New drug cocktail aims to boost stroke recovery

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Meet the diagnostic criteria of the Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke 2023 2. Age ≥ 18 years 3. The time from last known well to treatment is within 4.5 hours 4. First-ever ischemic stroke or have history of ischemic stroke but mRS≤1 before onset 5. 6 ≤NIHSS≤ 16 6. Meet the clinical thrombolysis indications in the Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ischemic Stroke and receive reteplase intravenous thrombolysis 7. Have provided signed written informed consent from the patient or the patient's legal representative Exclusion Criteria: 1. Preoperative non-contrast head CT shows Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) ≤ 6 2. Presence of contraindications to intravenous thrombolysis 3. Patients who have been on angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) drugs and within 5 half-lives (according to the specific drug instructions) before initiate Human Urinary Kallidinogenase treatment 4. Planed for endovascular treatment 5. Patients with fracture, claudication and other factors affecting functional outcome score upon admission 6. Use of Edaravone Injection, Edaravone Dexborneol Injection, Sublingual Edaravone Dexborneol, Butylphthalide Injection or Capsules after the onset of the current episode 7. Severe uncontrolled hypertension: systolic blood pressure ≥ 180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 110 mmHg 8. History of severe food or drug allergies, or prior allergy or intolerance to urinary kallidinogenase for injection 9. Pregnant or lactating women, or patients planning pregnancy within 90 days 10. Renal failure or severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance \< 30 mL/min) at screening 11. Liver function impairment: Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \> 2.5 times the upper limit of normal, or liver diseases (e.g., acute/chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis) 12. Heart failure (NYHA Class III or IV), unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, severe arrhythmia, or second/third-degree cardiac conduction obstruction within 6 months before randomization 13. Drug abuse or addiction in the past year 14. Concurrent malignant tumors or severe systemic diseases with an expected survival \< 90 days 15. Severe mental disorders or dementia unable to complete the informed consent and follow-up 16. Participation in any interventional drug or device clinical trial within 3 months before screening 17. Patients deemed unsuitable for the study by the investigator