Efficacy and Safety of Head Acupuncture After Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke (HEALTH)

Xi'an No.3 Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Acupuncture; Mechanical Thrombectomy; Acute Ischemic Stroke

Treatments: Other: The treatment recommended in the guidelines for acute ischemic stroke was administered; Other: Scalp Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05561088

sy-11-2022-124

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of head acupuncture combined with endovascular therapy for cerebral infarction compared with endovascular therapy alone

Full description

Control group: Mechanical thrombectomy followed by the guideline recommended treatment for acute ischemic stroke;

Experimental group: After mechanical thrombectomy, head acupuncture and the treatment regimen recommended by the guideline for acute ischemic stroke were administered

Enrollment: 272 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥18 years;
• Patients with acute ischemic stroke who received endovascular treatment within 24 hours of onset;
• 6 < NIHSS ≤25;
• ASPECT score ≥6 points;
• Signed Informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• CT or brain MRI confirmed intracranial tumor and intracranial hemorrhage;
• Contraindications of contrast media;
• Dementia or mental illness，unable to cooperate with treatment and follow-up;
• The expected survival time was less than 3 months;
• Women who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or breastfeeding;
• Currently participating in other clinical trials.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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272 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Mechanical thrombectomy was followed by acupuncture and guideline-based conventional treatment

Treatment:

Other: The treatment recommended in the guidelines for acute ischemic stroke was administered

Other: Scalp Acupuncture

control group

Experimental group

Description:

Conventional treatment based on guidelines was administered after mechanical thrombectomy

Treatment:

Other: The treatment recommended in the guidelines for acute ischemic stroke was administered