Stroke drug study halted early: new dosing regimen tested in 17 patients
NCT ID NCT03346538
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study aimed to find the best dose of MCI-186 for people who had an acute ischemic stroke. It compared a new way of giving the drug (a bolus followed by continuous infusion) with the standard twice-daily dosing for 14 days. The trial was terminated early and included only 17 participants, so results are limited.
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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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17 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2017
- Finished
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May 2018
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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20 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: * Patients from whom written consent to study participation has been obtained, either from the patient personally or from the patient's legal guardian * Patients with age at consent between 20 and 85 years, inclusive * Patients for whom study treatment can be initiated within 24 hours after onset * Patients with confirmed new ischemic area only in the supratentorial region on MRI * Patients with neurological signs equivalent to between 4 and 22, inclusive, on the NIHSS Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with disability equivalent to an mRS score of 2 or more from before onset * Patients being treated with antibiotics for an infection at registration * Patients who have received or are planning to receive treatment for their primary disease with a prohibited concomitant medication (e.g., a thrombolytic drug) or with a prohibited concomitant therapy (e.g., intravascular therapy) * Patients for whom the (sub)investigator judges the efficacy endpoints (e.g., NIHSS, mRS, BI) that have been selected for this study can not be measured appropriately, such as patients who are not expected to achieve improvement of 4 or more on the NIHSS because of nerve symptoms that have been present since before the onset of cerebral infarction, Alzheimer's dementia patients, or Parkinson's disease patients * Patients with severe consciousness disturbances (Japan coma scale ≥ 100) * Patients with clear concurrent peripheral vascular disease or peripheral neuropathy for whom the (sub)investigator judges the neurological tests could not be performed properly * Patients with severe renal impairment (e.g., patients with eGFR \< 30) * Patients with severe hepatic impairment (e.g., ALT, AST, or gamma-GTP \> 2.5 X ULN) * Patients with platelet count \< 100,000/mm3 * Patients diagnosed by MRI on admission with a disease other than stroke (e.g., intracranial bleeding, subarachnoid bleeding, arteriovenous malformations, Moyamoya disease, brain tumor) or with cerebral aneurysm with a maximum diameter \> 7 mm * Patients with prior or current drug abuse or alcohol dependence * Patients with prior (or current) malignant tumor within 5 years before stroke onset * Patients with a past history of hypersensitivity to edaravone drug products * Patients with concurrent heart disease severe enough to warrant admission and treatment (e.g., acute myocardial infarction, cardiac failure) and with problems with their overall condition judged by the (sub)investigator to be unsuitable for study participation * Patients for whom MRI tests cannot be performed * Male or female patients who do not consent to practice contraception from the date of consent until the day after the administration of the last dose of study drug * Patients who are pregnant or nursing, or who could be pregnant * Patients who have received other investigational drugs in the 12 weeks prior to consent acquisition * Patients with body weight ≥ 100 kg * Patients otherwise judged unsuitable for study participation by the (sub)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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Investigational site 01
Hokkaido, Japan
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Investigational site 02
Gunma, Japan
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Investigational site 03
Osaka, Japan
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Investigational site 04
Yamaguchi, Japan
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Investigational site 05
Fukuoka, Japan
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Investigational site 06
Hyōgo, Japan
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Investigational site 07
Fukushima, Japan
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Investigational site 08
Fukushima, Japan
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Investigational site 09
Fukuoka, Japan
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Investigational site 10
Fukui, Japan
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Investigational site 11
Fukuoka, Japan
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Investigational site 12
Fukuoka, Japan
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Investigational site 13
Aichi, Japan
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Investigational site 14
Shimane, Japan
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Investigational site 15
Gifu, Japan
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Investigational site 16
Nagano, Japan
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Investigational site 17
Tokyo, Japan
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Investigational site 18
Fukuoka, Japan
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Investigational site 19
Chiba, Japan
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Investigational site 20
Nagano, Japan
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Investigational site 21
Fukuoka, Japan
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Investigational site 22
Hokkaido, Japan
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Investigational site 23
Gifu, Japan
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Investigational site 24
Kochi, Japan
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Investigational site 25
Osaka, Japan
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Investigational site 26
Yamaguchi, Japan
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Investigational site 27
Numakunai, Japan
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Investigational site 28
Chiba, Japan
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Investigational site 29
Tochigi, Japan
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Investigational site 30
Hyōgo, Japan
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Investigational site 31
Saitama, Japan
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Investigational site 32
Fukuoka, Japan
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Investigational site 33
Ehime, Japan
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Investigational site 34
Yamagata, Japan
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Investigational site 35
Miyagi, Japan
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Investigational site 36
Tochigi, Japan
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Investigational site 37
Fukuoka, Japan
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Investigational site 38
Saga, Japan
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Investigational site 39
Aomori, Japan
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Investigational site 40
Kanagawa, Japan
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Investigational site 41
Okinawa, Japan
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Investigational site 42
Hyōgo, Japan
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Investigational site 43
Ishikawa, Japan
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Investigational site 44
Okayama, Japan
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Investigational site 45
Tokyo, Japan
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