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Completed Phase 3 Interventional

Effectiveness and Safety Trial of a New Ischemic Stroke Treatment Within 24 Hours From Stroke Onset (NEST-2)

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00419705

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Official title

NeuroThera® Effectiveness and Safety Trial - 2 (NEST-2) A Double Blind, Randomized, Controlled, Parallel Group, Multicenter, Pivotal Study to Assess the Safety and Effectiveness of the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke With the NeuroThera® Laser System Within 24 Hours From Stroke Onset

Brief summary

Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.

The purpose of this pivotal study is to demonstrate safety and effectiveness of the NeuroThera® Laser System (referred to hereafter as NTS) in the treatment of Subjects diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke. The initiation of NTS treatment must be feasible for each Subject within 24 hours of stroke onset.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00419705
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Lead sponsor
PhotoThera, Inc
Industry
Enrollment
660 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Device

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
40 Years to 90 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
Dec 2006 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Jul 2008 (Actual)
Completion
Jul 2008 (Actual)
Last update posted
Jun 9, 2011

2006 – 2008

United States locations

U.S. sites
51
U.S. states
25
U.S. cities
48
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Sparks Regional Medical Center Fort Smith Arkansas 72901 —
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Berkeley California 94705 —
Scripps Encinitas Hospital Encinitas California 92024 —
Grossmont Hospital La Mesa California 91942 —
UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles California 90095 —
Tri City Medical Center Oceanside California 92056 —
Stanford Hospital and Clinics Palo Alto California 94305 —
Sharp Healthcare San Diego California 92123 —
Neurology Medical Group of Diablo Valley Walnut Creek California 94598 —
Swedish Medical Center Englewood Colorado 80113 —
The Stroke Center at Hartford Hospital Hartford Connecticut 06102 —
North Broward Medical Center Deerfield Beach Florida 33064 —
Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308 —
Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center Melbourne Florida 32901 —
Naples Community Hospital Naples Florida 34101 —
Munroe Regional Medical Center Ocala Florida 34474 —
Fawcett Memorial Hospital Port Charlotte Florida 33952 —
Dekalb Medical Center Decatur Georgia 30033 —
Dekalb Neurology Associates LLC Decatur Georgia 30033 —
The Queen's Medical Center Honolulu Hawaii 92822 —
Intensive Care Unit, Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago Illinois 60611 —
Loyola University Chicago Maywood Illinois 60153 —
Parkview Hospital Fort Wayne Indiana 46805 —
University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center Lexington Kentucky 40536 —
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Massachusetts 02215 —
University Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center Worcester Massachusetts 01655 —
North Memorial Medical Center Robbinsdale Minnesota 55422 —
St. Luke's Hospital Kansas City Missouri 64111 —
Saint Louis University St Louis Missouri 63110 —
Benefis Healthcare East Campus Great Falls Montana 59405 —
Virtua Memorial Hospital of Burlington County Mount Holly New Jersey 08060 —
The Valley Hospital Ridgewood New Jersey 07450 —
Mission Hospitals - Memorial Campus Asheville North Carolina 28801 —
UNC Health Care Chapel Hill North Carolina 27514 —
Duke University Medical Center Durham North Carolina 27710 —
The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Greensboro North Carolina 27401 —
Forsyth Medical Center Winston-Salem North Carolina 27103 —
The University Hospital Cincinnati Ohio 45219 —
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland Ohio 44195 —
Providence Portland Hospital Portland Oregon 97213 —
Oregon Health & Science University - Oregon Stroke Center Portland Oregon 97239 —
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19107 —
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19140 —
Roper Hospital Charleston South Carolina 29401 —
Erlanger Health System Chattanooga Tennessee 37403 —
The Methodist Hospital Houston Texas 77030 —
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center Richmond Virginia 23298 —
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach Virginia 23454 —
Winchester Medical Center Winchester Virginia 22601 —
Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) General Hospital Charleston West Virginia 25301 —
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Madison Wisconsin 53795 —

Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.

Non-U.S. locations

This page focuses on the U.S. directory. The official record also lists 7 non-U.S. sites.

About this trial record page

What this page shows
Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00419705, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
What this page does not do
No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
Where the data comes from
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Last update posted Jun 9, 2011 · Synced Oct 18, 2026

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