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ClinicalTrials.gov ID

NCT05320263

Lead Sponsor

Hopital FochOTHER

Overall Status

Recruiting

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

Not Applicable

Enrollment

480Estimated

Last Update Posted

Mar 1, 2023Actual

Start Date

Nov 19, 2022Actual

Primary Completion Date

Jul 2026Estimated

Completion Date

Jul 2027Estimated

Official Title

Contact Aspiration Versus Stent Retriever for Recanalisation of Acute Stroke Patients With Basilar Artery Occlusion: The Posterior Circulation ASTER Randomized Trial

Brief Summary

Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients with basilar artery occlusion (BAO) present a devastating, life-threatening prognosis.

Urgent recanalization with endovascular mechanical thrombectomy is routinely performed in patients with BAO although the level of evidence is lower than that in anterior circulation occlusions (randomization in this population versus medical treatment alone having been impossible in recent studies). Recently, a large retrospective study supports the interest of thrombectomy in this population .

Speed and grade of the recanalisation have a major impact on clinical outcome. Favorable outcome at 90 days is strongly associated with the successful recanalization status at the end of the endovascular procedure (OR=4.57, 95%CI=1.24-16.87, P=0.023).

First pass effect has been shown to be a strong marker of efficacy of endovascular procedure with significant correlation with clinical outcome.

Thrombectomy with Stent retrievers dramatically changed the prognosis of anterior circulation large vessel occlusion strokes and currently used in BAO patients (posterior circulation). Contact aspiration (CA) is currently used in anterior large vessel occlusions (COMPASS trial, Lancet 2019), with similar rates of recanalization and favorable outcomes (Boulanger M, 2019), as well as in BAO patients .

However, the benefit of CA compared to SR for the treatment of BAO remains under debate with the superiority of first line CA compared to SR or no difference. Available data are based on retrospective studies with no data from RCT.

In this context, a randomized controlled trial is needed to assess the benefit of CA versus SR.

• Basilar Artery Occlusion

• Contact aspiration Thrombectomy
• Stent retriever thrombectomy

Ages Eligible for Study

Adult (18-64)Older Adult (65+)

Sexes Eligible for Study

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Age ≥ 18 years

• AIS with BAO on non-invasive imaging (CT or MRI)
• Eligible for thrombectomy : groin puncture undergone within 24 hours of first symptoms or of last time the patient was seen normal
• Being covered by a national health insurance
• Informed consent obtained from the patients/his proxy or following an emergency procedure

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known or suspected pre-existing (chronic) large vessel stenosis / occlusion in the symptomatic territory (basilar artery)
• Severe contrast medium allergy or absolute contraindication to use of iodinated products
• Clinical history, past imaging or clinical judgment suggesting intracranial stenosis of the basilar artery
• Pregnancy (urine or serum beta HCG test for women of child-bearing potential)
• Person deprived of liberty
• Patient benefiting from a legal protection (guardianship or curatorship)

Primary Purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional Model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open Label)

Lead Sponsor

Hopital FochOTHER

barbier-ch@chu-caen.fr

b.gory@chu-nancy.fr

a.consoli@hopital-foch.com0033146251955