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Stent-protected angioplasty in asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis: SPACE-2
ISRCTN ISRCTN78592017
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
Public title Stent-protected angioplasty in asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis: SPACE-2
Scientific title Stent-protected angioplasty in asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis: a randomised, controlled, open, multi-centre study
Acronym SPACE-2
Serial number at source N/A
Study hypothesis 1. Superiority of stent-protected angioplasty or carotid endarterctomy as compared to best medical treatment with respect to the composite primary endpoint
2. Stent-protected angioplasty is not inferior to carotid endarterectomy with respect to the composite primary endpoint

Please note that as of 11/02/2009 this record was updated to include an amended start date. The initial date at the time of registration was:
Initial anticipated start date: 01/07/2007
Lay summary
Ethics approval Added 11/02/2009: Ethics Committee of the University of Heidelberg gave approval on the 20th October 2008 (ref: S-311/2008)
Study design Randomised, controlled, open, multi-centre study with three parallel groups
Countries of recruitment Austria, Germany, Switzerland
Disease/condition/study domain Asymptomatic moderate to severe stenosis of the extracranial carotid artery
Participants - inclusion criteria Sonographic identification of a more than or equal to 50% stenosis (North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial [NASCET] criteria) of the extracranial carotid artery in a patient (both genders, age limit 85 years) without symptoms attributable to the target stenosis within the previous 180 days.
Participants - exclusion criteria Non-atherosclerotic origin of carotid stenosis.
Anticipated start date 01/03/2009
Anticipated end date 01/07/2015
Status of trial Ongoing
Patient information material Can be found at: http://www.space-2.de/downloads/SPACE-2%20Patienteninformation.pdf (German only)
Target number of participants 3523
Interventions 1. Best Medical Treatment (BMT) alone
2. Stent-protected angioplasty and BMT
3. Carotid endarterectomy and BMT
Primary outcome measure(s) Cumulative rate of events consisting of:
1. Any stroke within 30 days of treatment
2. Death from any cause within 30 days
3. Ipsilateral ischaemic stroke within five years
Secondary outcome measure(s) 1. All single components of the primary endpoint clusters
2. Any stroke, vascular death or myocardial infarction within 30 days (five years)
3. Any ischaemic stroke within 30 days (five years)
4. Disabling stroke within 30 days (five years)
5. Technical failure of intervention
6. Rate of re-stenosis (NASCET more than or equal to 50%)
7. Rate of myocardial infarction (30 days)
Sources of funding German Research Council (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [DFG]) (Germany)
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Contact name Prof  Werner  Hacke
  Address Department of Neurology
University of Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 400
  City/town Heidelberg
  Zip/Postcode 69120
  Country Germany
  Tel +49 (0)6221-568211
  Fax +49 (0)6221-565348
  Email Werner.Hacke@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Sponsor German Research Council (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [DFG]) (Germany)
  Address Kennedyallee 40
  City/town Bonn
  Zip/Postcode 53175
  Country Germany
  Tel +49 (0)228-885-1
  Fax +49 (0)228-885-2777
  Email postmaster@dfg.de
  Sponsor website: http://www.dfg.de
Date applied 07/11/2006
Last edited 11/02/2009
Date ISRCTN assigned 16/07/2007
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