Stroke ambulance trial aims to cut disability from brain bleeds
NCT ID NCT07665827
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether giving blood pressure medication inside a mobile stroke unit—a special ambulance with a CT scanner—can improve outcomes for people having a brain bleed. About 706 adults with high blood pressure and a recent stroke will be randomly assigned to either the mobile unit or standard emergency care. The goal is to see if faster treatment reduces disability or death.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- urapidil (blood pressure medication)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that starting blood pressure treatment in a mobile stroke unit reduces disability after a brain bleed.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial, and the treatment may not improve outcomes or could cause side effects like low blood pressure. Results may not apply to all patients.
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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 706 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 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 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. History and physical/neurological examination consistent with acute stroke. 2. Age ≥18 years; 3. Time from symptom onset to enrollment \<3 hours (onset defined as last known normal). 4. Systolic blood pressure ≥150 mmHg and ≤220 mmHg; 5. Pre-stroke modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score ≤2; 6. Informed consent obtained from the subject or a legally authorized representative. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score ≤5. 2. Contraindications to intensive blood pressure lowering, including severe arterial stenosis or high-grade stenotic valvular heart disease. 3. Malignant disease or other serious primary illness with a life expectancy of \<3 months. 4. Current participation in another interventional randomized clinical trial.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Xuanwu Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100053, China
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