Microbubble-Enhanced Clotbust Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke

Summary

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.

Timeline

Start

2005-03

Primary completion

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Completion

2006-05

Publications

• Background Alexandrov AV, Molina CA, Grotta JC, Garami Z, Ford SR, Alvarez-Sabin J, Montaner J, Saqqur M, Demchuk AM, Moye 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. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa041175.

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