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The Impact of NBP on the Collateral Circulation in ICA/M1 Occlusion

A Phase 4 interventional study of NBP in Cerebrovascular Occlusion, Collateral Blood Circulation and Anterior Cerebral Circulation Infarction, sponsored by Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-03-31.

Primary conditionBrain InfarctionRegistry: Cerebrovascular DisordersReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Cerebrovascular Disorders — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
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Brain Infarction
Why
  1. The study's listed conditions name Brain Infarction, a narrower term within Cerebrovascular Disorders.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own listed conditions. Of 351 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 68% were exactly right and 84% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 5% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
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Sponsored by Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University · Phase 4, Interventional, and Basic science

Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
311
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Stroke is the first leading cause of death in China, and is responsible for almost 22.4% of deaths. In approximately 80% of cases stroke is ischaemic, i.e. caused by disruption of blood flow to part of the brain from an acute arterial occlusion. Survival of penumbral tissue distal to an arterial occlusion depends on collateral circulation via the Circle of Willis and leptomeningeal anastomises. Collateral flow is dynamic and failure is associated with infarct growth. The presence of adequate collaterals has been shown to be associated with age, history of statin use, and non-hypertension. Dl-3-n-butylphthalide (NBP), isolated from the seeds of celery, and found to exert protective effects against ischemic brain and increase leptomeningeal blood flow. This study investigate whether NBP injection prescribed during acute stroke will have a significant effect to improve collateral circulation in patients of anterior circulation occlusion.

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Conditions studied

  • Cerebrovascular Occlusion
  • Collateral Blood Circulation
  • Anterior Cerebral Circulation Infarction

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In context

Brain Infarction Reclassified

93 studies on the registry are indexed under Brain Infarction; 19 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 311 is above the median of 134 across 67 interventional studies indexed under Brain Infarction.

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Lead sponsor

Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University is the lead sponsor of 1,047 studies on the registry; 502 are open to participants now.

Compared within Brain Infarction, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Cerebrovascular Disorders. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Men or women ≥ 18 years old;
  2. Acute occlusion of M1 or intracranial internal carotid artery within 72 hours;
  3. For patients who receive recombinant tissue-type plasminogenactivator therapy, the arterial occlusive lesion scale of 24-72 hours post-thrombolysis imaging should be 0 or 1;
  4. Ischemic stroke with National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale ≥ 4;
  5. Baseline mRS before this stroke onset less than 2;
  6. Able and willing to comply with study requirements;
  7. Signed by patients self or legally authorized representatives.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Cerebral hemorrhage;
  2. Posterior circulation infarction;
  3. Severe tendency of hemorrhage, such as thrombocytopenia, leukemia, allergic purpura;
  4. Currently using urinary kallidinogenase or alprostadil;
  5. Be allergic to NBP or celery;
  6. Impaired liver function ( or glutamic oxalacetic transaminase ≥ 3×) or renal function (serum creatinie ≥ 1.5mg/dl);
  7. Patients with evidence of severe congestive heart failure or history of end-stage cardiovascular disease (e.g. congestive heart failure Class III or IV);
  8. neoplasm or multiple organ failure;
  9. Pregnancy or breastfeeding;
  10. History of mental instability or dementia.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(5)

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ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

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NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

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No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

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Metastases

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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
311 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    NBP in thrombolysis group

    NBP 25mg bid for 2 weeks administered after 24 hours after receiving recombinant plasminogenactivator(rt-PA) thrombolysis

    Drug: NBP

  • Experimental
    NBP group

    NBP 25mg bid for 2 weeks administered for the patients who do not receive rt-PA

    Drug: NBP

  • No intervention
    Control group

    Control group not receiving rt-PA thrombolysis, receiving basic therapy for acute stroke, e.g. aspirin/clopidogrel and lipid-lowering therapy

  • No intervention
    Control in thrombolysis group

    Control group receiving rt-PA thrombolysis

Interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. the percentage of patients with modified Rankin Score (mRS) equivalent to or less than 2

    Time frame: 3 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. rLMC scale of Collateral circulation

    We use regional leptomeningeal score(rLMC) score to measure collateral circulation.rLMC score is based on scoring pial and lenticulostriate arteries in 6 ASPECTS regions(M1-6) plus anterior cerebral artery region and basal ganglia. Pial arteries in the Sylvian sulcus are scored 0,2, or 4.

    Time frame: 2 weeks, 3 months

  2. NIHSS score

    Time frame: 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 months

  3. Hemorrhageic complications including intracranial, digestive tract

    Time frame: 2 weeks, 3 months

  4. New stroke or transient ischemic attack(TIA)

    Time frame: 3 months

  5. complete blood count

    Time frame: 3 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • The second affiliated hospital of Zhejiang University
    Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310000, China
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 31, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02594995
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 3, 2015
Start date
Jul 2015
Primary completion
Sep 1, 2016
Completion
Dec 30, 2019
Last update
Mar 31, 2020

Study contacts

Min Lou, Ph.D, M.D.
study chair · second affiliated hospital of Zhejiang University, school of medicine

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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