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NCT05726240RecruitingPhase 2

Multicentre Randomized trial of Ghrelin in anterior circulation ischemic stroke treated with endovascular thrombectomy. A randomized phase 2 trial.

Source: EU CTIS (euclinicaltrials.eu) · Last updated 11 Dec 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The primary objective of this study is to assess the effect of ghrelin on the severity of the neurological deficit at seven days after symptom onset in patients with acute ischemic stroke caused by large vessel occlusion of the anterior circulation and treated with EVT.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
80 (estimated)
First submitted
17 Sept 2024
Start date
11 Nov 2024
Lead sponsor
Rijnstate Ziekenhuis Stichting
Diseases
Stroke
NCT number
NCT05726240
EU CT number
2024-515705-26-00
EudraCT number
2022-001632-28

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 80
  • 4 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other illness

  • pre-stroke disability defined as mRS ≥ 2

Other

  • life expectancy shorter than one year
  • child-bearing potential

Who the study is looking for

  • a clinical diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke, caused by intracranial large vessel occlusion of the anterior circulation (distal intracranial carotid artery or middle (M1/proximal M2) cerebral artery) confirmed by neuro-imaging (CTA or MRA)
  • treatment with EVT, defined as groin puncture in the angio suite
  • CT or MRI ruling out intracranial hemorrhage
  • a pre-EVT score of at least 10 on the NIHSS
  • age of 18 years or older
  • written informed consent (deferred)
  • possibility to start trial treatment within 6 hours of stroke onset

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

Full criteria on EU CTIS (euclinicaltrials.eu)

Sites (4)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Rijnstate Ziekenhuis Stichting
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ArnhemNetherlandsRecruiting
Medisch Spectrum Twente
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EnschedeNetherlandsRecruiting
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
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UtrechtNetherlandsRecruiting
Isala Klinieken Stichting
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ZwolleNetherlandsRecruiting

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