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CompletedNCT00153036

Rt-PA in the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke

ECASS III - European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study III: A Placebo Controlled Trial of Alteplase (Rt-PA) in Acute Ischemic Hemispheric Stroke Where Thrombolysis is Initiated Between 3 and 4 Hours 30 Minutes After Stroke Onset

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
821 (actual)
Sponsor
Boehringer Ingelheim · Industry
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

To collect additional confirmatory data on alteplase(rt-PA) in the European setting and to demonstrate that the treatment of patients between 3 and 4.30 hours of onset of symptoms of acute ischemic stroke with rt-PA compared to placebo-treated patients will result in an improved clinical outcome without increase of fatality rate.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGrt-PA 0.9 mg/kg verum or placebo Intravenous

Timeline

Start date
2003-04-01
Primary completion
2008-02-01
First posted
2005-09-12
Last updated
2014-05-16

Locations

142 sites across 19 countries: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00153036. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.