Table 1.

Examples of currently recruiting clinical trials with neurological endpoints as listed at ClinicalTrials.gov (as of 3/2011): preconditioning, remote conditioning and agents that mimic endogenous neuroprotection

Trial name	Condition	Intervention	NCT registration
Preconditioning for aneurismal subarachnoid haemorrhage	Subarachnoid haemorrhage	Remote limb preconditioning	NCT01110239
Remote ischaemic preconditioning in subarachnoid haemorrhage (RIPC-SAH)	Subarachnoid haemorrhage	Remote ischaemic preconditioning	NCT01158508
	Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
	Cerebral vasospasm
	Intracranial aneurysm
The neuroprotection of sevoflurane preconditioning on intracranial aneurysm surgery	Brain ischaemia	Sevoflurane continuous inhalation	NCT01204268
Effect of remote ischaemic preconditioning on clinical outcomes in CABG surgery (ERICCA)	Coronary heart disease	Remote ischaemic preconditioning	NCT01247545
Effect of remote ischaemic preconditioning on cognitive function after cardiac surgery	Cardiac surgery	Remote ischaemic preconditioning	NCT00877305
New acute treatment for stroke – the effect of remote PERconditioning	Acute stroke	Remote preconditioning	NCT00975962
Neuroprotective study of electroacupuncture pretreatment in patients undergoing cardiac surgery	Stroke Brain injuries	Electroacupuncture pretreatment	NCT01020266
Thrombolysis and deferoxamine in middle cerebral artery occlusion (TANDEM-1)	Acute ischaemic stroke	Deferoxamine	NCT00777140
AX200 for the treatment of ischaemic stroke (AXIS 2)	Acute ischaemic stroke	Filgrastim (G-CSF)	NCT00927836