Scientists dissect stroke clots to unlock better treatments
NCT ID NCT07384520
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at blood clots removed from 500 stroke patients to understand their composition and how they relate to blood markers, treatment success, and patient recovery. The goal is to learn more about stroke causes and find new ways to dissolve clots. Participants are adults who had a stroke and underwent a clot-removal procedure.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 2036
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Who is studied
Among patients treated at Liège University Hospital.
- 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 aged 18 years and older * Presenting with cerebral infarction secondary to an arterial occlusion responsible for an ischemic stroke, or with cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) having undergone a mechanical thrombectomy (MT) procedure * Managed with mechanical thrombectomy * Provision of free, informed, and explicit consent by the patient or their legal representative/next of kin (emergency inclusion procedure) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under legal protection measures (e.g., guardianship or curatorship) * Patients for whom the thrombectomy specimen cannot be retrieved or is not suitable for analysis (estimated at approximately 50% of patients undergoing MT)
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