Clinical Trials

It used to be that by five or six hours after a stroke, we had to say ‘I’m so sorry, you arrived too late to be treated’. But this is a new world - Gregory Albers MD

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Stanford-led clinical trial shows broader benefits of acute-stroke therapy


A 38-center clinical trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has shown that far more people than previously thought can benefit from an emergency procedure for acute ischemic stroke.

The improved outcomes were achieved through the use of brain-imaging software developed at Stanford. The software helps identify stroke patients who could benefit from a clot-removal procedure, known as thrombectomy, after the window of time during which it has generally been considered helpful has closed. Some patients showed dramatic improvement even when their brain clots were removed as long as 10 hours after…

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 Stanford-led clinical trial shows broader benefits of acute-stroke therapy

In a multicenter study led by Stanford researchers, the number of stroke patients who died or required confinement to nursing homes was nearly cut in half, the biggest improvement seen in any stroke-related trial to date.

CenterWatch

A listing of Stroke medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers.

ClinicalConnection

ClinicalConnection serves as more than a Study Participant recruiter, the company serves as the connection between Study Participants and the Clinical Investigators nationwide that are conducting clinical trials.

ClinicalTrials.gov

Search engine for information on clinical trials due to stroke.

Stroke Trials Registry

Welcome to the Stroke Trials Registry, a continuously updated registry of randomized clinical trials in stroke and cerebrovascular disease. This project is a free public service from the Internet Stroke Center at Washington University School of Medicine; with support from the American Stroke Association and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

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