Stenting versus Aggressive Medical Therapy for Intracranial Arterial Stenosis

Introduction

No name trial, ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00576693

Design:

• Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty & stenting vs medical management

Subjects:

• 451 patients with recent TIA or ischemic stroke
• enrollment was stopped because the 30-day rate of stroke or death was 14.7% in the stent group vs 5.8% in the medical management group

Results:

• 1-year rates of stroke or death 20.0% in the stent group & 12.2% in the medical management group

More general terms

• ischemic stroke prevention trial