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Randomized Clinical Trial of Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke With Occlusion of the M2 Segment of Middle Cerebral Artery

Randomized Clinical Trial of Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke With Occlusion of the M2 Segment of Middle Cerebral Artery (the Recovery by Endovascular Salvage for Cerebral Ultra-acute Embolism-M2 Occlusion Trial: RESCUE-M2O Trial)

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07347665
Enrollment
200
Registered
2026-01-16
Start date
2025-12-01
Completion date
2030-03-31
Last updated
2026-07-17

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

Conditions

Acute Ischemic Stroke, Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS) Related to a Distal Occlusion, Endovascular Therapy

Brief summary

RESCUE-M2O trial is a prospective, open label, blinded endpoint (PROBE), two-arm, randomized, controlled, post-market study to assess the efficacy and safety of endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke with occlusion of the M2 segment of the middle cerebral artery.

Interventions

PROCEDUREEndovascular therapy

Endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke with occlusion of the M2 segment of the middle cerebral artery.

Sponsors

Hyogo Medical University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 84 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Acute cerebral infarction 2. Aged 18-84 years 3. NIHSS score at admission ≥ 8 4. Prestroke mRS scores of 0-1 (able to carry out all usual activities) 5. Occlusion of the M2 segment of MCA on digital subtraction angiography 6. ASPECTS ≥ 8 or DWI-ASPECTS ≥ 8 7. Ineligible or failed intravenous tPA (no recanalization within 30 min after injection) 8. Randomization can be completed within 24 h from the last known well time 9. EVT can be initiated within 30 min from randomization. 10. The patient or their legally authorized representative has signed the informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

1. Occlusion of the anterior temporal artery, duplicate M1, or accessory M1 2. Occlusion of multiple major intracranial arteries 3. Difficulty in endovascular access due to tortuous vascular anatomy 4. Significant mass effect with midline shift on CT (or MRI) 5. Known allergy (more severe than skin rash) to contrast agents 6. Evidence of acute intracranial hemorrhage on CT (or MRI) 7. Pregnant or potentially pregnant 8. Clinical evidence of chronic occlusion 9. High risk of hemorrhage (platelet \< 40,000/ul, APTT \> 50 sec or PT-INR \> 3.0) 10. Participating in any other therapeutic investigational trial 11. Judgment of the investigator to be non-compliant or uncooperative during the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Achievement of modified Rankin Scale (mRS; range, 0-6; higher scores reflect worse functional outcome) scores of 0-290 days after randomizationmodified Rankin Scale (mRS) is an ordinal scale ranging from 0 (no symptoms) to 6 (death) measuring the degree of disability or dependence in everyday life.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Achievement of modified Rankin Scale (mRS; range, 0-6; higher scores reflect worse functional outcome) scores of 0-190 days after randomization
modified Rankin Scale (mRS; range, 0-6; higher scores reflect worse functional outcome) shift analysis90 days after randomization
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS; range, 0-42; higher scores indicate more severe neurological impairment) improvement of 8 points or more48 hours after randomization
Health-related quality of life assessed using the EuroQol 5-Dimension 3-Level (EQ-5D-3L; range, 0-1.0; higher scores indicating better health-related quality of life)90 days after randomization
Symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage48 hours after randomization
Any intracranial hemorrhage48 hours after randomization
All cause death90 days after randomization
Recurrence of cerebral infarction90 days after randomization
Decompressive craniectomy7 days after randomization

Countries

Japan, Thailand, Vietnam

Contacts

CONTACTKazutaka Uchida, MD, PhD
fu-sakakibara@hyo-med.ac.jp81+798-45-6458

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jul 18, 2026