# Short-duration Selective Brain Cooling for Patients Undergoing Mechanical Thrombectomy

> **NCT03163459** · PHASE2,PHASE3 · SUSPENDED · sponsor: **Capital Medical University** · enrollment: 120 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Hypothermia
- Stroke, Acute

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** selective brain cooling by cold saline perfusion
- **DEVICE:** mechanical thrombectomy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03163459
- **Lead sponsor:** Capital Medical University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2,PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** SUSPENDED
- **Start date:** 2018-02-06
- **Primary completion:** 2020-09-30
- **Final completion:** 2020-12-16
- **Target enrollment:** 120 (ESTIMATED)
- **Why stopped:** Interim analysis
- **Last updated:** 2020-08-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03163459

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03163459, "Short-duration Selective Brain Cooling for Patients Undergoing Mechanical Thrombectomy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03163459. Licensed CC0.

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