Strategy for Improving Stroke Treatment Response

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorTranslational Sciences, Inc.

About this trial

SISTER is a Phase-II, prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, blinded, dose finding trial that aims to determine the safety and preliminary efficacy of TS23, a monoclonal antibody against the alpha-2 antiplasmin (a2-AP), in acute ischemic stroke.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age 18 years and older

Suspected anterior circulation acute ischemic stroke

NIH Stroke Scale score ≥4 prior to randomization

ASPECTS of 6 or more on CT (or ASPECTS of ≥7 on MRI)

Disqualifiers

Received endovascular treatment with clot engagement.

Patients who undergo groin puncture but clot engagement is not attempted due to spontaneous distal migration are permitted to be enrolled in the trial if all other eligibility criteria are met.

Patients who undergo groin puncture but clot is not engaged due to reasons other than spontaneous distal migration are NOT permitted.

Received or planned to receive intravenous thrombolysis.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • TS23

Treatment groups

300 Participants
are divided into 5 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Translational Sciences, Inc.

Lead sponsor

University of Cincinnati

Collaborator

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Collaborator

Medical University of South Carolina

Collaborator

University of Arizona

Collaborator