Brachial Versus Femoral Access for Carotid Artery Stenting
NCT ID: NCT06557135
Last Updated: 2025-07-18
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
226 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-09-27
2026-12-31
Brief Summary
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A multicenter, prospective and randomized study is planned to compare the clinical outcomes of carotid artery stenting via brachial artery access and femoral artery access.
Eligible participants will be randomly assigned 1:1 to the brachial artery group or the femoral artery group.
Primary endpoint: surgical success rate.
Secondary endpoints:
1. Operation time (time from first arterial puncture to last angiography)
2. Serious adverse events (SAE) within 90 days;
3. Access puncture complications;
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Detailed Description
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Thanks to the great success of radial artery access in cardiac intervention, radial artery access is increasingly being used in neurointervention. However, due to the thin radial artery, there is a significantly increased risk of complications (radial artery spasm, radial artery occlusion) during large-cavity nerve intervention, and the operation time is significantly prolonged. Therefore, the overall proportion of neurointerventional treatment via radial artery access in clinical practice is less than 12%.
As the superior vascular trunk of the radial artery, the brachial artery has a larger diameter and is theoretically more suitable to replace the radial artery for large-bore intervention. Anatomically, the brachial artery is superficial and easy to touch in the antecubital fossa, and there are no important vessels and nerves in front of the blood vessel, and the posterior is the distal humeral platform, which is easy for brachial artery puncture and postoperative compression hemostasis. Studies have shown that thrombectomy for cerebral artery occlusion and carotid artery stent placement can be safely performed through the brachial artery. However, current studies are based on single-center small sample studies, and there is still a lack of large-sample randomized controlled trials to verify the safety and effectiveness of neurointervention via the brachial artery.
This study intends to conduct a multicenter, prospective, and randomized study to compare the clinical results of carotid artery stent placement via the brachial and femoral artery access.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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the brachial group
Patients with carotid artery stenosis will be randomly selected for carotid artery stenting via the brachial artery access.
Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS)
CAS involves inserting a catheter or tube into an artery in the brachial or the femoral, and then threading the catheter through the arteries of the body to the location of the stenosis within the carotid artery in the neck. A stent is then placed in the stenosis and holds the artery open.
the femoral group
Patients with carotid artery stenosis will be randomly selected for carotid artery stenting via the femoral artery access.
Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS)
CAS involves inserting a catheter or tube into an artery in the brachial or the femoral, and then threading the catheter through the arteries of the body to the location of the stenosis within the carotid artery in the neck. A stent is then placed in the stenosis and holds the artery open.
Interventions
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Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS)
CAS involves inserting a catheter or tube into an artery in the brachial or the femoral, and then threading the catheter through the arteries of the body to the location of the stenosis within the carotid artery in the neck. A stent is then placed in the stenosis and holds the artery open.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Aged 18 or above
* With palpable brachial and femoral arteries
* The patient or his/her agent understands the purpose and needs of this study and signs the informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
* Intravascular intervention for multiple vessel lesions at the same time
* Ischemic stroke within the past 2 weeks
* Any active bleeding, severe anaemia, or coagulation disorder. At least one of the following laboratory tests must be met: haemoglobin \< 10g/dL, or platelet count \< 100,000 /μ L, or unadjusted INR \>1.5, or PT exceeds the upper limit of normal by 1 minute or heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
* A large-area cerebral infarction stroke on the same side with sequelae may affect the judgment of the study endpoint
* A history of cerebral hemorrhage in the past six months
* Any condition that may interfere with digital subtraction angiography (DSA) or cause unsafe percutaneous arterial access Participating in other clinical trials, in the research stage or follow-up stage
* Contraindications to cerebral angiography, such as allergy to iodine contrast agents and renal insufficiency
* Unable to understand or sign the informed consent form
* Severe functional damage to important organs, assessed by clinical physicians to have high surgical risks and intolerant of interventional surgery
* Baseline modified Rankin scale greater than or equal to 2
* Expected survival is less than 6 months
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Liu Sheng
Chief Physician
Principal Investigators
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Sheng Liu, Professor
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University
Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Other Identifiers
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2024-SR-534
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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