Could a flower extract help stroke patients recover?
NCT ID NCT07003386
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether galantamine, a compound from the Lycoris aurea plant, can improve recovery in people who have had an acute ischemic stroke. The trial will involve 66 adults who receive either galantamine injections plus standard care, or standard care alone, for 10 days. Researchers will measure changes in stroke severity, motor function, and brain blood flow to see if the drug helps protect brain cells and improve outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- galantamine (a plant extract from Lycoris aurea)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new treatment to improve recovery and reduce disability after an acute ischemic stroke.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 66 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drug may not improve outcomes or could cause side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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About 66 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2028
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 to 85 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: * Aged \> 18 years and \< 85 years, regardless of gender * Meeting the diagnostic criteria for ischemic stroke in Western medicine * Meeting the diagnostic criteria for stroke (Zhongfeng) in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) * Diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke within 72h of symptom onset * A score of 4-25 points on the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) * First onset of the disease, or no severe sequelae related to previous onset * The patient and their legal guardian voluntarily sign the informed consent form for the study Exclusion Criteria: * Confirmed by cranial imaging examination to have diseases causing similar symptoms such as brain tumors, encephalitis, and brain abscesses; or confirmed to have hemorrhagic cerebral infarction,epidural hematoma,intracranial hematoma, intraventricular hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, etc. * Patients with severe abnormalities of liver and kidney function (liver function: alanine aminotransferase \[ALT\] \>2 times the upper limit of normal \[ULN\]; renal function: creatinine \[Cr\]\>1.5 times the upper limit of normal \[ULN\]) * Elderly patients with physical weakness or patients complicated with infection * Patients with a history of mental illness or dementia * Patients with other severe organ or systemic diseases, accompanied by malignant tumors in any organ or system, or undergoing anti-tumor treatment, with an expected survival time of \< 6 months * A significant history of drug or alcohol abuse * Women who test positive for blood human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) (i.e., HCG ≥ 5 mIU/mL) during pregnancy screening, plan to become pregnant during the trial, or are breastfeeding * Patients who are currently participating in other clinical trials or have participated in other clinical trials within the past 1 month * Patients who are currently using other cholinesterase inhibitor drugs or have used other cholinesterase inhibitor drugs within the past 3 months * Patients with epilepsy, hyperkinesis, mechanical intestinal obstruction, bronchial asthma, angina pectoris, bradycardia, or glaucoma * Patients with contraindications to brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination, such as patients with implanted cardiac pacemakers, patients with implanted artificial joints or orthopedic plates, patients with claustrophobia, etc
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Shanghai Yueyang Integrated Medicine Hospital
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200080, China
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