Compares a 5G mobile stroke unit with standard ambulance care for stroke
Tests a 5G mobile stroke unit against standard care in adults with stroke.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Beijing Emergency Medical Center
- Where
- Beijing, ChinaSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Comparison of 5G-Mobile Stroke Unit With Standard EMS for Acute Ischemic Stroke
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 952 people, planned
- Started
- 25 Apr 2025
- Expected to end
- Jul 2029
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- 5G Mobile Stroke Unit Management
- Standard Management
- Record updated
- 14 May 2025
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with a suspected acute stroke who were last seen well within 4 hours 30 minutes. It compares a 5G mobile stroke unit with standard ambulance care.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- Acute stroke, last seen normal within 4 hours 30 minutes of symptom onset
- Earlier treatment
- Must have no reason to be excluded from rt-PA/TNK clot-dissolving drugs under the guidelines. No other treatment history is stated.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Cancer or other severe primary disease with life expectancy under 1 year
- Took part in another interventional randomized trial in the 3 months before enrollment
- Before the stroke, a modified Rankin scale score above 3 (could not walk)
- Last seen normal more than 4 hours 30 minutes before symptom onset
- No informed consent from the patient or legal representative
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- History and physical/neurological examination consistent with acute stroke
- Age≥18
- Last seen normal within 4hr 30 min of symptom onset
- Pre-stroke modified Rankin scale ≤3（Being able to ambulate）
- No rt-PA/TNK exclusions per guidelines, prior to CT scan or baseline labs
- Informed consent obtained from patient (if competent) or legal representative
Who cannot take part
- Participation in other interventional randomized clinical trials within 3 months before enrollment
- Malignant or other severe primary disease with life expectancy <1 year
Where in China
- Beijing Emergency Medical CenterBeijing, ChinaContact: Jie Zhou, MDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
While Mobile Stroke Units (MSUs) are considered as a relatively new model for acute stroke treatment, 5G Mobile Stroke Units (5G MSUs) have already come into service for stroke treatment in some parts of China. Since limited evidence has been found to suggest their advantages over conventional Emergency Medical Services (EMS), well-conducted clinical studies are required to further assess their effectiveness and safety. This study aims to evaluate whether 5G MSUs outperform standard management (SM) by EMS in terms of functional outcomes of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients within 4.5 hours after symptom onset in urban and rural areas of China.
The 2 groups in the trial
- 5G Mobile Stroke Unit ManagementTreatment being tested
AIS patients treated in the Mobile Stroke Unit
- Standard ManagementExisting treatment, for comparison
AIS patients receiving standard management
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Comparison of 5G Mobile Stroke Unit to Standard Management by Emergency Medical Services For Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment：A Multicenter, Prospective, Open-label, Blinded Endpoint , Week-wise Randomized, Controlled Trial
- Plain-language title
- Compares a 5G mobile stroke unit with standard ambulance care for strokeGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 14 May 2025