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NCT05293080RecruitingPhase 3

Early Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation for Stroke Prevention Trial in Acute STROKE

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 May 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study will determine whether early, comprehensive, rhythm control therapy prevents adverse cardiovascular outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation compared to usual care.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1746 (estimated)
First submitted
1 Mar 2022
Start date
6 Nov 2025
Primary completion date
31 Jul 2031
Lead sponsor
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
NCT number
NCT05293080
EU CT number
2025-521260-35-00

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Planned participants: 1746
  • From 6 Nov 2025 to the primary completion date, 31 Jul 2031
  • 41 sites in 3 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

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

Prior treatment

  • Prior AF ablation or surgical therapy of AF

Other illness

  • End-stage cancer or life-expectancy \< 12 months due to other advanced co-morbid illness
  • Patients not suitable for rhythm control of AF due to cardiac conditions

Who the study is looking for

  • Acute ischemic stroke in the previous four weeks, diagnosed by imaging (CT or MRI) or clinical diagnosis
  • Possibility to start the trial treatment within 4 weeks after stroke, and as soon as clinically justifiable
  • AF first detected ≤1 year prior to randomization
  • Informed consent

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (41)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Rhoen-Klinikum AG
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Bad Neustadt A.D.SaaleGermanyRecruiting
Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR
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BerlinGermanyRecruiting
Vivantes Netzwerk fuer Gesundheit GmbH
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BerlinGermanyRecruiting
Evangelisches Klinikum Bethel gGmbH
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BielefeldGermanyRecruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Bonn AöR
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BonnGermanyRecruiting
University Hospital Cologne AöR
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CologneGermanyRecruiting
Technische Universitaet Dresden
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DresdenGermanyRecruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen AöR
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ErlangenGermanyRecruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Essen (AoR)
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EssenGermanyRecruiting
Klinikum Frankfurt Hoechst GmbH
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Frankfurt Am MainGermanyRecruiting
Goethe University Frankfurt
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Frankfurt Am MainGermanyRecruiting
Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen
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GiessenGermanyRecruiting
BG Klinikum Bergmannstrost Halle gGmbH
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Halle (Saale)GermanyRecruiting
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
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HamburgGermanyRecruiting
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
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HanoverGermanyRecruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg AöR
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HeidelbergGermanyRecruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein AöR
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KielGermanyRecruiting
Universitaet Leipzig
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LeipzigGermanyRecruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein AöR
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LuebeckGermanyRecruiting
Staedtisches Klinikum Lueneburg gGmbH
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LueneburgGermanyRecruiting
Heidelberg University
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MannheimGermanyRecruiting
Philipps-Universitaet Marburg
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MarburgGermanyRecruiting
Universitaet Muenster
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MuensterGermanyRecruiting
Klinikum der Technischen Universitaet Muenchen (TUM Klinikum)
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MunichGermanyRecruiting
LMU Klinikum Muenchen AöR
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MunichGermanyRecruiting
FEK Friedrich-Ebert-Krankenhaus Neumuenster GmbH
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NeumuensterGermanyRecruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen AöR
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TuebingenGermanyRecruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Ulm AoR
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UlmGermanyRecruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Wuerzburg AöR
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WuerzburgGermanyRecruiting
Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol
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BadalonaSpainRecruiting
Fundacio De Recerca Clinic Barcelona-Institut D’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer
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BarcelonaSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
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BarcelonaSpainRecruiting
Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
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BarcelonaSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro de Majadahonda
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MajadahondaSpainRecruiting
Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia
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ValenciaSpainRecruiting
Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid
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ValladolidSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet
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ZaragozaSpainRecruiting
Amsterdam UMC Stichting
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AmsterdamNetherlandsRecruiting
Radboud universitair medisch centrum Stichting
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NijmegenNetherlandsRecruiting
Haga Hospital
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's-GravenhageNetherlandsRecruiting
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
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UtrechtNetherlandsRecruiting

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