Mechanical Retrieval and Recanalization of Stroke Clots Using Embolectomy
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Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of treating acute ischemic stroke with mechanical embolectomy using the Merci Retriever or the Penumbra System within 8 hours of symptom onset to standard medical treatment, and to identify people who might benefit from mechanical embolectomy by the appearance of stroke on multimodal computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00389467
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 127 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 85 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 30, 2004
- Primary completion
- Mar 31, 2012
- Completion
- Mar 31, 2012
- Last update posted
- Mar 25, 2014
2004 – 2012
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 21
- U.S. states
- 14
- U.S. cities
- 16
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA Stroke Network, 924 Westwood Blvd #300 | Los Angeles | California | 90024 | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center 4867 W Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90027 | Los Angeles | California | 90027 | — |
| Cedars Sinai Medical Center 8700 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90048 | Los Angeles | California | 90048 | — |
| University of California at San Diego, UCSD Medical Center, 200 W. Arbor Drive, OPC, 3rd Floor Suite 3 | San Diego | California | 92103 | — |
| Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, 1225 15th Street Santa Monica, CA 90404 | Santa Monica | California | 90404 | — |
| Georgetown University, Georgetown University Hospital, Room GG012, Ground Floor Gorman, 3800 Reservoir Road, NW | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20007 | — |
| Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Street, NW, Washington, DC 20010 | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20010 | — |
| University of Miami 1400 NW 10th Street, 10th Floor, Miami FL 33136 | Miami | Florida | 33136 | — |
| University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242 | Iowa City | Iowa | 52242 | — |
| Suburban Hospital, 8600 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814 | Bethesda | Maryland | 20814 | — |
| Boston University, One Boston Medical Center Place, Department of Neurology, C329 | Boston | Massachusetts | 01228 | — |
| Massachusetts General Hospital, 101 Huntington Ave Ste 300 | Boston | Massachusetts | 02199 | — |
| St. Louis University Hospital, 3635 Vista Avenue at Grand Boulevard Saint Louis, MO | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell Campus, 525 East 68th St, Box 141 | New York | New York | 10021 | — |
| Columbia University, 710 W 168th St, NI 551, , | New York | New York | 10032 | — |
| University of Cincinnati, Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Medical Sciences Bldg, Rm 4015, PO Box 670525 | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45267 | — |
| University of Pittsburgh, PUHC-426, 200 Lothrop Street | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15213 | — |
| Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29403 | Charleston | South Carolina | 29403 | — |
| Chattanooga Center for Neurologic Research | Chattanooga | Tennessee | — | — |
| University of Texas at Houston, University of Texas, Houston Stroke Program, Department of Neurology, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 7044 | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| West Virginia University 1 Medical Center, Morgantown WV 26506 | Morgantown | West Virginia | 26506 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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About this trial record page
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- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00389467, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
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- Last update posted Mar 25, 2014 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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