Evaluation of Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Related to a Distal Arterial Occlusion
Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2023-12-30
Target enrollment:
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Summary
Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) has shown its effectiveness for the treatment of acute ischemic
stroke (AIS) related to large vessel occlusion and rapidly became a cornerstone in the
management of these patients. No strong evidence is available on the benefit of MT in AIS
related to more distal occlusions. Some previous observational studies suggested a possible
benefit but most of them were single-centre and retrospective studies providing a very low
level of evidence. To date, no randomized controlled trial has been conducted in this
indication, which represents 10% to 20% of all AIS involving intracranial vessel occlusions.
This research is a multicenter open randomized controlled trial with two parallel groups :
best medical treatment alone VS mechanical trombectomy + best medical treatment.