Comparing two approaches to treat acute stroke with carotid blockage

When you have a certain type of acute stroke caused by a blockage in your carotid artery (the major blood vessel in your neck that supplies blood to your brain), doctors need to act quickly to restore blood flow. This trial is comparing two emergency treatment approaches: one that uses a mechanical clot-removal device without placing a stent in your carotid artery, and another that uses the same clot-removal device but also places a stent (a small metal tube) to prop open your carotid artery. The goal is to find out which approach works better for patients like you.

Carotid artery blockages during acute stroke are serious and require emergency treatment, but doctors are not sure whether adding a stent to the standard clot-removal procedure actually improves outcomes for patients. This trial exists to answer that question and help guide future treatment decisions.