Microbubble-Enhanced Clotbust Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke

This study has been terminated.

(for administrative reasons)

Sponsor:

Information provided by:

ImaRx Therapeutics

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT00507806

First received: July 25, 2007

Last updated: NA

Last verified: July 2007

History: No changes posted

Purpose

The study is designed to examine the safety, tolerability, and activity of a combination of microbubbles (perflutren lipid microsphere [Definity®]) and continuous monitoring with 2 MHz transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) as an adjunctive therapy to tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) treatment in subjects with acute ischemic stroke.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Acute Ischemic Stroke	Drug: perflutren lipid microsphere	Phase 1 Phase 2


Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title:	Microbubble-Enhanced Clotbust Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke

Resource links provided by NLM:

Drug Information available for: Perflutren

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by ImaRx Therapeutics:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Incidence of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage [ Time Frame: 72 hours ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Complete recanalization of the occluded artery (TIBI 4-5) [ Time Frame: End of treatment ]
NIHSS score of 0-2 [ Time Frame: 24 hours ]
Favorable outcome (modified Rankin Scale or NIHSS 0-1) [ Time Frame: 3 months ]


Study Start Date:	March 2005
Study Completion Date:	May 2006

Intervention Details:

Other Name: Definity

Eligibility


Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Measurable focal neurological deficit (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale [NIHSS] score > 4 points)
tPA eligible
Occlusion of the middle cerebral artery

Exclusion Criteria:

Right to left cardiac shunt
Uncontrolled hypertension
Absent temporal windows

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Sponsors and Collaborators

ImaRx Therapeutics

Investigators


Principal Investigator:	Andrei Alexandrov, MD	The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

More Information

Publications:

Alexandrov AV, Molina CA, Grotta JC, Garami Z, Ford SR, Alvarez-Sabin J, Montaner J, Saqqur M, Demchuk AM, Moyé LA, Hill MD, Wojner AW; CLOTBUST Investigators. Ultrasound-enhanced systemic thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 2004 Nov 18;351(21):2170-8.


ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00507806 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	MRX-815-401
Study First Received:	July 25, 2007
Last Updated:	July 25, 2007

Keywords provided by ImaRx Therapeutics:


Acute Ischemic Stroke Microbubbles Transcranial Doppler ultrasound TIBI	Symptomatic Intracranial Hemorrhage modified Rankin Scale Recanalization Perflutren

Additional relevant MeSH terms:


Stroke Ischemia Cerebral Infarction Cerebrovascular Disorders Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases	Nervous System Diseases Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Pathologic Processes Brain Infarction Brain Ischemia

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