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Early termination of THRILL, a prospective study of mechanical thrombectomy in patients with acute ischemic stroke ineligible for i.v. thrombolysis

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Martin Bendszus & Susanne Bonekamp

  2. Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Kopf- und Neurozentrum, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    Götz Thomalla & Christian Gerloff

  3. Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Neuroradiologie, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany

    Michael Knauth

  4. Department of Neurology Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Werner Hacke

  5. Klinik und Poliklinik für Neuroradiologische Diagnostik und Intervention, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    Jens Fiehler

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M. Bendszus is consultant for Codman and Vascular Dynamics and has received speaker fees from Codman, Roche, Guerbet and Novartis. G. Thomalla has received fees as consultant or lecturer from Acandis, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers-Squibb/Pfizer, Daichii Sankyo and GlaxoSmithKline. M. Knauth is consultant for Acandis and has received speaker fees from Acandis, Codman and Penumbra. C. Gerloff has received fees as a consultant and speaker from Bayer Healthcare, Boehringer Ingelheim, EBS technologies, GlaxoSmithKline, Medtronic, Merck Serono, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis and Prediction BioSciences. J. Fiehler is consultant for Acandis, Covidien, Microvention, Sequent Medical and Stryker. He has received additional speaker fees from Penumbra, Covidien and Philips. W. Hacke and S. Bonekamp state that they have no conflict of interests.

All studies on humans described in the present manuscript were carried out with the approval of the responsible ethics committee and in accordance with national law and the Helsinki declaration of 1975 (in its current revised form). Informed consent was obtained from all patients included in the study or by their legal representative.

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Bendszus, M., Thomalla, G., Hacke, W. et al. Early termination of THRILL, a prospective study of mechanical thrombectomy in patients with acute ischemic stroke ineligible for i.v. thrombolysis. Clin Neuroradiol 26, 499–500 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-016-0538-8

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