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General Versus Regional Anesthesia for Carotid Endarterectomy at Acute Ischemic Stroke Trial

The Study is Planned to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Safety of Two Types of Anesthesia (Regional and General) for Carotid Endarterectomy in 100 Patients With Acute Stage of Stroke: 50 Patients Will be Operated Under Regional Anesthesia and the Remaining 50 Patients Under General Anesthesia.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06175715
Acronym
GRACE AIST
Enrollment
100
Registered
2023-12-19
Start date
2024-07-01
Completion date
2028-12-31
Last updated
2026-03-27

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Conditions

Acute Ischemic Stroke

Brief summary

The study is planned to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of two types of anesthesia (regional and general) for carotid endarterectomy in 100 patients with acute stage of stroke: 50 patients will be operated under regional anesthesia and the remaining 50 patients under general anesthesia. Patient inclusion criteria: 1. Ischemic stroke in the middle cerebral artery territory 2. Ipsilateral stenosis of the internal carotid artery more than 50% 3. Neurological deficit at the time of surgical treatment: the modified Rankin scale (mRs) score of 0-4 and the US National Institutes of Health (NIHSS) stroke scale score no more than 12 4. The size of the ischemia focus: no more than 1/3 in the territory of the middle cerebral artery brain supply 5. Terms of operation: from 1 to 28 days from the moment of ischemic stroke The primary intra-hospital and/or 30-day study endpoints: 1. Perioperative ipsilateral ischemic stroke. 2. Any stroke: contralateral ischemic or any hemorrhagic stroke. 3. Myocardial infarction. 4. Hemorrhagic complications that required surgical revision of the operating wound or transfusion of blood components. 5. Surgical site infection 6. Death 7. Main adverse cardiovascular events (stroke + myocardial infarction + death).

Interventions

PROCEDUREcarotid endarterectomy

carotid endarterectomy under local or general anethesia

Sponsors

Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* 1\. Ischemic stroke in the middle cerebral artery territory 2. Ipsilateral stenosis of the internal carotid artery more than 50% 3. Neurological deficit at the time of surgical treatment: the modified Rankin scale (mRs) score of 0-4 and the US National Institutes of Health (NIHSS) stroke scale score no more than 12 4. The size of the ischemia focus: no more than 1/3 in the territory of the middle cerebral artery brain supply 5. Terms of operation: from 1 to 28 days from the moment of ischemic stroke

Exclusion criteria

\-

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Rate of perioperative ipsilateral ischemic stroke (%)in hospital, 30-day, 1 year
Rate of any stroke (%)in hospital, 30-day, 1 year
Rate of Myocardial infarction (%)in hospital, 30-day, 1 year
Rate of Hemorrhagic complications (%)in hospital, 30-day, 1 year
Rate of Surgical site infection (%)in hospital, 30-day, 1 year
Rate of Death (%)in hospital, 30-day, 1 year
Rate of main adverse cardiovascular events (%)in hospital, 30-day, 1 year

Countries

Russia

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 28, 2026