NYHA\] Functional Classification Class III or IV) 14. Severe non-cardiovascular complications with an expected survival of less than 6 months. 15. Unavailability for follow-up. 16. Presence of dementia, psychiatric disorders, or other known neurological conditions that complicate follow-up. 17. Current participation in another therapeutic study with ongoing treatment and follow-up. 18. Other conditions that make the patient unsuitable for participation in the study as determined by the investigator.
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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
71 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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Aerospace central hospital
RECRUITINGHaidian, Beijing Municipality, 100049, China
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Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia University for the Nationalities
RECRUITINGTongliao, Inner Mongolia, 028007, China
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Anshan Changda hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAnshan, Liaoning, 114000, China
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Beijing Luhe Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University
RECRUITINGTongzhou, Beijing Municipality, 101149, China
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Beijing Pinggu District Hospital
RECRUITINGPinggu, Beijing Municipality, 101200, China
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Brain Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, 510180, China
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Cangzhou Central Hospital
RECRUITINGCangzhou, Hebei, 061012, China
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Cangzhou combination of Chinese traditional and western medicine hospital
RECRUITINGCangzhou, Hebei, 061001, China
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Changde Taoyuan County People's Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChangde, Hunan, 415099, China
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Chengdu Second People's Hospital
RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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Chenzhou first people's hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChenzhou, Hunan, 424499, China
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Donggang city Central Hospital
RECRUITINGDandong, Liaoning, 118300, China
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Dongying people's hospital
RECRUITINGDongying, Shandong, 257029, China
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First People's Hospital of Luoyang
RECRUITINGLuoyang, Henan, 471000, China
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Fujian university affiliated provincial hospital
RECRUITINGFuzhou, Fujian, 350001, China
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Fushun Mining Bureau General Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGFushun, Liaoning, China
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Gaotang county people's hospital
RECRUITINGLiaocheng, Shandong, 252800, China
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Guigang people's hospitalv
RECRUITINGGuigang, Guangxi, 537100, China
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Haiyan People's Hospital
RECRUITINGJiaxing, Zhejiang, 314311, China
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Handan Central Hospital
RECRUITINGHandan, Hebei, 056001, China
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Handan first hospital
RECRUITINGHandan, Hebei, 056002, China
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Hejian city People's Hospital
RECRUITINGCangzhou, Hebei, 062450, China
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Hua county People's Hospital
RECRUITINGAnyang, Henan, 456400, China
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Huanghe Sanmenxia hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSanmenxia, Henan, 472000, China
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Jiaozuo Second People's Hospital
RECRUITINGJiangzuo, Henan, 454001, China
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Jinan Third People's Hospital
RECRUITINGJinan, Shandong, 250101, China
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Jingdezhen NO.1 People's Hospital
RECRUITINGJingdezhen, Jiangxi, 333000, China
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Jun county people's hospital
RECRUITINGHebi, Henan, 458030, China
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Juxian county people's hospital
RECRUITINGRizhao, Shandong, 276500, China
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Liaocheng people's hospital
RECRUITINGLiaocheng, Shandong, 252000, China
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Liuyang Jili Hospital
RECRUITINGGuankou, Hunan, 410300, China
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Luoyang Yanshi People's Hospital
RECRUITINGLuoyang, Henan, 471900, China
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Luyi county people's hospital
RECRUITINGZhoukou, Henan, 477200, China
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Nanyang nanshi hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNanyang, Henan, 473010, China
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Ningling county people's hospital
RECRUITINGShangqucun, Henan, 476700, China
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Pingdu city traditional Chinese medicine hospital
RECRUITINGQingdao, Shandong, 266700, China
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Rizhao traditional Chinese medicine hospital
RECRUITINGRizhao, Shandong, 276800, China
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Shandong health group feicheng hospital
RECRUITINGTaian, Shandong, 271614, China
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Shandong province qianfoshan hospital
RECRUITINGJinan, Shandong, 250014, China
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Shangqiu First People's Hospital
RECRUITINGShangqiu, Henan, 476100, China
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Shangqiu Third People's Hospital
RECRUITINGShangqiu, Henan, 476000, China
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Shengli oilfield central hospital
RECRUITINGDongying, Shandong, 257034, China
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Shenzhen Second People's Hospital
RECRUITINGShenzhen, Shenzhen, 518035, China
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Shihezi City People's Hospital
RECRUITINGShihezi, Xinjiang, 832000, China
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Suzhou municipal hospital
RECRUITINGSuzhou, Anhui, 234000, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital Of Xiamen University
RECRUITINGXiamen, Fujian, 361003, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
RECRUITINGSuzhou, Jiangsu, 215004, China
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The First Hospital Of Qiqihar
RECRUITINGQiqihar, Heilongjiang, 161005, China
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The First People's Hospital of Changde City
RECRUITINGChangde, Hunan, 415000, China
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The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
RECRUITINGSuzhou, Jiangsu, 215021, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital Of Nanchang University
RECRUITINGNanchang, Jiangxi, 330008, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University
RECRUITINGKaili, Guizhou, 556099, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University
RECRUITINGHaikou, Hainan, 570145, China
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The Third People Hospital In Liaocheng
RECRUITINGLiaocheng, Shandong, 252000, China
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The Third People's Hospital of Hubei Province
RECRUITINGHainan, Hubei, 430033, China
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The Third The People's Hospital Of Bengbu
RECRUITINGBengbu, Anhui, 233000, China
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Togtoh county hospital
RECRUITINGNeimeng, Neimeng, 010200, China
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Ulanqab Central Hospital
RECRUITINGUlanqab, Inner Mongolia, 012000, China
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Weihai Municipal Hospital
RECRUITINGWeihai, Shandong, 264200, China
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Weinan central hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGWeinan, Shanxi, 714000, China
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Wuzhou Red Cross Hospital
RECRUITINGWuzhou, Guangxi, 543002, China
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Xiamen Xinglin hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGXiamen, Fujian, 361020, China
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Xiangtan Central Hospital
RECRUITINGXiangtan, Hunan, 411100, China
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Xihua People's Hospital
RECRUITINGZhoukou, Henan, 466000, China
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Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100053, China
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Ya 'an People's Hospital
RECRUITINGYa'an, Sichuan, 625000, China
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Zha Lan Tun Shi Zhong Meng Yi Yuan
RECRUITINGZhalantun, Inner Mongolia, 162650, China
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Zhangzhou Hospital of Fujian Province
RECRUITINGZhangzhou, Fujian, 363000, China
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Zhumadian Central Hospital
RECRUITINGZhumadian, Henan, 463000, China
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Zhuzhou Central Hospital
RECRUITINGZhuzhou, Hunan, 412007, China
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Zibo Central Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGZibo, Shandong, 255020, China
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