New stroke drug could help patients treated up to 24 hours after symptoms start
NCT ID NCT07324837
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This Phase 3 trial tests a drug called Fortelyzin® (non-immunogenic staphylokinase) in 990 adults with acute ischemic stroke who can be treated between 4.5 and 24 hours after symptoms begin. Participants receive a single injection of the drug or a placebo. The goal is to see if the drug improves functional outcomes, such as being able to live independently, 90 days later.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Fortelyzin® (non-immunogenic staphylokinase)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new treatment option for stroke patients who cannot receive standard therapy within the first few hours, potentially reducing disability.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage Phase 3 trial, so results may not confirm benefit. There is also a risk of bleeding, as with any clot-busting drug.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 990 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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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. Men and women aged 18 years and over; 2. Acute ischemic stroke symptom onset between 4.5 to 24 hours prior to enrolment, including wake-up stroke and unwitnessed stroke, onset time refers to "last-seen normal time"; 3. Pre-stroke modified Rankin scale (mRS) score≤1; 4. Internal carotid artery, middle cerebral artery M1 or M2 occlusion confirmed by CT/MRI, internal carotid artery, middle cerebral artery M1 or M2 being responsible for signs and symptoms of acute ischemic stroke; 5. Neuroimaging: target mismatch profile on CT or MRI perfusion: ischemic core volume \<70 mL, mismatch ratio≥1.8 and mismatch volume≥15 mL; 6. Alberta Stroke Program Early CT score (ASPECTS) \> 6; 7. Baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) 6-25 (inclusive); 8. The patient is not planned or cannot undergo thrombectomy or intravenous thrombolysis in accordance with the current version of the Clinical Guidelines; 9. Written informed consent from patients or their legally authorized representatives. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Acute ischemic stroke within 4,5 h after symptom onset; 2. Intended to proceed to endovascular treatment; 3. Known hypersensitivity to the non-immunogenic staphylokinase; 4. Convulsive seizures at the onset of the disease, if there is no certainty that the seizure is a clinical manifestation of acute ischemic stroke; 5. Persistent blood pressure elevation (systolic ≥185 mmHg or diastolic ≥110 mmHg), and the inability to reduce systolic blood pressure below 180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure below 105 mmHg; 6. Blood glucose \<2.8 or \>22.2 mmol/L (after blood glucose level correction to the specified values, inclusion of the patient in the study is possible); 7. Neuroimaging (CT, MRI) signs of intracranial hemorrhage, brain tumor, arteriovenous malformation, brain abscess, cerebral aneurysm; 8. Subarachnoid hemorrhage; 9. Major bleeding currently or within the past 6 months; 10. Surgery on the brain or spinal cord in the last 2 months; 11. Punctures of non-compressible arteries and veins in the last 7 days; 12. Gastrointestinal or genitourinary bleeding in the last 3 weeks. Confirmed exacerbations of gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer in the last 3 months; 13. Platelet count below 100,000/mm3; 14. Previous stroke or severe traumatic brain injury within 3 months; 15. Unable to perform CT or MRI; 16. History of hemorrhagic stroke or stroke of unspecified genesis; 17. Multiple arterial occlusion (bilateral MCA occlusion, MCA occlusion accompanied with basilar occlusion); 18. Concomitant use of indirect oral anticoagulants (warfarin) with INR \> 1.7; 19. Taking direct anticoagulants (heparin, heparinoids) in the previous 48 hours with an APTT value above normal; 20. Taking new oral anticoagulants in the previous 48 hours with a thrombin time value above normal and the impossibility of administering the specific antagonist idarucizumab (for dabigatran) or the presence of anti-Xa activity (for rivaroxaban, apixaban and edoxaban). 21. Severe liver disease, including liver failure, liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension (with esophageal varices), active hepatitis; 22. Acute pancreatitis; 23. Bacterial endocarditis, pericarditis; 24. Arterial aneurysms, malformations of arteries and veins. Suspected dissecting aortic aneurysm; 25. Cancer with an increased risk of bleeding; 26. Major surgeries or severe injuries within the last 14 days, minor surgeries or invasive procedures within the last 10 days; 27. Prolonged or traumatic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (more than 2 minutes); 28. Hemorrhagic diathesis, including renal and hepatic failure; 29. Data on bleeding or acute trauma (fracture) at the time of examination; 30. Pregnant women, nursing mothers, or reluctant to use effective contraceptive measures during the period of trial.
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
22 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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A.K. Yeramishantsev Moscow City Clinical Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMoscow, 129327, Russia
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Altai Regional Clinical Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBarnaul, 656024, Russia
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Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Hospital No. 3
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChelyabinsk, Russia
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City Clinical Hospital of Emergency Medical Care No. 25
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGVolgograd, 400138, Russia
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F.I. Inozemtsev Moscow City Clinical Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMoscow, 105187, Russia
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Interregional Clinical and Diagnostic Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGKazan', 420101, Russia
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Irkutsk Regional Clinical Hospital
RECRUITINGIrkutsk, 664079, Russia
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Kaluga Regional Clinical Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGKaluga, 248007, Russia
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Krasnogorsk Clinical Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGKrasnogorsk, 143408, Russia
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L.A. Vorokhobov Moscow City Clinical Hospital No. 67
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMoscow, 123423, Russia
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Leningradskaya Regional Clinical Hospital
RECRUITINGSaint Petersburg, 194291, Russia
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Moscow Multidisciplinary Clinical Center "Kommunarka"
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMoscow, 108814, Russia
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N.A. Semashko Nizhny Novgorod Regional Clinical Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNizhny Novgorod, 603126, Russia
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N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMoscow, 117997, Russia
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Ryazan Regional Clinical Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRyazan, Ryazan Oblast, 390039, Russia
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S.V. Ochapovsky Research Institute - Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1
RECRUITINGKrasnodar, 350086, Russia
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Sergiev Posad District Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSergiyev Posad, 141301, Russia
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St. Petersburg Hospital for War Veterans
RECRUITINGSaint Petersburg, 193079, Russia
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Sverdlovsk Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1
RECRUITINGYekaterinburg, 620102, Russia
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Tver Regional Clinical Hospital
RECRUITINGTver', 170036, Russia
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Ulyanovsk Regional Clinical Hospital
RECRUITINGUlyanovsk, Russia
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V.I. Voynov Orenburg Regional Clinical Hospital
RECRUITINGOrenburg, Russia
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