Speeding stroke care: direct to angio suite could save brain tissue
NCT ID NCT04701684
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether taking stroke patients directly to a special imaging and treatment room (angio suite) speeds up care compared to the usual approach of getting a CT or MRI first. About 594 adults with severe stroke symptoms will be randomly assigned to one of the two paths. The goal is to see if the faster workflow leads to better recovery at 90 days.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Direct to Angio Suite (DTAS) workflow using Philips' CBCT imaging device
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this workflow could reduce treatment delays for stroke patients, potentially leading to better recovery and less disability.
- What could go wrong
- This is a workflow study, not a new drug or device. Results depend on hospital logistics and may not apply to all stroke centers. The trial is still recruiting, so outcomes are uncertain.
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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 594 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2021
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
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: * Subject is 18 years of age or older, or of legal age to give informed consent per state or national law. * Baseline NIHSS score obtained prior to randomization must be equal or higher than 10 points. * Subjects with no significant pre-stroke functional disability (modified Rankin scale 0 - 2). * Subjects suspected of acute ischemic stroke with an estimated arrival time at a stroke center (clinical investigational site participating in this study) \< 6 hours from symptom onset OR wake-up stroke with time last known well of \< 12 hours and symptoms discovered within 6 hours from arrival time at a stroke center. Symptom onset is defined as point in time the patient was last known well (at baseline). * Informed consent obtained from patient or his or her legally designated representative (if locally required). * Angiography suite immediately available. * Endovascular treatment team immediately available (Neurologist, Neurointerventionalist, Anesthesiologist, Nursing, Technicians as per local standard practice) Exclusion Criteria: Clinical exclusion criteria: * Known hemorrhagic diathesis, coagulation factor deficiency, or oral anticoagulant therapy with INR \> 3.0 * Known baseline platelet count \< 30.000/μL * Baseline blood glucose of \< 50mg/dL (\< 2.78mmol/l) * For patients receiving thrombolysis: severe, sustained hypertension (SBP \> 185 mm Hg or DBP \> 110 mm Hg). Note: If the blood pressure can be successfully reduced and maintained at the acceptable level using AHA/ASA guidelines recommended medication (including IV antihypertensive drips), the patient can be enrolled. * Patients from a transfer center (Primary Stroke Center) with a CT/MR that is not required to be redone in the Comprehensive Stroke Center as per discretion of the physician or per local standards (e.g. CT/MR less than 90 minutes old). * Patients in coma (NIHSS item of consciousness \>1) defined as totally unresponsive; responding only with reflexes or being areflexic (Intubated patients for transfer could be randomized only in case an NIHSS is obtained by a neurologist prior transportation). * Patients with extreme vomiting * Patients that are extremely agitated * Seizures at stroke onset which would preclude obtaining a baseline NIHSS * Serious, advanced, or terminal illness with anticipated life expectancy of less than one year. * Patients acquired stroke while in-hospital * History of life-threatening allergy (more than rash) to contrast medium * Cerebral vasculitis * Patients with a pre-existing neurological or psychiatric disease that would confound the neurological or functional evaluations, mRS score at baseline must be ≤2. This excludes patients who are severely demented, require constant assistance in a nursing home type setting or who live at home but are not fully independent in activities of daily living (toileting, dressing, eating, cooking and preparing meals, etc.) * Unlikely to be available for 90-day follow-up (e.g. no fixed home address, visitor from overseas). * Patients with unstable clinical status who require emergent life support care * Any condition that, in the judgment of the investigator could impose hazards to the patient if study therapy is initiated or affect the participation of the patient in the study. * Subject participates in a potentially confounding drug or device trial during the course of the study. * Woman of childbearing potential who is known to be pregnant on admission. * Subject meets an exclusion criteria according to national law (e.g. age, pregnant woman, breast feeding woman) * Subject is Philips employee or their family members residing with this Philips employee.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
20 sites in 9 countries. 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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Baptist Medical Center
RECRUITINGJacksonville, Florida, 32207, United States
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Bicêtre Hospital
RECRUITINGParis, France
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CHU Montpellier
RECRUITINGMontpellier, France
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Grady Memorial Hospital/Emory University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30303, United States
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Haaglanden Medical Center
WITHDRAWNThe Hague, Netherlands
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Hospices Civils de Lyon
COMPLETEDLyon, France
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Hospital Clinico San Carlos
RECRUITINGMadrid, Moncloa - Aravaca, 28040, Spain
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Hospital Estadual Central - Fundação Estadual de Inovação em Saúde - Inova Capixaba
RECRUITINGVitória, Brazil
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Hospital Geral de Fortaleza
RECRUITINGFortaleza, Brazil
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Hospital Universitari Doctor Josep Trueta de Girona
RECRUITINGGirona, Spain
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Hospital Virgen del Rocio
RECRUITINGSeville, Spain
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Hospital de Base
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSão José do Rio Preto, Brazil
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Klinikum Kassel
RECRUITINGKassel, Germany
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Klinikum rechts der Isar der TU München
RECRUITINGMunich, Germany
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La Sagrada Familia Clinic
RECRUITINGJosé Hernández, Argentina
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Montefiore Medical Center
RECRUITINGThe Bronx, New York, 10467, United States
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St. Antonius Ziekenhuis
COMPLETEDNieuwegein, Netherlands
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UZ Brussels
RECRUITINGBrussels, Belgium
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University Emergency Hospital Bucharest
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBucharest, Romania
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University Hospital Bonn (UKB Universitätsklinikum Bonn)
RECRUITINGBonn, 53127, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Lübeck
RECRUITINGLübeck, 23562, Germany
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Vall d'Hebron University Hospital
RECRUITINGBarcelona, Spain
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İstanbul Aydin University medical park florya hospital
COMPLETEDIstanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
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İstinye Üniversitesi Gaziosmanpaşa Hastanesi
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGIstanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
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