Could a simple tablet protect your brain after a stroke?
NCT ID NCT06315231
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a sublingual tablet called edaravone dexborneol can help prevent or reduce thinking problems that often occur after a stroke. About 226 people who recently had a stroke and already show some cognitive issues will take the tablet or a placebo twice daily for 24 weeks. Researchers will measure side effects and changes in thinking skills to see if the drug is safe and effective.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- edaravone dexborneol sublingual tablet
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could lead to a new treatment to reduce cognitive decline after a stroke, helping people think more clearly.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase II trial with only 226 people, so results may not apply to everyone. The drug may not improve cognition more than placebo, and side effects are still being studied.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 226 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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Dec 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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40 to 80 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: 1. Age ≥ 40 years and ≤ 80 years, male or female. 2. Diagnosed as ischemic stroke, no significant pre-stroke functional disability (mRS score ≤ 1prior to stroke onset). 3. The National Institutes of Stroke Scale score ≤ 20 points. 4. Time from onset to obtained informed consent form is within 7 days (including 7 days). 5. Presence of cognitive dysfunction at screening, i.e., MoCA scale score \< 22. 6. Patients with good cognitive function prior to stroke, without significant cognitive dysfunction and dementia. 7. Education level: primary school or above, and can complete the cognitive function test required per investigator's judgement. 8. female subjects of childbearing potential and male subjects whose female partners are of childbearing potential must be willing to and use contraception during the study treatment and within 30 days after the last dose of study drug and have no plans to donate sperm or eggs; female subjects of childbearing potential will have a negative pregnancy test; 9. obtain voluntary signed informed consent from the patient or his/her legal representative approved by the Ethics Committee. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Presence of intracranial hemorrhagic disease confirmed by brain imaging. 2. Severe disturbance of consciousness: NIHSS 1a level of consciousness item score \> 1 point. 3. Transient ischemic attack (TIA). 4. Systolic blood pressure ≥ 180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 120 mmHg after blood pressure control. 5. Poorly controlled diabetes (fasting blood glucose \>10mmol/L and/or HbA1c\>8%). 6. Patients with contraindications to MRI imaging. 7. For subjects who are scheduled to undergo EEG examination, Patients with contraindications for EEG examination. 8. Presence of cognitive dysfunction prior to stroke assessed by informants, that is, the average score of Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE, 16-item version) during the screening period was ≥ 3.19 and the total score was ≥ 51. 9. Patients who have been diagnosed with severe mental disorders prior to stroke. 10. Severe limb hemiplegia and aphasia and significantly affect cognitive function assessment. 11. Patients have received the cognitive enhancers and other anti-dementia drugs within 1 month before the screening period, including but not limited to cholinesterase inhibitors (donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine) and non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists (memantine) and other drugs (such as mannitol sodium capsules, Ginkgo Biloba Extract Injection, Compound Ginkgo Biloba Tablets, oxiracetam, aniracetam, piracetam,nicergoline, Lecanemab, Donanemab, Aducanumab, etc. ). 12. Have been diagnosed with severe active liver disease, such as acute hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis, cirrhosis, etc.; or ALT or AST \> 2.0 × ULN. 13. Has been diagnosed with severe active kidney disease, renal insufficiency; or serum creatinine \> 1.5 × ULN. 14. Thrombectomy or interventional therapy has been applied or planned after this episode. 15. History of malignancy; except for subjects with non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) that has been successfully treated and limited cervical cancer in situ. Subjects with a diagnosis of malignancy after enrollment may continue to participate in the study or not at the discretion of the investigator and at the discretion of the subject; 16. Suffering from a severe systemic disease with an expected survival period of \<1 year; 17. hypersensitivity to dextran camphene, natural ice chips or edaravone or excipients (mannitol, copovidone, microcrystalline cellulose, cross-linked povidone, silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate); 18. pregnancy, lactation, and patients planning pregnancy; 19. history of major surgery within 4 weeks prior to enrollment; 20. participation in another clinical study within 30 days prior to randomization, or ongoing participation in another clinical study; 21. in the opinion of the investigator, not suitable for participation in this clinical study.
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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
21 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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Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical College
RECRUITINGJining, Shandong, China
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Dongyang People's Hospital
RECRUITINGDongyang, Zhejiang, China
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Hefei First People's Hospital
RECRUITINGHefei, Anhui, China
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Huangshan City People's Hospital
RECRUITINGHuangshan City, Anhui, China
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Liaocheng People's Hospital
RECRUITINGLiaocheng, Shandong, China
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Liaoning Health Industry Group Bensteel General Hospital
RECRUITINGBenxi, Liaoning, China
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Suining Central Hospital
RECRUITINGSuining, Sichuan, China
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Tai'an Central Hospital
RECRUITINGTaian, Shandong, China
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Taihe County People's Hospital
RECRUITINGFuyang, Anhui, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC Anhui Provincial Hospital
RECRUITINGHefei, Anhui, China
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The First Hospital of Dalian Medical University
RECRUITINGDalian, Liaoning, China
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The First Hospital of Jilin University
RECRUITINGChangchun, Jilin, China
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The First People's Hospital of Huzhou
RECRUITINGHuzhou, Zhejiang, China
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The First People's Hospital of Shenyang
RECRUITINGShenyang, Liaoning, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
RECRUITINGNanchang, Jiangxi, China
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The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University
RECRUITINGShijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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The Second People's Hospital of Hefei
RECRUITINGHefei, Anhui, China
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Wuzhou Red Cross Hospital
RECRUITINGWuzhou, Guangxi, China
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Zhuji People's Hospital of Zhejiang Province
RECRUITINGZhuji, Zhejiang, China
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Zhumadian Central Hospital
RECRUITINGZhumadian, Henan, China
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