Strategy for Improving Stroke Treatment Response (SISTER) Trial
Translational Sciences, Inc.
Summary
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.
Description
SISTER is a Phase II, Bayesian, adaptive, randomized, dose-finding trial of TS23 in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Patients with an anterior cerebral circulation acute ischemic stroke and present between 4.5 to 24 hours of their last known well with a presenting NIH Stroke Scale Score \>/=4 (with the patient having a clearly disabling deficit if the NIHSS is 4 or 5) and an imaging evidence of salvageable brain tissue will be eligible and will be approached for an informed consent for study participation. After informed consent is provided, the study will randomize to 4 doses of TS23 and…