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Treatment With Endovascular Intervention for STroke Patients With Existing Disability
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Brief Summary
TESTED will compare the risks and benefits of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) to medical management (no EVT) in ischemic stroke patients who have a blockage in one of the large blood vessels in the brain and have a moderate-to-severe disability prior to their stroke.
Study Type
Eligibility
Gender
Healthy Volunteers
Minimum Age
Maximum Age
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients (≥18 years)
- Moderate-to-severe pre-stroke functional disability, defined as mRS 3-4, for at least 3 months prior to stroke onset
- Presenting to study hospital within 24 hours of last known well time
- Diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke
- Intracranial causative occlusion of the internal carotid artery or the M1 or dominant M2 segments of the middle cerebral artery visualized on the baseline CT(or MR) angiogram
- Presenting CT Alberta Stroke Program Early CT (ASPECT) score ≥3 or MRI ASPECT score ≥4
- Presenting NIH Stroke Scale score ≥6
- Informed consent from patient if competent or from legally authorized representative
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known diagnosis of a terminal cancer or terminal illness at the time of stroke
- Assessment of pre-stroke functional status cannot be performed during the hospital stay
- Pre-stroke disability deemed temporary in the investigator's opinion (for example, recovering from a general medical illness or traumatic bodily injury)
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Study Stats
Protocol No.
23-5198
Category
Brain/Neurological Diseases
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Location
- UCLA Westwood