# The Aortic Surgery Cerebral Protection Evaluation (ACE) Randomized CardioLink-3 Trial

> **NCT02554032** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Unity Health Toronto** · enrollment: 110 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Axillary artery cannulation
- **PROCEDURE:** Innominate artery cannulation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02554032
- **Lead sponsor:** Unity Health Toronto
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2015-06
- **Primary completion:** 2018-07
- **Final completion:** 2018-07
- **Target enrollment:** 110 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2018-09-13

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02554032

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02554032, "The Aortic Surgery Cerebral Protection Evaluation (ACE) Randomized CardioLink-3 Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02554032. Licensed CC0.

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