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Multi-arm Optimization of Stroke Thrombolysis

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03735979

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Official title

Multi-arm Optimization of Stroke Thrombolysis (MOST): a Single Blinded, Randomized Controlled Adaptive, Multi-arm, Adjunctive-thrombolysis Efficacy Trial in Ischemic Stroke

Brief summary

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

The primary efficacy objective of the MOST trial is to determine if argatroban (100µg/kg bolus followed by 3µg/kg per minute for 12 hours) or eptifibatide (135µg/kg bolus followed by 0.75µg/kg/min infusion for two hours) results in improved 90-day modified Rankin scores (mRS) as compared with placebo in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients treated with standard of care thrombolysis (0.9mg/kg IV rt-PA or 0.25mg/kg IV tenecteplase or TNK) within three hours of symptom onset. Patients may also receive endovascular thrombectomy (ET) per usual care. Time of onset is defined as the last time the patient was last known to be well.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03735979
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Enrollment
514 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
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
Oct 14, 2019
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2023
Completion
Oct 30, 2024
Last update posted
Feb 6, 2025

2019 – 2024

United States locations

U.S. sites
61
U.S. states
23
U.S. cities
50
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Alabama Hospital Birmingham Alabama 35233
St. Jude Medical Center Fullerton California 92835
UCSD Health La Jolla La Jolla California 92037
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center Los Angeles California 90027
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles California 90048
UC Irvine Medical Center Orange California 92868
UCSD Medical Center - Hillcrest Hospital San Diego California 92103
San Francisco General Hospital San Francisco California 94110
UCSF Medical Center San Francisco California 94143
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Santa Barbara California 93105
Yale New Haven Hospital New Haven Connecticut 06510
Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville Jacksonville Florida 32207
Mayo Clinic Hospital Jacksonville Florida 32224
Jackson Memorial Hospital Miami Florida 33136
Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota Florida 34239
Tampa General Hospital Tampa Florida 33606
Grady Memorial Hospital Atlanta Georgia 30303
University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago Illinois 60637
Loyola University Medical Center Maywood Illinois 60153
Javon Bea Hospital - Riverside Rockford Illinois 61114
Central DuPage Hospital Winfield Illinois 60190
University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City Kansas 66160
University of Kentucky Hospital Lexington Kentucky 40536
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02114
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Massachusetts 02215
UMASS Memorial Medical Center Worcester Massachusetts 01655
University of Michigan University Hospital Ann Arbor Michigan 48109
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit Michigan 48202
McLaren Flint Flint Michigan 48532
Trinity Health Saint Mary's Grand Rapids Michigan 49503
Fairview Southdale Hospital Edina Minnesota 55425
University of Minnesota Medical Center Hospital Minneapolis Minnesota 55455
Regions Hospital Saint Paul Minnesota 55101
Saint Luke's Hospital Kansas City Missouri 64111
St. Louis University Hospital St Louis Missouri 63108
Barnes Jewish Hospital St Louis Missouri 63110
University of New Mexico Hospital Albuquerque New Mexico 87106
North Shore University Hospital Manhasset New York 11030
Mount Sinai Beth Israel New York New York 10003
SUNY Upstate University Hospital Syracuse New York 13210
Forsyth Medical Center Winston-Salem North Carolina 27103
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem North Carolina 27103
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Akron Ohio 44307
Mercy Health West Hospital Cincinnati Ohio 45211
University of Cincinnati Medical Center Cincinnati Ohio 45219
The Jewish Hospital Cincinnati Ohio 45236
OSU Wexner Medical Center Columbus Ohio 43210
St. John Medical Center Tulsa Oklahoma 74104
Abington Memorial Hospital Abington Pennsylvania 19001
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104
Temple University Hospital Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19140
UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15213
UPMC Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15219
Medical University of South Carolina Charleston South Carolina 29425
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital Greenville South Carolina 29605
Vanderbilt University Hospital Nashville Tennessee 37232
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston Texas 77030
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston Texas 77030
South Texas Health System McAllen McAllen Texas 78503
University of Utah Healthcare Salt Lake City Utah 84132
UVA Medical Center Charlottesville Virginia 22908

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