
Ancrod (Viprinex™) for the Treatment of Acute, Ischemic Stroke
StrokeCerebral Ischemia1 moreThe primary purpose of this study is to determine whether a brief intravenous infusion of ancrod started within 6 hours of stroke onset improves functional outcome at 3 months.

Multilevel System Intervention Based on Information Platform to Reduce Ischemic Stroke Recurrence...
Acute Ischemic StrokeStroke Recrudescence1 moreA prospective, multicenter and cluster randomised controlled trial will be conducted, using hospital as randomisation unit. Hospitals in Zhejiang Province, China, will be randomised into two arms (1:1): an intervention arm and a control arm. Hospitals in the intervention arm will receive a multilevel system intervention based on information platform, whereas hospitals in the control arm will receive no intervention. The randomisation will be conducted after baseline data collection. The following baseline data will be used for randomisation match: hospital classification, beds in stroke centre, and the number of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients within 7 days of stroke onset. Hospitals with <250 AIS cases per year will be excluded from the study. The primary outcome will be difference between intervention arm and control arm in the one-year stroke recurrence rate on the follow-up stage (post-intervention).

The Efficacy and Safety of REX-001 to Treat Ischemic Ulcers in Subjects With CLI Rutherford Category...
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)Diabetes Mellitus (DM)6 moreThis trial is a pivotal, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group, adaptive trial conducted in subjects with DM and CLI Rutherford Category 5. Minimisation will be used to assign eligible subjects in a 2:1 ratio to receive a single intra-arterial administration of REX-001 or matching placebo into the index limb.

The Efficacy and Safety of REX-001 to Treat Ischemic Rest Pain in Subjects With CLI Rutherford Category...
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)Diabetes Mellitus (DM)6 moreThis trial is a pivotal, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group, adaptive trial conducted in subjects with DM and CLI Rutherford Category 4. Minimisation will be used to assign eligible subjects in a 2:1 ratio to receive a single intra-arterial administration of REX-001 or matching placebo into the index limb.

Angioplasty of the Tibial Arteries Augmented Radio Frequency Denervation of the Popliteal Artery...
Сhronic Ischemia of the Lower ExtremitiesAtherosclerosis of the Tibial Arteries2 moreAngioplasty augmented radiofrequency denervation popliteal artery, in our opinion, will remove the spasm with macro and microcirculatory blood flow, which increases revascularization patency of tibial arteries.

HemaTrate™ in the Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia
Critical Limb IschemiaIschemiaThe primary objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of the HemaTrate™ Blood Filtration system in the treatment of critical limb ischemia. The primary endpoint measure is comparing the percentage of patients between the treatment arm and control arm who have freedom from major amputation, arterial intervention below the knee, and death through 12 months.

68 Ga-NODAGA-E[c(RGDγK)]2: Positron Emission Tomography Tracer for Imaging of Angiogenesis in Ischemic...
Chronic Ischemic Heart DiseaseThe aim is to examine the expression of αvβ3 integrin using a novel selective radiotracer in patients with chronich ischemic heart disease and investigate if it is a suitable tool for predicting myocardial recovery and thus prognosis after intervention.

CRAIL - Controlled Reperfusion of the Acutely Ischemic Limb
Lower Extremity IschemiaThe purpose of this study is to prove the findings of a preliminary study which strongly suggest the hypothesis that the result of conventional embolectomy for acute, severe lower-limb ischemia can be improved by controlled reperfusion.

Second Generation" Drug-Eluting Stents Implantation Followed by Six Versus Twelve-Month - Dual Antiplatelet...
Angina PectorisSilent IschemiaProspective, randomized, non-inferiority, multicenter, international study.In total 4000 patients (70 centers in Europe) with de novo lesions in native coronary arteries who meet the eligibility criteria randomized to 6 versus 12 month dual antiplatelet therapies following a second generation DES implantation. Assuming that the true proportion of thrombotic events is equal to 2.3% for both regimens (6-month and 12-month clopidogrel) 2000 patients for each treatment group are necessary to demonstrate a non-inferiority of the 6-months regimen if the proportion of thrombotic events will be no more than 3.5% with a power of 0.80 and a significance level of 0.05 (one-tail). If the non-inferiority hypothesis will be rejected, the superiority hypothesis (12-months regimen is superior to the 6-months-regimen) will be tested at a significance level of 0.05 (two-tails). The maximal not clinically relevant difference for the non-inferiority hypothesis of 1.2 % more thrombotic events has to be considered together with the lower expected number of bleeding events in the 6-months regimen. All the analysis will be done as "intention-to-treat" analysis.

New Ischemic Cerebral Lesions After Endarterectomy vs. Stenting for the Treatment of Symptomatic...
Carotid Artery StenosisCarotid Atherosclerosis2 moreBackground and purpose. Even if periprocedural cerebral microembolism associated with carotid endarterectomy or stenting usually does not manifest as clinically overt stroke, neuropsychological disturbances resulting from these events represent an important clinical and socioeconomic problem. Still, it remains unclear whether the use proximal protection can lower the incidence of cerebral embolism associated with the treatment of carotid stenosis. Materials and methods. This was a prospective randomised single-centre study, which was aimed at comparison of surgical eversion endarterectomy with stenting under proximal protection in symptomatic patients. The investigators evaluated the incidence of new ischaemic lesions revealed by the diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging 2-4 days after the treatment and neurologic events.