Blood pressure tweak during stroke procedure could save brains
NCT ID NCT05645861
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether carefully managing blood pressure during a clot-removal procedure for stroke can improve patient recovery. About 550 people having emergency clot retrieval will have their systolic blood pressure kept within a specific target range. Researchers will then check their level of disability 90 days later to see if this approach leads to better outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- blood pressure management procedure
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a standard way to manage blood pressure during clot retrieval, potentially improving recovery for stroke patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single trial with 550 participants, and the best blood pressure target is still unknown. Results may not apply to all stroke types or hospitals.
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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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About 550 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2019
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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: * Patients diagnosed with anterior circulation stroke (ICA or proximal M1 or M2 segment of MCA) treated with ECR within 6 hrs of stroke onset and ECR patients presenting within 6-24 hours and favourable penumbra on perfusion scanning (see criteria 1-3). Additional criteria in the 6 to 24-hour window. 1. 'wake up' stroke; CT with no (or at most minimal) acute infarction or 2. patient 80 years or older (NIHSS of 10 and infarct volume less than 21 ml on DWI or CT perfusion-CBF) 3. patient less than 80 years (NIHSS of 10 and infarct volume less than 31 ml on DWI or CT perfusion-CBF NIHSS of 20 and infarct volume less than 51 ml on DWI or CT perfusion-CBF). Exclusion Criteria: * Rescue"' procedures eg acute ischaemic stroke associated with major medical procedures such as coronary artery stenting and coronary artery bypass * pre-stroke mRS\>=3 * not having GA * terminal illness with expected survival \<1 year * pregnancy * cardiovascular conditions where BP targeting will be contra-indicated * unable to participate in 3-month follow up
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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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Auckland City Hopsital
Auckland, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand
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Christchurch Hospital
Christchurch, Canterbury, 8140, New Zealand
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Gold Coast University Hospital
Southport, Queensland, 4215, Australia
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Metro South Hospital and Health Service via the Princess Alexandra Hospital
Woolloongabba, Queensland, 4102, Australia
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Royal North Shore Hospital
Sydney, New South Wales, 2065, Australia
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Wellington Regional Hospital
Newton, Wellington Region, 6021, New Zealand
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