Autopsy report · NCT01883011

A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Piracetam on Aphasia After Acute Ischemic Cerebral Artery Stroke

“This study was terminated after a pre-specified interim analysis. Please see Detailed Study Description for further information.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 14 years 10 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 2 years 11 months before it stopped.
• 571 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Phase 4

Sponsor

UCB S.A. - Pharma Sector

Sponsor type

Industry

Conditions

Acute Ischaemic Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke

Interventions

Piracetam; Placebo

Participants

571

Sites

44

Countries

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Spain and more

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Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
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Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.