Rescue stent after failed clot removal in brain arteries
Part of Brain & nervous system clinical trials.
This trial looks at using a special stent device to reopen a blocked brain artery when a standard clot-removal procedure did not work. It may help restore blood flow and reduce damage, especially when the stroke area on scans is small enough and the symptoms started within 24 hours.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You had an acute stroke with a blocked brain artery due to a high-grade narrowing, and other treatments are not suitable or have failed.
- Imaging before the procedure shows a small-to-moderate stroke area (CT ASPECTS 6–10, and the DWI lesion is under 70 ml).
- Your symptoms started less than 24 hours before the stent procedure.
- You already tried mechanical clot removal at least once (using a stent retriever and/or aspiration) and it still did not reopen the artery.
- Before the stroke, you were independent or near independent (mRS 0–2).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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