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Efficacy and safety of low-dose rivaroxaban in patients with mild to moderate stroke due to symptomatic intracranial and extracranial large artery atherosclerotic stenosis

Efficacy and safety of low-dose rivaroxaban in patients with mild to moderate stroke due to symptomatic intracranial and extracranial large artery atherosclerotic stenosis (RELEASE): a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-parallel controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2500113808
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-12-03
Start date
2026-01-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-12-08

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Mild to moderate stroke due to symptomatic intracranial and extracranial large artery atherosclerotic stenos

Interventions

Trial group:Rivaroxaban: 2.5 mg per dose, twice daily, administered continuously.
Placebo group:Rivaroxaban placebo: 2.5 mg per dose, twice daily, administered continuously.

Sponsors

Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Aged 18 years or older; 2.Ischemic stroke within 30 days of onset; 3.National Institute of Health stroke scale (NIHSS) score <= 15 at enrollment; 4.Atherosclerotic stenosis of intracranial or extracranial responsible arteries, with a stenosis rate of 50% - 99%; 5.Patients or their agents sign the informed consent form for the study;

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with intracranial hemorrhagic diseases confirmed by head CT: hemorrhagic stroke, epidural hematoma, intracranial hematoma, intraventricular hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, etc; 2.Patients with infarction with hemorrhagic transformation shown by head CT after onset; 3.History of coagulation disorders, systemic bleeding, thrombocytopenia or neutropenia; 4.mRS score >= 2 before onset; 5.Patients who are expected to need surgical treatment or endovascular treatment within the next 3 month; 6.Patients with diseases clearly requiring anticoagulant therapy (including atrial fibrillation) or who have received anticoagulant drug therapy within 1 month before randomization; 7.Patients allergic to rivaroxaban and its components; 8.Patients with severe hypertension (systolic blood pressure >= 200 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure >= 110 mmHg) before the first administration that cannot be controlled after treatment; 9.Patients with heart rate 120 beats/min; patients with second - degree and third - degree heart block without pacemaker implantation or other malignant arrhythmias; patients with acute myocardial infarction, cardiac interventional therapy or heart failure (NYHA class III and IV) within the past month; 10.History of severe liver or kidney function impairment (ALT, AST > 2.0 times the upper limit of normal value (UNL), serum creatinine (Cr) > 1.5 times UNL); 11.Patients with malignant tumors, blood, digestive or other serious systemic diseases, whose expected survival time is no more than 3 months; 12.Pregnant or lactating women, patients who plan to have children within 3 months after the first administration and those who are unwilling to use contraceptive measures; 13.Patients who participated in other clinical trials within 1 month before this study or are currently participating in other clinical studies; 14.Patients who are deemed unsuitable for participating in the clinical trial by the researcher;

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
New-onset ischemic stroke after randomization;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Moderate to severe bleeding after randomization (as defined by GUSTO);Any bleeding events after randomization (including severe or moderate bleeding and intracranial hemorrhage);Adverse events after randomization;Vascular death;Hemorrhagic stroke after randomization;New-onset composite vascular events after randomization (including ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), myocardial infarction, and vascular death);Serious adverse events after randomization;Any type of stroke after randomization (including ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke);transient ischemic attack (TIA) after randomization;Myocardial infarction;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactZhang Tong

Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University

skyscorpion0168@hotmail.com+86 10 59975487

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026