# Guiding Catheters in Endovascular Stroke Therapy - Are Balloon Guided Catheters Superior?

> **NCT07478042** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University Hospital Heidelberg** · enrollment: 110 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients
- Acute Ischemic Stroke
- Acute Ischemic Stroke AIS

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Ballon guide catheter
- **DEVICE:** Guide catheter without balloon

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07478042
- **Lead sponsor:** University Hospital Heidelberg
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2023-03-15
- **Primary completion:** 2025-07-30
- **Final completion:** 2025-09-30
- **Target enrollment:** 110 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07478042

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07478042, "Guiding Catheters in Endovascular Stroke Therapy - Are Balloon Guided Catheters Superior?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT07478042. Licensed CC0.

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