🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-08-13

A Study of TAK-755 in Adults With Acute Ischemic Stroke (NCT07392450)

A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of TAK-755 in Acute Ischemic Stroke

🟢 Recruiting Phase2 💊 Investigational Drug / Biologic Sponsor: Takeda

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is a medical emergency that happens because of a sudden stop of blood flow to a part of the brain. This happens when a blood clot forms within the vessel (known as thrombotic occlusion) or a clot originating from somewhere else blocks a blood vessel (known as embolic occlusion). Strokes can cause serious health problems, death, and affect one's quality of life. To reduce long-term damage, it is important to restore blood flow to the brain as soon as possible. The main aim of this study is to check how safe TAK-755 is, and how well adults with AIS tolerate it. Other aims are to check how well TAK-755 helps participants to manage their everyday activities and to understand whether it helps reduce the seriousness of their stroke symptoms when compared to placebo. A placebo looks like TAK-755, but does not have any medicine in it, to make sure participants do not know which treatment they are taking. The participants will receive TAK-755 or placebo once; afterwards, their health will be monitored for about 3 months (90 days). All participants, regardless of their assignment to either TAK-755 or placebo, will receive the usual treatment for AIS as per the hospital's normal practice.

Who can join: Review the eligibility criteria below.

Location: HonorHealth Neurology — Scottsdale, Arizona

Age range: 18 Years

🧪 Interventions in This Study

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Full eligibility criteria are available on the official NIH protocol. View the criteria ↗

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (60 Sites)

Showing the first 25 of 60 sites.

  • HonorHealth Neurology — Scottsdale, Arizona
  • University of Arizona — Tucson, Arizona
  • University of California San Francisco — San Francisco, California
  • Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts
  • University at Buffalo — Buffalo, New York
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee
  • HCA Houston Healthcare - North Cypress — Cypress, Texas
  • Neurology Consultants of Dallas, PA — Dallas, Texas
  • Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg — Genk, Limburg
  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent (Belgium,Ghent) — Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen
  • AZ Groeninge — Kortrijk, WVL
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Liege - Domaine Universitaire du Sart Tilman — Liège,
  • Groupe sante CHC - Clinique du MontLegia — Liège,
  • Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital (HCPA) — Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
  • Hospital Moinhos de Vento — Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
  • Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho Faculdade de Medicina Campus de Botucatu — Botucatu, São Paulo
  • Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) — Campinas, São Paulo
  • Hospital Das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto - Universidade de Sao Paulo — Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo
  • Fundacao Faculdade Regional de Medicina de Sao Jose do Rio Preto — São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo
  • Hospital Sao Paulo / Escola Paulista de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP) — São Paulo, São Paulo
  • Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University — Beijing, Beijing Municipality
  • Nanshi Hospital of Nanyang — Nanyang, Henan
  • The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University — Xuzhou, Jiangsu
  • Qilu Hospital of Shandong University — Jinan, Shandong

📞 Contact the Study Coordinator

Phone: (877) 825-3327

Email: medinfoUS@takeda.com

Coordinator details come directly from the registered NIH protocol. Confirm the study is still recruiting before traveling.

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Contact the study coordinator using the phone/email above.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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