# Carotid Duplex Ultrasound for Selecting Patients for Endovascular Thrombectomy in Acute Stroke Patients

> **NCT02989376** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Ryo Itabashi** · enrollment: 40 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Stroke, Acute

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** After detection of occluded vessels by vascular imaging using carotid duplex ultrasound, digital subtraction angiography is immediately performed before acute endovascular treatment.

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02989376
- **Lead sponsor:** Ryo Itabashi
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-10
- **Primary completion:** 2019-06-30
- **Final completion:** 2019-10-30
- **Target enrollment:** 40 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2020-02-20


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02989376

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02989376, "Carotid Duplex Ultrasound for Selecting Patients for Endovascular Thrombectomy in Acute Stroke Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-16 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02989376. Licensed CC0.

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