ICARUS Study

Title:IntraCranial Atherosclerosis Related large-vessel occlusion treated with Urgent Stenting - a pragmatic, international, multicentre, randomized trial  (ICARUS)
Short summary:This international, multicenter RCT investigates early intracranial stenting in large vessel occlusion stroke patients with reperfusion failure after conventional endovascular therapy due to underlying intracranial atherosclerosis. The data could provide the basis for missing therapy recommendations.
Study design:International, multicentre, pragmatic, randomised clinical trial
Status:ongoing
PI or Local PI:    Prof. Marios-Nikos Psychogios, Head of diagnost. and interv. Neuroradiology
Link:     www.clinicaltrials.gov