Endovascular Therapy for Large Core Patients With Uncertain Response to Thrombectomy

NCT ID: NCT06961487

Last Updated: 2025-05-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 50 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-07-26
• Study Completion Date: 2028-05-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of endovascular thrombectomy in both an early and extended time window in patients with large strokes due to large artery occlusion.

Detailed Description

This is a pilot prospective randomized trial of patients with acute ischemic anterior circulation strokes due to large artery occlusion who present with an eligible large ischemic core lesion, and who can be treated within 24 hours of stroke onset. The results of this pilot study will be used as preliminary data for a larger NIH-funded multi-center randomized trial to address the knowledge gaps in the management of this patient population.

Eligible patients will be randomized 1:1 to either:

Endovascular therapy plus medical therapy (based on current AHA guidelines)

or

Medical therapy (based on current AHA guidelines)

Endovascular Therapy: Patients randomized to endovascular therapy will be treated with aspiration thrombectomy devices and suction thrombectomy systems approved by the FDA for use in this study. Standard medical therapy, based on current AHA guidelines, will also be provided.

Medical Therapy: Patients randomized to medical therapy will receive standard medical therapy based on current AHA guidelines.

The researchers hope to learn if endovascular therapy plus standard medical therapy in this patient population leads to less disability after stroke than standard medical therapy alone.

Conditions

Stroke, Acute; Ischemic Stroke, Acute

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Endovascular Thrombectomy

Treatment with one or more thrombectomy devices (only the devices listed in the study protocol are approved for use) plus standard medical therapy for patients with acute ischemic anterior circulation strokes due to large artery occlusion who present with an eligible large ischemic core lesion, and who can be treated within 24 hours of stroke onset.

Group Type: OTHER

EndovascularThrombectomy

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Endovascular thrombectomy is a minimally invasive procedure that uses catheters and devices to remove blood clots, restoring blood flow to the brain. The procedure involves inserting a catheter (a long, thin tube) into an artery, usually in the groin, and guiding it through the blood vessels to the site of the blocked artery/blood clot in the brain. After the catheter reaches the affected area, a specialized device is guided through the catheter to capture and remove the clot.

Endovascular thrombectomy with any FDA-approved device

Intervention Type: DEVICE

The following FDA approved thrombectomy devices will be included:

Stryker Neurovascular Products:

• AXS Vecta 74 Aspiration System
• AXS Vecta Aspiration System (AXS Vecta 71 Aspiration Catheter and AXS Vecta 74 Aspiration Catheter)
• AXS Vecta Intermediate Catheters (AXS Vecta 71 Intermediate Catheter & AXS Vecta 74 Intermediate Catheter)
• Trevo XP ProVue Retriever, 3x20 and 4x20
• Trevo XP ProVue Retriever, 4x30
• Trevo XP ProVue Retriever, 6x25

Medtronic Products:

Solitaire X Revascularization Devices:

• Solitaire X 4x20, 4x40, 6x40
• Solitaire X 3x20, 3x40

Aspiration catheters:

• React 68
• React 71
• REACT-71-115 & REACT-71-125

MicroVention Inc. Products:

• SOFIA, Aspiration pump and tubing kit

• SOFIA Plus Aspiration catheter
• BOBBY balloon guide catheter
• ERIC retrieval device

Medical Management

Standard medical therapy, based on current AHA guidelines

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

EndovascularThrombectomy

Endovascular thrombectomy is a minimally invasive procedure that uses catheters and devices to remove blood clots, restoring blood flow to the brain. The procedure involves inserting a catheter (a long, thin tube) into an artery, usually in the groin, and guiding it through the blood vessels to the site of the blocked artery/blood clot in the brain. After the catheter reaches the affected area, a specialized device is guided through the catheter to capture and remove the clot.

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Endovascular thrombectomy with any FDA-approved device

The following FDA approved thrombectomy devices will be included:

Stryker Neurovascular Products:

• AXS Vecta 74 Aspiration System
• AXS Vecta Aspiration System (AXS Vecta 71 Aspiration Catheter and AXS Vecta 74 Aspiration Catheter)
• AXS Vecta Intermediate Catheters (AXS Vecta 71 Intermediate Catheter & AXS Vecta 74 Intermediate Catheter)
• Trevo XP ProVue Retriever, 3x20 and 4x20
• Trevo XP ProVue Retriever, 4x30
• Trevo XP ProVue Retriever, 6x25

Medtronic Products:

Solitaire X Revascularization Devices:

• Solitaire X 4x20, 4x40, 6x40
• Solitaire X 3x20, 3x40

Aspiration catheters:

• React 68
• React 71
• REACT-71-115 & REACT-71-125

MicroVention Inc. Products:

• SOFIA, Aspiration pump and tubing kit

• SOFIA Plus Aspiration catheter
• BOBBY balloon guide catheter
• ERIC retrieval device

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

Endovascular Therapy; Endovascular Recanalization Therapy; EVT

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Signs and symptoms consistent with an acute anterior circulation ischemic stroke and associated brain imaging

2. Baseline NIHSSS is ≥10 and remains ≥10 immediately prior to randomization

3. Treatment can be initiated within 24 hours of stroke onset or time last known well and within 120 minutes of completion of qualifying imaging

4. Functionally independent prior to stroke onset

5. Patient/ Legally Authorized Representative has signed the Informed Consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Other serious, advanced, or terminal illness (investigator judgment) or life expectancy is less than 6 months.

2. Pre-existing medical, neurological or psychiatric disease that would confound the neurological or functional evaluations

3. Pregnant

4. Unable to undergo a contrast brain perfusion scan with either MRI or CT

5. Known allergy to iodine that precludes an endovascular procedure

6. Treated with tPA or TNK >4.5 hours after time last known well

7. Seizures at stroke onset if it precludes obtaining an accurate baseline NIHSS

8. Baseline blood glucose of <50mg/dL (2.78 mmol) or >400mg/dL (22.20 mmol)

9. Baseline platelet count < 50,000/uL

10. Severe, sustained hypertension (SBP >185 mmHg or DBP >110 mmHg)

11. Current participation in another investigational drug or device study

12. Presumed septic embolus; suspicion of bacterial endocarditis

13. Any other condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, precludes an endovascular procedure or poses a significant hazard to the subject if an endovascular procedure was performed.

NEUROIMAGING Exclusion:

1. Evidence of intracranial tumor (except small meningioma) acute intracranial hemorrhage, neoplasm, or arteriovenous malformation

2. Significant mass effect with midline shift

3. Evidence of internal carotid artery dissection that is flow limiting or aortic dissection

4. Intracranial stent implanted in the same vascular territory that precludes the safe deployment/removal of the neurothrombectomy device

5. Acute symptomatic arterial occlusions in more than one vascular territory confirmed on CTA/MRA (e.g., bilateral MCA occlusions, or an MCA and a basilar artery occlusion).

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 90 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Stanford University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Gregory W Albers

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Gregory Albers, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Stanford University

Jeremy Heit, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Stanford University

Locations

Stanford University

Palo Alto, California, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

74948

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id