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Efficacy and Safety Study of Ultra-early Mobile Stroke Unit Neuroprotection Combined With Revascularization for Acute Ischemic Stroke (EXCELLENT)

Efficacy and Safety Study of Ultra-early Mobile Stroke Unit Neuroprotection Combined With Revascularization for Acute Ischemic Stroke (EXCELLENT)

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07119021
Acronym
EXCELLENT
Enrollment
300
Registered
2025-08-12
Start date
2024-08-01
Completion date
2027-07-31
Last updated
2025-08-12

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Conditions

Ischemic Stroke

Keywords

Acute Ischemic Stroke, Bleeding Conversion, Edaravone Sublingual Tablets

Brief summary

EXCELLENT was a prospective, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study in which participants were randomized participants were randomized (1:1) to receive either IV thrombolysis + edaravone or IV thrombolysis + matched placebo (same volume of tablets without drug components), and the primary outcome was the proportion of patients with transformed bleeding on MRI at 72 hours following revascularization therapy.

Detailed description

1. Study on the effectiveness of neuroprotection combined with revascularization in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke in the ultra-early mobile stroke unit (MSU): Based on the MSU model, using the RCT study design, for patients with disabling AIS within 4.5h, patients were randomly assigned 1:1 to the experimental group and the control group and were given the neuroprotective agent edaravone tablets + intravenous thrombolysis and placebo + intravenous thrombolysis interventions, respectively. The main evaluation index was the proportion of patients with transformed blood flow on MRI at 72 hours after receiving recanalization, and the other indexes included the patients' 90-day onset The remaining indicators include the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score (hierarchical data), the proportion of patients with an mRS score of \<1 at 90 days of onset, the proportion of patients with an mRS score of \<2 at 90 days of onset, the time from onset to intravenous thrombolysis (in minutes), and the proportion of patients who received intravenous thrombolysis within 60 minutes of onset. 2. Safety study of ultra-early mobile stroke unit neuroprotection combined with revascularization for acute ischemic stroke: Based on the MSU model, using the RCT study design for patients with disabling AIS within 4.5h, patients were 1:1 randomly assigned to the experimental group and control group, and were given the neuroprotective agent edaravone tablets + intravenous thrombolysis and placebo + intravenous thrombolysis interventions, respectively. The main safety evaluation indexes included all deaths during hospitalization, hospitalized deaths after receiving intravenous thrombolysis, deaths at 3 months after stroke, deaths at 3 months after receiving intravenous thrombolysis, and the proportion of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage within 36 hours of the onset of the disease, and so on.

Interventions

DRUGIntravenous thrombolysis + edaravone

The patient underwent intravenous t-PA thrombolysis and sublingual administration of edaravone tablets in the prehospital ambulance. Intravenous t-PA thrombolysis was performed in accordance with international guidelines: t-PA dose was calculated according to 0.9mg/kg; 10% of the total dose was injected intravenously, and the remaining 90% was administered intravenously at a uniform rate within one hour.

DRUGIV thrombolysis + placebo (control group)

Patients underwent intravenous t-PA thrombolysis + placebo sublingual administration. The method of intravenous t-PA thrombolysis is in accordance with the international guideline standards: t-PA dose is calculated according to 0.9mg/kg; 10% of the total dose is injected intravenously, and the remaining 90% is administered intravenously at a constant rate within 1 hour.

Sponsors

Xing'an League People's Hospital
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Suzhou First People's Hospital
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Nanyang nanshi Hospital
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Nanjing Baixinyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Ruijun Ji
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Age 18-80 years; * Acute ischemic stroke as defined by the International Health Organization (WHO) and confirmed by cranial CT; * Onset within a 4.5-hour time window; * NIHSS score of 6-24; * Meet the criteria for intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke recommended by international guidelines; * Patient or family consent.

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnant women, women in labor, and patients in the puerperium; * Comorbidity with other serious diseases that affect outcome determination; * Comorbidity with other serious diseases that affect prognostic regression; * Comorbidity with other serious diseases with a life expectancy of less than 1 year;

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Primary endpoint indicatorsFrom the start of revascularization until 72 hours after treatment.Proportion of patients with transformed bleeding on MRI at 72 hours after revascularization.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Secondary endpoint indicators90 days after onset of illness1. Patients' modified Rankin Scale (mRS) scores at 90 days after onset of illness (hierarchical data). (i) Proportion of patients with mRS score \<1 at 90 days of disease onset; (ii) Proportion of patients with mRS score \<2 at 90 days of presentation; 2. Time from onset to intravenous thrombolytic therapy (in minutes); 3. Proportion of patients receiving intravenous thrombolytic therapy within 60 minutes of onset; 4. Proportion of patients receiving subsequent endovascular treatment; 5. Time from onset to femoral artery puncture (minutes);

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026