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. 2021 Oct 22;2021(10):CD000024. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000024.pub5

NCT03735979.

Study name Multi‐arm Optimization of Stroke Thrombolysis (MOST): a single blinded, randomized controlled adaptive, multi‐arm, adjunctive‐thrombolysis efficacy trial in ischemic stroke
Methods Double‐blinded (participant, outcomes assessor blinded)
Participants 18 years of age and older, acute ischaemic stroke treated with 0.9 mg/kg IV rt‐PA within 3 hours of stroke onset or time last known well, NIHSS score ≥ 6 prior to IV rt‐PA, able to receive assigned study drug within 60 minutes of initiation of IV rt‐PA
Estimated 1200 participants
USA
Interventions Argatroban: 100 µg/kg bolus followed by 3 µg/kg per minute for 12 hours
Eptifibatide: 135 µg/kg bolus followed by 0.75 µg/kg per minute infusion for 2 hours
Control: placebo
Outcomes Efficacy: mRS at 90 days
Starting date 15 October 2019
Contact information Opeolu Adeoye; adeoyeo@ucmail.uc.edu
Andrew Barreto Andrew; d.barreto@uth.tmc.edu
University of Cincinnati, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notes https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03735979