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Discontinuation of Antithrombotic Treatment Following Patent Foramen Ovale Closure in Young Patients With Cryptogenic Stroke

Discontinuation of Antithrombotic Treatment Following Patent Foramen Ovale Closure in Young Patients With Cryptogenic Stroke. The HALTI Trial

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 24 Mar 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

To determine the safety of antithrombotic treatment discontinuation 12 months following successful transcatheter PFO closure.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100 (estimated)
First submitted
14 Jul 2020
Start date
8 Jul 2020
Primary completion date
1 Jun 2026
Lead sponsor
Josep Rodes-Cabau
Diseases
Stroke
NCT number
NCT04475510

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 100
  • From 8 Jul 2020 to the primary completion date, 1 Jun 2026
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Thrombophilia (factor V Leiden, factor II mutation, anticardiolipin antibodies, lupus anticoagulant, anti-b2 glycoprotein-I antibodies, protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency)

Other illness

  • Presence of ≥2 cardiovascular risk factors (smoking, hypertension, dyslipidemia)
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Recurrent cerebrovascular event (stroke, TIA) within the year following PFO closure
  • Failure to provide signed informed consent

Other

  • -\>60 year-old
  • RoPE score \<6
  • Residual shunt ≥moderate following PFO closure
  • Atrial fibrillation following PFO closure
  • Absolute contraindications for an MRI study

Who the study is looking for

  • Successful transcatheter PFO closure with any approved device
  • Patients ≤60 years diagnosed with a cryptogenic stroke/TIA who have undergone successful transcatheter PFO closure

Age in the registry: 18 years to 60 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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QuébecCanadaRecruiting

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